The former Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, is starting a six-year prison sentence in Australia for sexually abusing two teenage boys in Melbourne Cathedral in the 1990s. Cardinal Pell, 77, is the most senior Roman Catholic cleric ever convicte...

The Ombudsman on Tuesday strongly criticised the Marine Department for failing to stop the subletting of vessel mooring spaces. The watchdog said it is shocking that many boat owners and yacht clubs have been allowed to make huge profits out of public ...

The Ombudsman on Tuesday also said the Department of Health has to stop ignoring persistently low attendance rates for a health programme it runs for school children. The Department of Health spends HK$200 million a year running 12 “student health serv...

Britain and the European Union on Monday agreed legally-binding changes to their Brexit deal, in a last-ditch attempt to salvage it ahead of another crucial vote in the UK parliament on Tuesday. Prime Minister Theresa May met in Strasbourg with Europea...

The government has admitted to a major oversight in its management of public parks, which effectively means it cannot enforce bans against smokers or hawkers at 450 venues across Hong Kong for the next three months or so. The problem stems from a legal...

The government is proposing to cap the amount of money elderly people can spend on optical services using medical vouchers - at HK$2,000 every two years. The move comes after optometrists were accused of abusing the voucher scheme - with some elderly p...

An Indonesian woman held for two years on suspicion of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has been freed from custody in Malaysia. That was after a court there dropped the murder charge against her. The Indonesia...