The Centre for Food Safety says almost all the samples of food products it recently tested contained chemicals that are used to make plastics more flexible. But the watchdog said the levels of plasticizers found don't pose a risk to the public. Dr Oliv...

Hundreds of mine-workers in South Africa who had been trapped underground since Wednesday have been rescued. The miners were trapped after a severe thunderstorm affected power lines around the Beatrix mine in the Free State province, cutting electricit...

Former Labour Party lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan says he is relieved that he and other past and present legislators won't be prosecuted over allegations that they breached the anti-bribery ordinance by accepting donations from media tycoon Jimmy Lai and his ...

A survey carried out by the University of Hong Kong suggests many people in the city have the wrong idea when it comes to depression among the elderly. Forty percent of around 1,300 people questioned said they believe depression is normal for older peo...

A lawmaker says he finds it hard to believe that Chief Executive Carrie Lam had no idea of what was going on before election authorities banned Demosisto’s Agnes Chow from taking part in the Legco by-election in March. Lam had said she was not in Hong ...

Local historian Tony Banham says he is not surprised that another wartime explosive has been unearthed at the MTR’s Wan Chai construction site for the Sha Tin to Central Link. He said the area was bombed heavily during World War Two and can guarantee m...

The executive director of the Hong Kong America Center Glenn Shive says US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address seems to have momentum to get things done. He said Trump did not appear to have a concerted or clear plan on how he would imp...