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Smart Talk | Dialogue with HK Gen Z: Yellow or Blue, which is better?

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World

WHO to provide 120mn COVID-19 rapid tests for poorer countries

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to more than 33.22 million worldwide, with the death toll over one million. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday (Sept. 28) that it would provide 120 million rapid tests for the virus to low-and-middle-income countries around the world through global partnership.
09 29,2020 14:50
Hong Kong

Cleanliness plea for Mid-Autumn Festival

The Leisure & Cultural Services Department today (Sept. 29) urged people to keep places clean when celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.  
09 29,2020 14:47
World

Lawyer for Huawei CFO says US evidence misleading

Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies argued in a Canadian courtroom Monday that U.S. authorities used a misleading summary that "cherry picks" evidence in requesting her extradition.
09 29,2020 11:30
World

UN Security Council to meet Tuesday on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

The UN Security Council will hold emergency talks Tuesday (Sept. 29) behind closed doors on the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where fierce fighting has raged since the weekend, diplomats told AFP. The meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m. (2100 GMT).
09 29,2020 11:13
World

Global coronavirus deaths surpass one million

More than 1 million people have died of COVID-19 around the world as of Tuesday (Sept. 29), according to a Reuters tally, with the pace of fatalities picking up as infections again surge in several countries.
09 29,2020 11:03
Hong Kong

HK govt offers one-off allowance of $10k for new arrivals from low-income families

The Community Care Fund (CCF) is offering a one-off allowance of HK$10,000 to new arrivals from low-income families under the "One-off Allowance for New Arrivals from Low-income Families" scheme.

09 28,2020 18:43
World

Japan's 117-year-old Kane Tanaka becomes third-oldest person ever

Kane Tanaka, the oldest person in Japan, has reached a grand old age despite a penchant for fizzy drinks.
09 28,2020 18:43
World

G20 Leaders' Summit to be held virtually in Nov

The 2020 G20 Leaders' Summit will be held virtually from Nov. 21 to Nov. 22, according to the statement from Saudi Arabia's G20 presidency early Monday (Sept. 28).

09 28,2020 15:27
OMG

OMG | Hidden gem in China: Hulunbuir Grassland, a pollution-free fairyland

Hulunbuir Grassland is one of the best pastures in China and is known as the "purest grassland" because there is nearly no pollution.

09 28,2020 14:30
World

Trump paid no income tax in 10 of last 15 years: NY Times

President Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years, according to a report on Sunday in The New York Times.
09 28,2020 12:58
China

Remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War returned

The remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were returned to China on Sunday from the Republic of Korea (ROK).
09 28,2020 11:26
Business

Asian shares stutter ahead of US presidential debate while oil dips

Asian shares were on the defensive, while oil prices edged lower on Monday (Sept. 28) as investors were cautious ahead of a U.S. Presidential debate and as coronavirus cases spike again in a blow to global economic recovery hopes.
09 28,2020 11:11
World

US judge blocks Trump administration TikTok app store ban

A U.S. judge in Washington late on Sunday (Sept. 27) temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
09 28,2020 10:30
Hong Kong

Coronavirus | Hong Kong adding new medical facilities against possible winter outbreak

With the central government's support, Hong Kong is building a makeshift hospital and adding new treatment facilities in AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) in case a new wave of the COVID-19 epidemic breaks out in winter.
09 27,2020 18:28
Hong Kong

Coronavirus | HK reports 6 new infections, with a imported case

Hong Kong reported six new coronavirus cases today (Sept. 27), including one local infection of an unknown source.
09 27,2020 17:39
Hong Kong

National security law crucial to restoring peace in Hong Kong: various sectors

Violent incidents have declined significantly in Hong Kong, and peace and stability have been gradually restored since the national security law took effect nearly three months ago, representatives of various sectors in Hong Kong said.
09 27,2020 12:04
World

Trump picks Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court

US President Donald Trump on Saturday (Sept. 26) announced conservative appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett as his third US Supreme Court appointment, setting off a scramble in the Republican-led Senate to confirm her before Election Day in 5-1/2 weeks.
09 27,2020 12:01
World

First person cured of HIV 'dying from blood cancer'

Timothy Ray Brown, the American once known as "the Berlin patient" who in 2008 became the first person to be cured of HIV, is terminally ill with cancer, according to his partner.
09 27,2020 12:00
Hong Kong

Livestreaming promotes Hong Kong products to more mainland consumers

The show started at 7:30 p.m. local time Friday on various livestreaming platforms like Taobao, Douyin, etc, which drew an audience of 5 million within half an hour.
09 27,2020 11:57
Hong Kong

Construction worker gets 4 years for rioting

A 26-year-old construction worker, Shum Hiu-lun, was jailed for four years on Friday for rioting and common assault during an illegal protest outside the Hong Kong police headquarters in Wan Chai on June 26 last year.
09 27,2020 11:47
Hong Kong

Carrie Lam backs police' media registration rules

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has thrown her weight behind the police’s move to amend front-line rules for the media, saying it’s an “objective” and “open” decision that ensures all media can be treated equally.
09 27,2020 11:38
Hong Kong

CE: Cross-boundary travel talks to resume as epidemic eases

As the local epidemic situation stabilizes, Hong Kong will restart discussions with Guangdong province and Macao on resuming cross-boundary travel with the use of a health code system, Hong Kong’s chief executive said on Friday.
09 27,2020 11:22
World

Johnson looks to appoint BBC critics for media roles

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to appoint two Brexit-backing critics of the BBC to important roles in the media, including one as chairman of the publicly owned broadcaster itself, the Times reported on Saturday (Sept. 26).
09 27,2020 11:15
Hong Kong

Coronavirus | HK records another day with no local cases

Health authorities reported that no local coronavirus infections were reported in the city on Saturday (Sept. 26) and the lone COVID-19 case recorded was a cargo plane crew who flew in from Bahrain.
09 27,2020 11:15
Hong Kong

China rejects Western accusation at UN rights forum on Hong Kong, Xinjiang

China's Mission to the UN office at Geneva on Friday denied accusations of harming human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang after the West rebuked China at the UN Human Rights Council.
09 27,2020 11:02
Video

Center for Refugees in Chungking Mansions burnt down in fire, calling for aid to rebuild

An incident in Christian Action – Centre for Refugees in Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong, was burnt into ruins. The fire was caused by a short circuit in the air conditioner. The center was severely damaged, fortunately no one was injured in the fire.
09 25,2020 20:42
Opinion

Opinion | New media rules will bring order back to chaotic media industry in HK

The Hong Kong Police imposed new media rules on Tuesday and now only recognize media representatives registered with the Information Services Department (ISD) and those from "internationally recognized and well-known" non-local news agencies, newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations. This means police events and some protest scenes may now be off-limits to unregistered, online news outlets, student journalists, freelancers and individuals.
09 25,2020 17:53
Hong Kong

Ocean Park to introduce 'Green Staycation' for yoga and camping in Oct

Ocean Park will launch "Green Staycation" in October, allowing visitors to do yoga and meditate at various locations in the park, including the artificial lake, aquarium and "North Pole Encounter" under the gaze of sea lions and seals.
09 25,2020 16:05
China

Coronavirus | Mainland reports eight new COVID cases

Mainland China reported eight new Covid-19 cases on Sept. 24, compared with seven cases disclosed a day earlier, the national health authority said on Friday (Sept. 25).
09 25,2020 12:38
Hong Kong

Disneyland reopens after two months of closure

Dozens of fans streamed into the Hong Kong Disneyland on Friday (Sept. 25) as it reopened its doors after two months.
09 25,2020 12:37
World

Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid scandal

The powerful head of the Vatican's saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned suddenly Thursday (Sept. 24) from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reportedly implicated him indirectly.
09 25,2020 12:27
Hong Kong

Hong Kong students triumph at 32nd International Olympiad in Informatics

Secretary for Education of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Kevin Yeung Thursday (Sept. 24) congratulated a team of Hong Kong students who won one gold and two bronze medals at the 32nd International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).
09 25,2020 12:16
Hong Kong

Hong Kong's exports down 2.3 pct in August

Hong Kong's exports recorded a year-on-year decrease of 2.3 percent in August, according to the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government on Thursday (Sept. 24).
09 25,2020 12:16
Video

OMG | Amazing Sugar Painting in China

Sugar painting is a form of traditional Chinese folk art using hot, liquid sugar to create two-dimensional objects on a marble or metal surface. The painter uses sugar as a raw material for modeling, and a spoon and a shovel as the only tool.

09 25,2020 11:55
Hong Kong

National security law responds to urgent needs of people in HKSAR: Chinese diplomat

The national security law for China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has filled up the gaping loopholes in safeguarding national security in HKSAR and responded to the urgent needs of people there, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday (Sept. 23).
09 25,2020 11:45
China

Chinese box office exceeds RMB 5.4 bn after cinemas reopen

A total of 150 million visits were made by Chinese moviegoers since the cinemas reopened on July 20, with the total box office of RMB 5.4 billion (US$800 million), according to a report released on Tuesday (Sept. 22).
09 25,2020 11:42
Business

China to be added to FTSE global bond benchmark in 2021

FTSE Russell will add Chinese government bonds to its flagship World Government Bond Index (WGBI) starting in 2021 and pending confirmation in March, the index provider said on Thursday.
09 25,2020 11:26
World

Coronavirus | Global confirmed cases surpass 32 million

According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, as of early this morning (Sept. 25), the reported number of people infected with COVID-19 has surpassed 32 million worldwide, with nearly 980,000 deaths. The epidemic is still at its worst in the US, with more than 6.9 million people infected and more than 200,000 dead.
09 25,2020 10:58
Hong Kong

Coronavirus | HK reports 7 new infections, with 4 imported cases

Hong Kong reported seven new coronavirus cases today (Sept.24), including three local infections and four imported cases.
09 24,2020 18:33
World

Japan PM urges better ties in call with South Korea's Moon

Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday (Sept. 24) called for better ties with the Republic of Korea (ROK) in talks with ROK President Moon Jae-in, the first in months between leaders of the two countries.
09 24,2020 16:41
Business

Tesla sues US govt over tariffs on Chinese imports

Tesla Inc. has sued to stop the United States government from collecting tariffs on parts it imports from China for the manufacturing of its electric cars. Bloomberg reported that Tesla on Monday filed the suit concerning tariffs imposed by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on imports from China in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York.
09 24,2020 16:08
Hong Kong

Opinion | Criticizing judges: Complaints procedures and higher standards

After a 15-year-old youth was sentenced on May 26 to 18 months' probation for the offenses of arson and possession of materials with intent to destroy or damage property, the secretary for justice, Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, invited the Court of Appeal to review the sentence, arguing that it was manifestly inadequate (CAAR 1/2020).
09 24,2020 15:42
Hong Kong

FCC accused of 'endorsing rioters' over media policy

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has accused the Foreign Correspondents' Club of "attempting to endorse the rioters" and "sowing more trouble" in Hong Kong for criticising the new media accreditation policy that took effect on Wednesday (Sept. 23).
09 24,2020 15:19
Hong Kong

Joshua Wong arrested over anti-mask rally

Activist Joshua Wong is said to have been arrested when he reported to Central Police Station this afternoon (Sept. 24).
09 24,2020 15:03
World

Coronavirus | HK govt categorizes UK as high-risk area

The Hong Kong government announces today (Sept. 24) that the UK will be classified as a high-risk area. Starting from Oct.1, visitors to HK from the UK will be required to have a 72-hour negative test for coronavirus.
09 24,2020 14:59
Hong Kong

Fresh IPOs 'vote of confidence' in HK

Hong Kong's bourgeoning market for initial public offerings since the National Security Law's implementation proves that the city remains competitive, business magnate Allan Zeman said on Wednesday (Sept. 23).
09 24,2020 14:45
China

Ant 'plans US$17.5 billion Hong Kong IPO, no cornerstones'

Jack Ma's Ant Group Co. is seeking to raise US$17.5 billion in its Hong Kong share sale and won't seek to lock in cornerstone investors, confident there will be plenty of demand for one of the largest equity deals in the financial hub, according to people familiar with the matter.
09 24,2020 14:41
Hong Kong

Hong Kong Disneyland loses right to land near theme park

Walt Disney Co's Hong Kong Disneyland Resort lost an option to expand its site after local authorities decided not to renew an agreement with the amusement park to develop a neighboring plot of land.
09 24,2020 14:30
Hong Kong

Survey: Nearly 70% HK respondents support launch of health code

The Hong Kong government said earlier that the health code was ready to be launched, but it would only be introduced after the epidemic situation stabilizes. According to the latest survey, 66% of the respondents supported the introduction of the health code.

09 24,2020 12:32
World

TikTok asks judge to block US from banning app download

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (Sept. 23) with the US federal court to ban Washington from removing TikTok from the US app store starting Sunday, saying the authorities are not really concerned about national security, but rather political considerations related to the November's election.
09 24,2020 12:00
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