A conservation project at Lok Ma Chau has been hailed a success, with the number of bird species spotted there jumping more than eight-fold over the past ten years. The MTR Corporation set up 37-hectares of artificial wetlands next to Lok Ma Chau stati...

Nuclear-armed North Korea launched four ballistic missiles that flew around 1,000 kilometres on average on Monday, with three landing provocatively close to Japan. The test-launches appeared to be a reaction to huge US-South Korean military drills that...

China analyst Mark O’Neill says Beijing has given a consolation prize to outgoing Chief Executive CY Leung by appointing him to the mainland’s top advisory body. He says it won’t affect the One Country, Two Systems principle unless he starts attending ...

Bidders aiming to bring the "Gay Olympics" to Hong Kong in 2022 say the territory has all the required facilities to host the games. On Wednesday, Hong Kong was shortlisted to host the 10-day event which is expected to attract about 15,000 participants...

The French presidential candidate Francois Fillon is facing new problems after a wave of resignations from his campaign team, including its treasurer. The candidate is embroiled in a scandal over payments made to his British wife for parliamentary work...

The convenor of the Path of Democracy think tank, Ronny Tong, says he respects the decision by one of the Chief Executive candidates, John Tsang, not to attend a debate on Sunday that was organised by his group. But he says taking part in it would have...

The government has published a preliminary report about a large metal object found near the Wan Chai coastline -- which historians say could be the wreck of HMS Tamar. The report says the location of the wreck and the numerous copper alloy objects foun...

The senior Democrat in the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has called on the Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, after it emerged that he had two undisclosed encounters with the Russian ambassador during Donald Trump's election campaig...