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Macau has reopened its entertainment venues, which were shut for several weeks as a precaution against the Covid 19 coronavirus. Businesses including bars, health clubs, night clubs, karaoke lounges and other venues have been allowed to reopen, but the...

The police commissioner, Chris Tang, has defended the HK$5 billion of new funding allocated to the force in last week's budget, saying the extra resources are needed to maintain social order and to hire more officers to quell violent protests. He point...

A senior Turkish official says at least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air strike by Syrian government forces in north-west Syria. Rahmi Dogan, the governor of Turkey's Hatay province, said others were injured in the attack in Idlib provinc...

The police have charged three prominent pro-democracy figures, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, with unlawful assembly over an anti-government protest on August 31 last year. Rights groups immediately condemned the arrests, with Amnesty International ...

Pets belonging to people who have been infected with the new coronavirus will now have to be quarantined for 14 days. This comes after a dog tested positive for Covid-19 here – the first time the virus has been detected in a pet anywhere in the world. ...

More than 60 people have been hurt, many of them riot police, in clashes with protesters on Lesbos and Chios over plans to build new migrant camps in Greece. Stones were hurled at police as protests intensified at three Lesbos sites where the centres a...

The chairman of the Bar Association, Philip Dykes, says a suggestion for local courts to hold remote hearings to help clear a backlog of cases isn't feasible in the near term, because new legislation would have to be passed allowing for this first. Cou...