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The Department of Health has urged smokers to quit the habit as studies show they are more likely to develop severe symptoms if infected with the coronavirus. Marking the World No Tobacco Day, the department cited more than 20 overseas studies which re...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has expressed "grave concern" about proposed national security legislation in the SAR, and called on the National People's Congress not to push ahead with it. The ICJ says the language used by the national ...

India is wilting under a heat wave, with temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celsius in some areas. New Delhi recorded its hottest May day in nearly 20 years, with the mercury topping 47 degrees. The country is also hit by swarms of desert locusts, devast...

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company has tried unsuccessfully to launch a rocket over the Pacific Ocean. The booster was released from under the wing of one of the UK entrepreneur's old jumbos which had been specially converted for the task. The ...

The police say they're improving facilities at the San Uk Ling Holding Centre, but have no plans to use it again to detain anti-government protesters. The site housed 182 detainees in August and September during last year's protests, and some of those ...

Stanley Ho, the Macau casino king, has died; he was 98. His family said he passed away peacefully in his sleep at 1pm at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. He was the founder of SJM Holdings, which owns most than a dozen casinos in Macau, including...

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has used the government coronavirus briefing to defend his senior advisor Dominic Cummings. Mr Cummings has faced calls to resign after it emerged he had driven several hundred kilometres to the northeast of Eng...