Australian gelding Vow and Declare won the famous Melbourne Cup, taking home prize money of AUD8 million. RTHK’s Australia correspondent Gerry Gannon spoke to Annemarie Evans about an exciting “race that stops a nation”.

Health Secretary Sophia Chan says the risk of catching dengue remains low even though the first local case this year of the mosquito-borne disease was confirmed on Monday night. Professor Chan says mosquito-control measures are being taken in the area ...

University of Hong Kong law professor and honorary senior counsel Johannes Chan says the city has reached a point where it must seriously consider granting an amnesty for crimes committed during the city’s ongoing protesters, in order to end the cycle ...

Air pollution in India's capital, Delhi, has reached its worst level in three years as toxic smog continues to choke the city. The city has already declared a public health emergency, as pollution hit "severe-plus" levels on Sunday. RTHK’s Delhi corres...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Chris Yeung, says sections of the media have run out of patience with the police after another weekend of protests in which reporters felt they were targeted by officers. Yeung was speaking after t...

The Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor has criticised police use of pepper spray in Central and Mong Kok on Thursday evening. Television footage shows a man being sprayed in the face at close range while talking to an officer. An RTHK reporter was sprayed ...

A legal scholar says Beijing may be thinking of giving a politician a chance to run Hong Kong. But Professor Simon Young, associate dean of the University of Hong Kong’s law school, cautioned against reading too much into decisions that have come out o...