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Facebook has apologised for its role in the deadly communal unrest that shook Sri Lanka two years ago after an investigation found that hate speech and rumours spread on the platform may have led to violence against Muslims. The riots in early 2018 eru...

The government has launched a HK$1.2 billion project to start setting up a genomic database for Hong Kong, which promises to give rise to better tests and treatments for rare diseases and even cancers. Authorities aim to start with collecting the genom...

Civic Party lawmaker and medical doctor, Kwok Ka-ki, is urging the government to test all incoming travellers crossing into Hong Kong from the two land border checkpoints that remain open. Most checkpoints have been closed down as a precaution against ...

Everyone has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic in one way or another. People of all ages have had to make sacrifices to observe social distancing and make do with the inconveniences of staying, working and studying at home as best as they can. ...

The government has tweaked a wage subsidy scheme to include tens of thousands more elderly, or self-employed workers. Anyone who has an MPF account – even if it's no longer active – will now be eligible for the plan, in which the government will subsid...

An inquiry has concluded that the scandal-plagued Shatin-to-Central rail link is safe for use, even as it found "serious deficiencies" in how the MTR Corporation and contractor Leighton managed and supervised the project. It also said the government sh...

The government will ask the Legislative Council to approve HK$5.4 billion in emergency funding for Ocean Park, warning that the tourist attraction would close down as early as next month if it doesn't get the cash. However, Professor Brian King from th...