In Pictures: Tens of thousands evacuated as northern China hit by torrential...
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from high-risk areas of Beijing and another northern city as much of China was lashed by torrential rain on Sunday. People shelter from the rain with...
View ArticleUse of HK$13 billion nat. security budget kept secret to prevent ‘guessing’...
The use of the city’s HK$13 billion national security budget is not disclosed in order to prevent people “guessing” what the government’s national security work entails, Hong Kong Secretary for...
View ArticleMother charged over abandoning 12-year-old son at Hong Kong public hospital
Hong Kong police have charged a mainland Chinese mother with ill-treating or neglecting a child after her 12-year-old son was found abandoned at a local hospital around two weeks ago. Hong Kong Police...
View ArticleHong Kong social worker sentenced to 21 weeks in prison, suspended for 12...
A Hong Kong social worker has been sentenced to 21 weeks in prison, with the sentence suspended for 12 months, for posting the full name of the police officer involved in a shooting in Sai Wan Ho...
View Article1,000 Hong Kong buildings in urgent need of repairs, development chief says
Repairs for 1,000 buildings in urgent need of maintenance will take months to complete, the city’s development chief has said, following several cases of concrete falling from ageing structures...
View ArticleDownpours kill at least 2 in Beijing as heavy rains batter northern China
By Ludovic Ehret Heavy rains battered northern China on Monday, killing at least two people in Beijing while washing away cars and inundating subway stations, with the capital issuing its highest...
View ArticleWhy Beijing and Hong Kong’s complaints about Fukushima wastewater are...
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami, combined with regulatory and management failures, caused nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Subsequent efforts to...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Whale carcass found in Hong Kong waters, days after marine...
A whale carcass has been seen in Hong Kong waters, according to police, adding that the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and Marine Police were investigating the incident. A...
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