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...

A study conducted by the University of Hong Kong has found that the coronavirus may easily be transmitted through the eyes. Researchers found that compared with Sars, the strain of virus that causes Covid-19 can more readily infect the eyes and upper r...

Venues such as bars, gyms and cinemas are reopening as part of relaxed social-distancing measures. Restaurant group Dining Concepts is among those reopening its bars this weekend. Its Executive Director, Sandip Gupta was asked by Annemarie Evans whethe...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a three-phase plan for the country to reopen its economy by July and get 850,000 people back to work. Mr Morrison said he aims to incrementally reopen cafes, restaurants, gyms and cinemas, allow ga...

A Hong Kong food bank says that the amount of goods it collects from businesses has dropped by half during the Covid-19 pandemic. Demand, on the other hand, has doubled. The People Service Centre said before the outbreak, it collected up to 60 tonnes o...

A gas leak at an industrial plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed around ten people and sent 1,000 people to hospital. Officials there say the synthetic chemical, styrene, leaked from the South Korean-owned LG Polymers plant. ...

Customs officers have made what they say is the biggest-ever seizure of dried shark fins in Hong Kong. They estimate that fins from around 38,000 sharks make up the 26-tonne haul – found inside two containers shipped in from Ecuador. The fins are belie...