Beijing's Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the SAR, Cui Jianchun, on Saturday said a country has been causing global chaos by enforcing unilateral sanctions and waging tariff wars. Without naming the country, Cui said it has gone against the flow of history as it damaged international treaties and left global organisations. He sai…

Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall while the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food, authorities said. Seven of the escapees, including suspects charged with murder, remain on the lam following the breakout that the local sheriff …

Police said on Saturday that 12 people have been arrested and charged with conspiring to launder nearly HK$118 million through cryptocurrency transactions. Officers allege that two of those arrested are locals and key members of a cross-border syndicate while the 10 others are from the mainland. The suspects are aged between 20 and 41. The force sa…

Hong Kong is experiencing a renewed rise in Covid-19 cases, driven by evolving virus strains and declining population immunity, according to an infectious diseases expert. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme on Saturday, Lau Yu-lung, chairman of the scientific committee on vaccine preventable diseases at the Centre for Health Protection, said …

Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said regulating online car hailing platforms and reforming the taxi industry must go hand in hand, calling for the two sectors to complement one another in pursuit of coexistence. She said on Saturday that the government is committed to prioritising public interests while addressing concerns from all…

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should reconsider a one billion US dollar loan to Pakistan, alleging it was "funding terror," a move denounced by Islamabad as proof of New Delhi's desperation. India and Pakistan last week clashed in the worst military violence in decades, killing around 70 …

An American-Lebanese man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural centre. Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted in February of attempted murder and assault for the stabbing, which left Rushdie blind in one eye. Matar received the maximum sentence of 25 years for t…

The government said it's keeping its GDP forecast for the year unchanged at the 2 to 3 percent range, after the economy grew 3.1 percent in the first quarter. The full-year forecast was made by Financial Secretary Paul Chan in his budget in late February, before the worsening of the US-China tariff war. Acting Government Economist Cecilia Lam said …

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group said on Friday it was "concerned" over challenges to global trade, as ministers from Apec countries met in South Korea in the shadow of growing woes from US tariffs. Trade ministers from the top economies that make up Apec are meeting on Jeju Island amid concerns for the global trading system since US Pre…

More than 30 taxi owners gathered outside the SAR government headquarters to push for enforcement action to be stepped up against illegal ride-hailing services on Friday. They dispersed after handing over a petition signed by more than 5,000 taxi licence holders. Cheong, who has had a licence for more than 20 years, said many owners are now facing …

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department has set up a team "to combat sales of smuggled cats and dogs on social media platforms" and it is investigating the selling of pets through online advertisements in case any are related to so-called petfishing scams. The team is also dealing with public complaints about online pet sales and is …

The Consumer Council recommends using oil while cooking with non-stick pans and performing proper maintenance to prevent the coating from peeling. In laboratory tests conducted on 24 models to test their non-stick performance after extended use, an instrument was used "to abrase" pan surfaces 500 times before pancakes were cooked without any oil. T…

The Consumer Council on Thursday said people should adopt pets rather than buying them online, where they face a higher risk of being scammed or ending up with a sick animal. The watchdog reported that scammers are exploiting online platforms by posting deceptive advertisements for seemingly healthy and adorable pets, a practice it has dubbed "petf…

An expert said on Thursday that allowing professionals in related health disciplines to accept referrals from traditional Chinese medicine practitioners can strengthen collaborations and help prevent wrong diagnoses. The SAR administration has proposed that physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiographers and medical laboratory technologist…