Tag rugby has been steadily growing in popularity in Hong Kong for the past few years, and in a major step forward for the sport here, the city's sending two teams to the Tag World Cup in Australia in November for the first time. Hong Kong will be repr...

Civic Party lawmaker, Kwok Ka-ki, who is also a doctor, says mix-ups in laboratories are not common. He said the mix-up at the one that led officials to fear there were two separate strains of dengue fever on Cheung Chau, could have happened because th...

A tree expert, Professor Jim Chi-yung from the Education University, has visited the scene in Sau Mau Ping where a woman died after being hit by a falling branch. He said there were signs that the tree had been attacked by fungus. Professor Jim said th...

Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has survived a leadership challenge from within his own party as discontent with his rule boiled over less than a year before national elections. He declared his position vacant at a Liberal Party meeting to...

The government is considering footing part of the bill in extending maternity leave, to try to reduce opposition from the business sector. Currently, mothers are entitled to have 10 weeks off work, fully paid by their employers. The government hopes to...

The environmental group, Green Earth, has urged organisers of sports events to stop giving out bottled water to help reduce plastic waste. The group said it found 12 of 15 local running events it surveyed offered bottled water to race contestants. Nine...

Floodwaters are slowly receding in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where hundreds of thousands of people remain in relief camps. More than 350 people have been killed since the monsoon started in June. The aid effort is now focusing on bringing fo...