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Cubic poop: Scientists crack mystery of wombats' square-shaped faeces
IN THE PAPERS - Monday, November 19: The US will release a report into the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi this week. Maltese investigators say they're at a…
Hong Kong pro-democracy protest leaders go on trial
Three leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges related to their involvement in massive rallies calling for political reform, as room for…
Bookshop closure 'marks the definitive proof of Hong Kong’s lack of freedom'
Three years after the disappearance of five Hong Kong publishers, the last bookshop on the island still selling books banned on the Chinese mainland has closed – ending a long…
China unveils mega bridge linking Hong Kong with mainland
China's President Xi Jinping launched the world's longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China Tuesday at a time when Beijing is tightening its grip on its…
Hong Kong pro-independence party banned
Hong Kong banned a political party which promotes independence on Monday, a first since the city was handed back to China by Britain 21 years ago as Beijing ups pressure on any…
Typhoon batters China after killing dozens in Philippines
Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China after lashing the Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that caused landslides feared to have buried dozens.
‘There is debris strewn all over the streets’, Patrick Fok reports from Hong Kong
‘There is debris strewn all over the streets’, Patrick Fok reports from Hong Kong amid damage from Typhoon Mangkhut.
US, China in Tiananmen row as Hong Kong vigil held
The United States urged China to make a full public account of a crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 as tens of…
Police defuse WWII-era bomb in Hong Kong
Police defused a World War II bomb Friday at a construction site in the heart of Hong Kong after more than 1,000 people were evacuated from the area, in the third such discovery…
End of the road for bike sharer Gobee in France
People wanting to get on their bikes in France have one fewer option for doing so after the Gobee.bike hire service said Saturday it was closing following a welter of thefts and…
Hong Kong court quashes democracy activists' jail terms
Hong Kong's highest court on Tuesday unanimously decided to free three young leaders of the Chinese-ruled city's pro-democracy movement, including the public face of youth-led…
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Why Hong Kong produces 200,000 tons of electronic waste per year
Where do your computers, tablets and smartphones go to die? Electronic waste is an environmental problem throughout Asia, but nowhere more so than in Hong Kong. For a long time…
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