A police ban on a march that was planned for Yuen Long on Saturday has been upheld by an appeals board. The organiser of the proposed march, Yuen Long resident Max Chung, had acknowledged that his chances of overturning the ban were very slim. But whil...

The government has announced its first “cancer strategy” aimed at reducing the number of new cases of the disease as well as the death rate from it. Health Secretary Sophia Chan says the plan includes measures to detect and treat cancers early. The dir...

The United States government is to resume capital punishment at a federal level for the first time in nearly 20 years. Attorney General William Barr announced the move and scheduled the executions of five death row inmates, all of whom are guilty of mu...

A civil engineer says construction at the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority’s Lyric Theatre Complex should be stopped, after the site was flooded. The authority confirmed the flooding caused subsidence. It said they’ve managed to stop the leak, ...

Britain’s new prime minister Boris Johnson has held his first cabinet meeting, and addressed parliament for the first time as leader of the ruling Conservative Party. Johnson impressed upon his newly formed cabinet the momentous task ahead of them. But...

IT sector lawmaker Charles Mok says the findings of a probe by election officials into a lost voter register are totally unacceptable. The investigation found that a former chief election officer, Wong See-man, wrongly claimed he wasn't told about a lo...

The defence ministry said on Wednesday that it is keeping a close eye on the ongoing turmoil in Hong Kong, as it appeared to confirm that deploying the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to keep order is an option on the table. Spokesman Wu Qian was asked ...