Hong Kong welcomes expiry of US emergency order as Trump eases 2020 policy
The Hong Kong government on Friday welcomed the Trump administration’s decision to allow a national emergency declaration concerning the city…
Tai Po fire: corrupt players exploited loopholes in regulations, inquiry hears
An administrative “honour system” that relied on Hong Kong’s private sector to regulate itself created oversight loopholes and left obvious…
Tai Po fire inquiry legal team calls for bamboo scaffolding to be phased out
The legal team for an independent committee examining the cause of Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po fire has recommended that…
J.K. Rowling condemns Amnesty for branding her women’s crisis centre anti-rights
Britain’s charities regulator is looking into concerns about an Amnesty International report that branded a women’s centre for sexual violence…
Negeri Sembilan snap poll threatens to chip away at Malaysian state’s tech hub goals
Negeri Sembilan’s bid to turn itself into Malaysia’s next hi-tech industrial hub is heading into an unusual political stress test,…
Uganda suspends school trips after 20 pupils die in bus crash
Uganda’s government has suspended all school trips in the wake of Thursday evening’s bus crash that killed at least 20…
Longest dry spell in 30 years for parts of England as heatwave hits two-week mark
This year is already shaping up to be an extraordinary one for weather records in the UK, having broken those…
Inside rugby’s greatest production factory
It is the simplest explanation and, perhaps, the least satisfying one. South Africa has one of the world’s largest rugby-playing…
China hits out at British Steel nationalisation
The nationalisation came after Parliament on Wednesday passed legislation allowing the government to bring the steel industry into public ownership…
Ghana TikToker jailed after sharing false news about the president
A Ghanaian TikToker has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to charges of offensive conduct and…