A lawmaker on Monday expressed concern about the cost effectiveness of the Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen smart and green mass transit system. Unveiled in the 2023 policy address, the system will feature three routes: between Nai Wai and Chung Fu; between Lau Fau Shan and Tin Shui Wai MTR station; and between the Yuen Long south new development area and Ti…

China's industrial output expanded faster than expected in April despite the impact of US tariffs, highlighting the resilience of the economy while fuelling optimism over the growth outlook following the easing of trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, officials said. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday showed…

US Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that Europe was "an important ally" despite disagreements over trade, as he met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Rome after the new pope's inauguration mass. The talks were the first at such a high level since US President Donald Trump introduced his sweeping tariffs this year. At the s…

More than 70 percent of children living in subdivided flats may have nutritional deficiencies, the Hong Kong Community Dietician Association said on Sunday. The statement is one of the findings from a survey conducted from last June to January, which polled 589 underprivileged children aged between two and 11 who live in shoebox flats. The survey, …

Police said on Sunday that they arrested five people aged 32 to 70 who are suspected of conspiracy and trafficking in dangerous drugs. In the Friday operation, officers seized 102 kilogrammes of cannabis buds and three kilogrammes of cocaine with a black market value of HK$23.5 million. Police said they were monitoring a shipment containing suppose…

The Chinese University on Sunday said it is gearing up to receive its first batch of graduate-entry medical students this year, the first cohort after authorities opened up an additional 25 spots for the programme to tackle a doctor shortage. The Education Bureau in February also said that the University of Hong Kong's medical school will get an ex…

The FBI said Saturday the bombing of a California fertility clinic was a terror attack, and that the facility was likely targeted deliberately. "This was an intentional act of terrorism. As our investigation will unfold we will determine if it's international terrorism or domestic terrorism," Akil Davis, the head of the FBI's Los Angeles field offi…

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…