The vice-chairman of the New People’s Party, lawmaker Michael Tien, says he stills supports the controversial assessment tests for primary school students. He says he added his name to a joint letter asking the government not to hold the tests in May b...

Conservationists have criticised the penalties imposed by Eastern Court on illegal ivory traders, calling them too lenient. WWF says it's "extremely disappointed" that two traders were only fined a total of HK$14,000 on Tuesday, despite clear evidence ...

Taipei-based journalist, Cindy Sui, says it is not clear why the mainland authorities have detained Taiwanese rights activist, Lee Ming-che. But she says there is speculation that it could be related to the work he is doing or even because of the Taiwa...

The lawmaker representing the education sector says Chief Executive-elect, Carrie Lam, has made a very reasonable request to the government to look into the possibility of scrapping controversial tests for Primary Three students. But Ip Kin-yuen says h...

An academic says digital audio broadcasting services in Hong Kong came too late, compared with other developed places. Grace Leung, from the Chinese University's School of Journalism and Communications, says free radio services on the internet were alr...

Tens of thousands of homes in the Australian state of Queensland are without power after a powerful but slow-moving cyclone hit the mainland near Airlie Beach, bringing lashing winds and torrential rain. The state police commissioner said he expects to...

Carrie Lam has spent her first full day as Chief Executive-elect greeting residents in five districts. She made stops in Central, Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin, Kwun Tong and Hung Hom to help her "connect" with the public. Lam's meet-the-people tour came after sh...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who organised a wave of nationwide protests against government corruption that rattled authorities, has been jailed for 15 days by a Moscow court for resisting police orders. He was arrested as he walked to a p...