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US President Donald Trump has declared the beginning of the end of the coronavirus crisis in the United States, calling for a quick end to social distancing. He said the practice has caused too much pain to the US economy, and he'd "love to have the co...

The decision this week by fast-food giant McDonalds to ban eat-in customers after 6pm was – for most people – just another minor inconvenience of living in the age of coronavirus. But for the homeless, the change is having a much greater effect. Impact...

The 2020 Olympic Games should be postponed by one year because of coronavirus – that's according to the senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. It comes after the chairman of the British Olympic Association said Great Britain would be...

Legal sector lawmaker Dennis Kwok says it’s “very unwise” for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to use the appointment of a new chief justice as a means to break the current political deadlock in the Legislative Council. Lam mentioned Kwok by name after she a...

Hong Kong will close its borders to most non-residents of the SAR for 14 days from Wednesday, amid a surge in the number of coronavirus patients here. Non-residents arriving from the mainland, Macau or Taiwan will still be allowed into the SAR, as long...

The Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Monday her administration was looking into banning restaurants and bars from selling alcohol, as part of efforts to reduce social contact and "risky" behaviour. Health officials have identified a cluster of c...

India has executed four men for the gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in the capital, Delhi, in 2012. The men were hanged at dawn on Friday, after all their appeals had been exhausted. Minutes after they died, the victim’s mother said she’...