Welfare minister says scheme to be launched in two phases, with first stage using Hospital Authority data to flag if carers ...

With a bit of help from his parents, Yuvi Agarwal set up Wild Tunes, which enlists musicians to comfort animals in shelters ...

Art installations featuring popular manga characters draw fans to Tsim Sha Tsui as tickets snapped up online for ‘Chiikawa ...

A 35-year-old hiker has died after falling about 20 metres (65 feet) at a mountain stream near Hong Kong’s border with ...

Attacks on Iran tell North Korea that nuclear weapons are vital for survival, dashing China’s hopes to denuclearise peninsula ...

An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee on Friday. The incident comes ...

Taking a cruise on the 775km (483-mile) long river is on most visitors’ bucket lists, but the Seine is also a working river.

Malaysia’s ruling coalition suffered a by-election loss after its diesel subsidy cuts, demonstrating the risks of the coming ...

Hamas said it had responded on Friday in “a positive spirit” to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal and was prepared to ...

Former city leader suggests quota be revised if no significant issues uncovered after launch, with option to adjust for ...

Some Hong Kong teenagers using the illegal drug “space oil” were found to suffer from a possibly fatal condition in which ...

At Brics bank meeting, Brazil’s Lula and Rousseff slam US-led financial order, but Chinese and Indian officials stress ...