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The government has announced that a ban on gatherings of more than eight people would be extended for another two weeks, until June 4. Religious gatherings will be exempt from the ban, but the annual June Fourth candlelight vigil at Victoria Park will ...

The city's jobless rate has climbed to 5.2 percent – its highest level in a decade – as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the city's economy and deepen hardship across major sectors. The figure was up from 4.2 percent for the previous three-...

Police in Myanmar have seized South East Asia's biggest ever haul of synthetic drugs, the scale of which they described as "off the charts". More than 200m methamphetamine tablets, 500kg of crystal methamphetamine and 300kg of heroin were found in raid...

DAB lawmaker Holden Chow has welcomed the re-election of his party's leader Starry Lee as chairwoman of Legco's House Committee. The election took place after more scuffles erupted at a committee meeting. With the pro-establishment camp's Chan Kin-por ...

Some of the European countries hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have been reporting encouraging drops in their daily number of deaths, to levels roughly comparable to when their lockdowns started. Several countries, including Italy and Spain, are n...

The Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor says its disappointed with the IPCC report, with a spokesperson saying it reiterates the need for an independent inquiry into the protests that began last year. Claudia Yip described the IPCC report's findings on key ...