Newswrap

There's been a significant setback for US Democrats, who want to call witnesses at President Trump's impeachment trial. One of the few wavering Republican senators has now said he will vote against the measure, meaning the trial could very soon be over...

A new medical union says 6,700 Hospital Authority staff, most of them doctors and nurses, are prepared to go on strike from Monday to support their call to close the SAR's borders to all visitors. A vote will be taken at a meeting of the HA Employees A...

The government says it plans to table an amendment bill to provide protection to breastfeeding women from being sexually harassed to the Legislative Council next month, following a discussion of at least two years. Annemarie Evans asked the chairwoman ...

The Labour Department has appealed to foreign domestic helpers to stay home on their rest day on Sunday to safeguard their personal health and to reduce the risk of the spread of the novel coronavirus in the community. The department also asked helpers...

Amnesty International says there was a "rapid deterioration" in Hong Kong's human rights situation last year, amid the months of sometimes violent anti-government protests. In its latest annual report on human rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Amnesty...

The heads of 17 district councils have published a joint letter, expressing anger over the government's efforts so far to prevent the spread of the Wuhan virus. They say the administration has ignored public opinion, and has put undue pressure on front...

A patients' rights group has welcomed the government's U-turn on charging medical fees for non-locals who are isolated in hospital if they are suspected of having caught the new Wuhan coronavirus. But Alex Lam from Patients' Voices says the original an...

US President Donald Trump's new peace plan for the Middle East has been embraced by Israel but condemned as a conspiracy by the Palestinians. His proposals offer Jerusalem as Israel's capital, recognition of the country's West Bank settlements, and pos...