Experts at the Chinese University on Thursday said obesity is a serious problem among local children, and many are spending far too much time in front of a screen. A study involving children in dozens of places has found that Hong Kong youngsters do sl...

The former governor of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta - Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as 'Ahok' – on Thursday walked free from prison after serving almost two years for blasphemy. AnneMarie Evans put it to Keith Loveard, a senior risk analyst w...

The Australian government is investigating reports that a Chinese-Australian writer has gone missing in China. A friend of Yang Hengjun, a blogger and former Chinese diplomat, said the writer has not been heard from since flying from New York to Guangz...

After nurses protested last weekend over excessive workloads, next it's the turn of doctors at public hospitals to air their grievances. A forum is planned for them this Saturday, and their questions will be answered by Health Secretary Sophia Chan and...

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Hong Kong has urged the government to let school children receive nasal flu vaccines as an alternative to injections. The society’s president, William Chui, said the effectiveness of the new vaccines, which are sp...

Pro-government lawmakers are urging the administration not to rush back in to try to push through controversial plans to adjust tolls at three cross-harbour tunnels. The government was forced to pull a motion from Legco at the last minute after it beca...

Pan-democratic lawmakers are planning to meet the Chief Secretary, Matthew Cheung, on Thursday, to press the government to scrap plans to tighten age requirements for elderly welfare payments. The administration wants to raise the minimum age for elder...

Afghan officials say at least 65 security personnel are now known to have died in a devastating attack on an intelligence base in Wardak province on Monday. More than forty others were wounded in the assault on the National Directorate for Security com...