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Philippine legislators are pushing to get the country's biggest broadcaster back on air, amid widespread shock and dismay over an order by the industry regulator for the station to cease operations after its 25-year licence expired. Aides to President ...

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...

The Police Commissioner, Chris Tang, has told a Legco security panel that an internal investigation is underway to find out if three senior officers had broken police guidelines in their use of rural homes. It follows media reports that the officers ma...

A new alliance backed by pro-establishment heavyweights has been set up, with the aim to "re-launch" Hong Kong after it's been hit by months of anti-government protests and an economic downturn. Two former chief executives – Tung Chee-hwa and CY Leung ...

The government's planning to reopen schools later this month, as part of the government's decision to scale back social-distancing measures. Schools have been closed since the Lunar New Year break in January. Private and international schools can resum...

Italy is easing its coronavirus restrictions, nearly two months after it became the first country in the world to impose a national lockdown. Many other European countries are also taking steps towards lifting social distancing measures. Our Europe cor...

A respiratory disease expert says the government can gradually relax social-distancing measures as the coronavirus outbreak continues to ease. David Hui from the Chinese University, who's been advising the government on the pandemic, says for example, ...

Hong Kong's economy contracted by a record 8.9 percent in the first quarter of the year under the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. New provisional figures also showed that external trade and domestic consumption plunged by around ten percent. Finan...