The Confederation of Trade Unions is calling on workers and their bosses to join a citywide strike on Monday to protest against the extradition bill. The pro-democracy group advises workers to write to their employers notifying them of their planned ac...

Hong Kong people are being asked to consider how they can help rein in climate change - by reducing the city's carbon emissions. The Council for Sustainable Development has launched a three-month consultation on Hong Kong's long-term de-carbonisation s...

Women in Switzerland staged a nationwide strike on Friday to protest what they say is continued sexual discrimination. The main protest took place outside parliament in the capital, Bern. The protest came 28 years after similar action saw 500,000 women...

The Police Commissioner, Stephen Lo, on Thursday said 11 people have been arrested so far over Wednesday's anti-extradition protests in Admiralty. They face charges such as disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly, assaulting the police, and other riot-re...

A group of Christians sang hymns at Tamar Park on Thursday afternoon, saying they were trying to reduce tensions during the current political turmoil. Reverend Youngman Chan was among the group singing for peace. He spoke to Damon Pang.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday took a key step towards re-election. She beat her rival in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's primary. The DPP said in three days of phone polling involving 16-thousand people, 35.7 percent of respondent...

In some of the worst clashes in Hong Kong since the 2014 Occupy protests and the 2016 Mong Kok riots, police on Wednesday fired tear gas and bean bag rounds at demonstrators trying to storm the Legislative Council, after authorities postponed a Legco m...

Admiralty became a major battleground on Wednesday afternoon as clashes between police and protesters against the government's extradition proposal turned violent. The running battles continued into the early evening, when Jimmy Choi gave Jim Gould thi...