The executive director of the Hong Kong America Center, Glenn Shive, says the results of the US midterm election have turned the tide in favour of the Democrats. He said one cannot say that they totally rebuked President Donald Trump but they were now ...

The University of Hong Kong says a pilot scheme to encourage students and staff with health problems to undertake regular exercise is showing promise. They've been referred to the university's Centre for Sports and Exercise where 20 lung-cancer patient...

The Indian capital New Delhi has bad air pollution year round. But photographs currently show dense smog that could get even worse during the festival of Diwali as people let off fireworks. Some of those affected by the pollution are now calling on the...

Hong Kong's rugby team has started training in France to prepare for the Rugby World Cup Repechage. After playing two warm-up matches in Wales last week, the SAR squad flew to Marseille, where they will battle Germany, Kenya and Canada for the 20th and...

The Acting Chief Executive Teresa Cheng says the government has written to Guangdong authorities over the arrival of apparently illegal tour groups in Hong Kong across the bridge from Zhuhai and Macau. This has led to complaints from residents of Tung ...

An expert says local surgeons are experienced enough to carry out liver transplants on young children. The issue is under the spotlight because of the case involving Yu-yan who turns two next month. A family friend has now come forward to donate part o...

Japan's education ministry says child suicides in the country are the highest they have been in more than three decades. In the fiscal year up to March this year, 250 children from elementary to high school age were recorded as having taken their own l...

China analyst Mark O'Neill says the response from Western business representatives to President Xi Jinping’s speech at a trade expo in Shanghai has been lukewarm. He said they didn't feel Xi had said anything new when pledging to cut import tariffs and...