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Financial markets have plunged around the world amid panic selling in stocks and oil markets – as nervous investors fled to the safety of bonds and the yen to hedge the economic trauma of the coronavirus. In Hong Kong, blue chips suffered their biggest...

The debate over how and when schools should reopen comes as top infectious disease experts here acknowledged that it's no longer possible to completely eradicate the virus, because it's spread to too many places. Hong Kong University virologist Leo Poo...

The Professional Teachers' Union says school heads generally support a suggestion for older students to resume classes first, before younger children eventually follow suit. But union President Fung Wai-wah stressed this should only happen if there's n...

Lawmakers have approved a five-billion-dollar government funding request to subsidise NGOs to build transitional housing – despite concerns they don't have enough expertise in the area. The administration's target is to build 15,000 units in the next t...

Infectious disease experts at the University of Hong Kong are carrying out genetic tests on the coronavirus they extracted from a dog which tested positive for Covid-19. The dog belongs to a patient who contracted the disease earlier. The Agriculture, ...

Researchers say they found that some little egrets - a species of small heron - are very loyal to their habitats in Hong Kong. They said that even after migrating a thousand kilometres to the mainland in spring to breed, they returned to Hong Kong for ...

The US military has conducted an air strike against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, just hours after President Donald Trump said he had had a "very good talk" with a leader of the group. The US signed a deal with the Taliban on Saturday aimed at bring...