One out of three respondents to a Chinese University survey said their homes had been infested by bed bugs in the past year. Researchers say the problem appears to be more severe for low-income households. RTHK's Richard Pyne asked Professor Chiu Siu-w...

The number of people killed in riots in Indonesia's restive Papua region has risen to at least 26, as thousands fled to shelters following violence that saw civilians burned alive in buildings set ablaze by protesters. Papua, on the western half of New...

It's been a year since the opening of the high-speed rail link to Guangzhou, and passenger numbers have fallen short of government expectations. The HK$84.4-billion express rail link started operating on September 23 last year, with the SAR government ...

Thomas Cook, the world's oldest travel firm, has collapsed, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe. The British company has 600-thousand customers abroad - forcing governments and insurance companies to coordinate a huge repa...

A member of the Liber Research Community says the government should shelve its "Land Sharing Pilot Scheme” announced in last year's policy address, and focus solely on the Land Resumption Ordinance, to take over private land for public housing. Under t...

The Pacific island of Kiribati has cut diplomatic ties with Taipei, and switched allegiances to Beijing – just days after the Solomon Islands did the same. Since Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen came to office in 2016, Taipei has lost seven diplomatic ...

A group of healthcare experts, academics and NGOs will launch a project next month to help identify osteoporosis patients and raise awareness on the disease. They also hope the government will take a public-private partnership approach to tackle the di...