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Southern China battered by new storm after Hato carnage

A second tropical storm has swept into southern China, lashing Hong Kong and Macau with heavy rain and strong wind as the region reels...

16 dead as typhoon roars through Macau and southern China

At least 16 people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit the southern Chinese region in more than half a century. The...

Hong Kong shuts down as powerful typhoon sweeps past; at least 3 killed

A powerful typhoon has caused at least three deaths in Macau, according to local authorities in the Chinese gambling enclave. Three men, aged 30,...

Hong Kong rejects asylum for refugees who sheltered Snowden

A group of refugees who sheltered former NSA contractor Edward Snowden four years ago have seen their asylum requests rejected by Hong Kong, according...

Chinese diplomat who oversaw Hong Kong handover dies

A former Chinese vice premier and top diplomat who oversaw the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China has died in Beijing aged...

No surprise as Beijing favourite Carrie Lam picked to lead Hong Kong

A committee dominated by pro-Beijing elites has picked China favourite Carrie Lam to lead the former British territory in the first such poll since...

13 injured in ‘chaotic’ Hong Kong subway fire

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out in a subway car in Hong Kong, injuring 13 people. Police...

Independence for Hong Kong will not happen, leader warns

Independence for Hong Kong is not possible, the outgoing leader of the Chinese-controlled territory has warned in his farewell policy speech. In his annual address...

British banker guilty of killing Indonesian women in Hong Kong

A British banker has been convicted of murder for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, torturing one of them over three days while...

Jury sees graphic video of British banker describing torture and killing of woman in Hong Kong

and killed an Indonesian woman he met in a bar, saying he repeatedly raped her. In the video he shot, Rurik Jutting, a Cambridge University...

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