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Doreen Kong Yuk-foon said it was important to safeguard national security, but questioned whether specific clauses needed to be incorporated into service agreements when the 2020 Beijing-imposed legislation and the city’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance applied to the whole of...

Watch the moment a lightning strike causes a shower of sparks after hitting the roof of a house in China.Footage shows heavy rainfall in a mountainside village near Zunyi in Guizhou province on Thursday 18 April.The peaceful scene was suddenly...

“It was a huge blow to us,” the accomplice witness told West Kowloon Court. “Because without Jimmy Lai, we might no longer be able to get insider information from the US government, and we might lose all our political connections...

A former Chinese propaganda chief who was responsible for promoting its official line on Tibet and human rights is facing bribery charges, prosecutors said on Wednesday.He was first placed under investigation for suspected corruption in July last year, making him...

Two days earlier, Koehler had met the commander of China’s navy, Admiral Hu Zhongming, according to the statement. 01:49Chinese floating barrier blocks entrance to Philippine ships at South China Sea flashpointChinese floating barrier blocks entrance to Philippine ships at South...

Original musicals have become a key part of the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong’s programming. After Bug Symphony (2015) and Wild (2022), the orchestra premiered its third creation, Shark Symphony, at the Tsuen Wan Town Hall on April 20.Written...

RIYADH: The makers of a recently produced, highly acclaimed documentary on Saudi wildlife were honored at a special screening of the film “Horizon” at the residence of the EU ambassador in Riyadh. The new documentary, produced by the Konoz Initiative, is...

Antony Blinken has landed in China amid a worsening rift between the world’s two most powerful countries that threatens to overshadow otherwise improving relations.The US secretary of state arrives with a warning that the US and its European allies are...

The Audit Commission noted on Wednesday that the daily number of spaces at the 11 clinics had decreased from 40,322 in the 2018-19 financial year to 20,337 in 2022-23, a drop of about 50 per cent.But public demand rose over...

WASHINGTON — The US Senate on Tuesday passed legislation giving TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance, about nine months to divest the US assets of the short-video app, or face a nationwide ban. President Joe Biden said he will to sign the bill into...