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Education sector lawmaker Ip Kin-yuen says the Chief Executive's accusation that students were being "poisoned" by some people spreading "false or biased information" at schools is groundless and achieves nothing. Carrie Lam also said in an interview w...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

Political commentator Chung Kim-wah says a new statement by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office appears to be paving the way for local authorities to clamp down on democratic forces ahead of Legco elections later this year. The office had said a rec...