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The government is looking at ways to tighten regulations on the use of electric mobility devices, over fears their growing popularity is posing a road safety risk. Transport officials say they think people should only be allowed to use them on cycle tr...

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a "sophisticated state-based actor" has been attempting to hack a wide range of organisations for months and had recently stepped up efforts. Speaking at a media briefing in Canberra, he said the attack ta...

Election officials have rejected calls from the government and pro-Beijing parties to give elderly people and others with special requirements priority when it comes to voting in September's Legco polls. The Electoral Affairs Commission says for the sa...

The White House has launched last-minute legal action to stop the publication next week of a new book written by President Trump's former National Security adviser, John Bolton. It includes the allegation that Trump pleaded with President Xi Jinping to...

China on Wednesday said it has agreed with India to resolve their border dispute peacefully - after Monday's deadly confrontation. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Beijing wants to avoid further clashes along their Himalayan border. The Indi...

New government data shows almost six percent of Hong Kong's workforce, or more than 230 thousand people, are now jobless - the highest percentage reading in more than 15 years. The unemployment rate in some sectors has hit more than 10 percent, similar...