The Chief Executive, CY Leung, says he's largely answered the questions raised by a University of Hong Kong legal scholar, Eric Cheung, on his UGL deal. Cheung's questions include whether Leung declared the agreement to the Executive Council, and if he...

A suicide bomber has killed at least 22 people, some of them children, at a pop concert in the British city of Manchester. About 60 others were wounded - some with life-threatening injuries. The police chief in Greater Manchester says the attacker also...

The former president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, has denied allegations of bribery and leaking government secrets at the start of her criminal trial. Park, and her confidante, Chweh Soon-shil, the two central figures in a corruption scandal, did not...

The Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union believes the massive fuel-hedging losses suffered by the airline are the main reason why it has decided to lay off 600 employees. Its Chairwoman, Dora Lai, says employees who will be staying on are now...

A study by an environmental group has found that LED street lights may wear out quicker than expected owing to heat dissipation problems, potentially disrupting power supply. The government plans to replace 14,500 sets of traditional light bulbs with t...

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Israel with the aim of testing the waters for jump-starting the peace process in the Middle East. In brief remarks at the airport, he said he had come “to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the United States ...

Opposition lawmakers are pushing ahead with plans to impeach Holden Chow, even after the DAB lawmaker stepped down as the deputy chair of a Legco probe into the Chief Executive, CY Leung. Mr Chow resigned on Friday morning after days of intense pressur...

A concern group is warning that Hong Kong stands to become Asia's capital for HIV, unless the city can stem the rising number of infections here. The government reported 202 infections over the first three months of the year – a record quarterly high, ...