The British government is facing calls from Conservative Party backbenchers to drop the two-metre social-distancing rule in England. MPs, including former cabinet ministers Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Damian Green, say it is essential for the economy. Th...

The Professional Teachers' Union has accused the Education Bureau of having political motives in its decision to impose a new requirement for newly-hired teachers to undergo compulsory training on values and conduct – among other things. Union presiden...

The unexpected announcement of an early retirement by RTHK’s number-two official is being seen by some as signs of the strain that management is under amid intense scrutiny of the public broadcaster. Deputy director of broadcasting Kirindi Chan has res...

China has removed pangolin scales from the country’s official list of approved ingredients for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The move comes after Beijing raised the mammals to Class 1 protected status, on par with giant pandas. Pangolins – the w...

Cathay Pacific is getting a government bailout to help it survive the coronavirus pandemic. Cathay announced a HK$39 billion recapitalisation plan, which gives the Hong Kong government a six percent stake in the struggling carrier. But officials insist...

Russia is slowly beginning to open up again, even though the country’s number of Covid-19 cases is still rising. The country has more than 485,000 cases, with 8,595 infections confirmed on Tuesday. Moscow's mayor has announced that the capital will end...

South Korea's daily call to a jointly-run liaison office in North Korea has gone unanswered for the first time. The break came days after North Korea said it would pull out of the inter-Korean liaison office, located in the North Korean border city of ...