Trump's last-day dilemma: stay and go to jail in shame, or flee to heroic exile in Israel
The chances that Donald Trump will remain a free man after today is almost zero, regardless of any evidence of wrong-doing. Whatever...
Whoops! Man dropped iPhone from plane while it was filming
An iPhone falls from a plane with the video rolling and survives to tell the tale. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
Iran blames bitcoin miners for blackouts
Iran has launched a crackdown on cryptocurrency miners who it claims are responsible for power blackouts that are blighting the country.
Are you ready for a British Fox News? The people behind GB News hope so
With strident views, new voices and £60m of funding, new channel GB News has ambitions to take on the big beasts at the BBC, ITN and Sky.
Raab called on to apologise to Queen’s Counsel trying Hong Kong case
British minister Dominic Raab said David Perry was handing Beijing a PR victory in taking up the case, pointing to concerns over the national security law.
White, male, Trump-voting troops MAY BETRAY Biden at inauguration, Dem Congressman suggests, in prediction even CNN finds crazy
With the FBI screening National Guard troops for potential animosity toward Joe Biden, Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen reckons the...
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 caseload jumps to 107; ethnic minority members warned of risks
By taking off masks to eat and socialise, residents of mostly South Asian descent are helping to spread the disease, health authorities say.
World On Brink Of "Catastrophic Moral Failure" On Vaccines: WHO Chief
COVID-19 Vaccine: "Not only does this me-first approach leave the world's poorest and most vulnerable at risk, it is...
Biden Pushes Unity 2-Days Before Taking Over White House, Trump Considers 100 Pardons
The Democrat's fervent appeals for optimism and healing -- which are also set to dominate his inauguration event on Wednesday...
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.
Stamp duty relief spurs Hong Kong’s biggest industrial property deal since August 2019
Property fund manager Kailong buys industrial building in Cheung Sha Wan for US$124.5 million after government’s recent abolition...
80 per cent of recovered Hongkongers still suffer 1 symptom: Covid-19 study
Researchers at Chinese University also say nearly a third suffer from more than three symptoms and warn Hongkongers at risk given...
ByteDance moves on from smartphones to devices for education sector
TikTok owner ByteDance suspends development of smartphones to refocus on smart education hardware products.
Jail for only person convicted of rioting during notorious Hong Kong protest
Chan Cho-ho, 25, sentenced to four years behind bars over violent clashes on August 31, 2019, one of the most chaotic days of that year’s protests.
Gang steals HK$3.5 million from woman after cryptocurrency trade
The woman was paid HK$3.5 million in cash after using her iPhone to complete an online transaction to sell USDT tokens, police source says.
‘We will die’: Hong Kong businesses demand immediate easing of Covid-19 rules
Restaurants, beauty parlours plead with Hong Kong government to allow them to open up their premises, after seemingly endless social-distancing curbs.
‘Is the government playing us?’ Lunar New Year fair U-turn confuses florists
Flower growers say government reversal has come too late but politicians across the political divide welcome the decision.
HK reports 107 Covid cases, 40 infections untraceable
The Centre for Health Protection said as of 12am today, it has recorded 107 additional confirmed coronavirus cases – five imported...
Hong Kong Covid-19 panel backs Pfizer vaccine, seeks more Norway deaths details
Unanimous backing from experts will go before health secretary for final decision, paving way for mass inoculation drive from mid-February.
From "Theme Park” to "Resort”: Ocean Park revamp
Ocean Park will soon shift its focus from running a theme park, to become a resort-like destination for members of the public,...
Software data shows freight groups avoiding UK, prices rising
An increasing number of freight groups rejected contracts to move goods from France into Britain in the second week of January,...
Call to prioritise minority ethnic groups for Covid vaccines
BAME communities should be better protected as they are more at risk, say public health experts and MPs
UK's Johnson criticised over lack of COVID-19 welfare commitment
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was criticised in parliament on Monday for refusing to commit to the renewal of a temporary...
Hope as cases fall all across London with infections down by third
Only three London boroughs have infection rates of over 1,000 new cases per 100,000 population, down from 17 last week
Matt Hancock: ‘Don’t blow it now, we are on the route out’
Matt Hancock warned people not to “blow it now” as he urged Britons to stick to lockdown rules while the vaccination programme continues.