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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 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...

A Japanese court has acquitted three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company of professional negligence in the Fukushima disaster of 2011. This was the only criminal case to arise from the crisis, when an earthquake and giant tsunami caus...