Strong sales at Hong Kong’s first new homes launch of 2021 bode well
Hundreds queued on Sunday hoping to buy one of the 145 new flats on sale at Wheelock’s Monaco project in Kai Tak, a promising start...
Reaction to Jack Ma Disappearing After Criticizing China in a Speech
Patrick Bet-David Podcast Episode 35. In this clip, Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick and Tom Zenner talk about what could have happened to Jack Ma.
Former lawmaker Ted Hui rejects HSBC explanation on why it froze his accounts
Hui says he can ‘hardly accept the nearly laughable U-turn explanation’ HSBC chief executive Noel Quinn gave him in an email last week.
Hong Kong equality watchdog steps up for sacked Filipino domestic worker
Baby Jane Allas, a domestic worker from the Philippines, lost her job after being diagnosed with cervical cancer and accused her...
Why China is investing heavily in blockchain
Last year was a big year for blockchain projects in China after President Xi Jinping called for further development of the technology...
Covid-19 rebound fears as Hong Kong logs 55 cases, over 80 await confirmation
Health official says the spike in daily caseloads is a ‘concern’, but explains it may be down to strengthened testing in virus-hit district.
Generation gap: stop talking down to Hong Kong’s disengaged young, expert says
Young Hongkongers feel marginalised and ignored, says academic who led six-month trust study.
Elderly home resident won't be inoculated in one go, Lam Ching-choi said
Authorities won't vaccinate all elderly home residents in one go as it wants more time to observe the jabs' side effects,...
HSBC "had no choice" but to freeze his accounts: Ted Hui
HSBC group chief executive Noel Quinn told exiled former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung the bank had no choice but to freeze his and his family's bank accounts.
Heathrow busy with people fleeing UK before travel rules change
New pictures have emerged showing hordes of people queueing at Heathrow Airport during lockdown.
Rishi Sunak urged to scrap council tax and stamp duty
Rishi Sunak is coming under pressure to ditch council tax and stamp duty completely.
'Superweed' flooding UK as people switch to cannabis for Dry January
Brits are turning to ‘super weed’ from California to help them get through Dry January in lockdown, it has been reported.
Lord Sumption tells woman with stage four cancer her life is 'less valuable'
A former Supreme Court judge and anti-lockdown campaigner has told a woman with stage four bowel cancer that her life was ‘less valuable’ than others.
UK could face 'gonorrhoea outbreak' after lockdown ends
The UK could face a gonorrhoea outbreak once lockdown comes to an end, as high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) return, medics have claimed.
Gavin Williamson’s ‘incompetence’ has left children hungry
Children have gone hungry because of Gavin Williamson’s “incompetence” as Education Secretary, Labour has said, ahead of a Commons debate on free school meal provision.
NHS in most precarious position in its history, says chief executive
Hospitals and staff ‘under extreme pressure’, says Simon Stevens, as over-70s invited to get jabs from Monday
‘Every UK adult to get dose of coronavirus vaccine by September’
The Government plans to offer a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine to every adult in the UK by September, Dominic Raab said on Sunday.
Britain invites G7 leaders to Cornish resort for June summit
Britain announced plans to hold the first in-person meeting of the G7 for nearly two years in June, inviting the leaders of major...
UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says
Britain should not engage in free trade with countries that abuse human rights, but proposals that the country’s courts should...
Arrests at Birmingham anti-lockdown protest
Eleven people have been arrested after an anti-lockdown protest in Birmingham.
Coronavirus: Concerns over bosses breaking Covid safety rules
Concerns have been raised about employees forced to go into workplaces that are not Covid-compliant during lockdown.
Covid-19: Man said he had travelled 100 miles 'for a McDonald's'
A man told police he had driven from Luton to Devizes to visit a McDonald's, even though the town does not have a branch of the burger chain.
Covid: Church of England services hit by pandemic
More than half of the Church of England's 14,000 parishes will not open for Sunday services later, as places of worship are hit hard by Covid-19.
Covid in Scotland: Barra outbreak 'serious and escalating'
Health officials have described a Covid outbreak on Barra in the Western Isles as "serious, and escalating" after 17 further cases were identified.
Eurostar: Government urged to 'safeguard' rail firm's future
A group of London business leaders has written to the government calling for financial support for the struggling rail firm Eurostar.