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Pledge to use city’s new domestic national security law only in compelling circumstances and to promote ‘soft power’ suggests a subtle change in government stance.
Thankfully, Hong Kong authorities recognise the healthy development of the media industry and its consumers is the way to go, not legislation that is difficult to draft and inevitably restricts press freedom.
Automatic right to screens in Hong Kong courts that spare complainants from having to face the accused would encourage victims of crime to come forward, and enhance justice.
The city’s success and prosperity, now as in the past, depends on maintaining the rule of law both as a matter of perception and reality.
The government must soon determine a target population size for the animals and shift into population management, lest the culling programme become an extermination plan.
The procedure was popularised by celebs like Kim Kardashian and Gwyneth Paltrow – and now 3 women at a spa have contracted HIV
The ex-publisher of the Enquirer testified to his 2016 involvement in paying off Playboy model Karen McDougal, while the tabloid also ‘caught and killed’ stories to protect Weinstein and Schwarzenegger
The man was sentenced last year to 13 months in prison and banned from using Snapchat for two years, but his lawyers argue that is unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Prajwal Revanna is accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of women after the release of videos showing his alleged crimes.
Since December 2019, Rowling has hit the headlines for her views on transgender issues and been criticised by fans of her novels and the world she created.
Beijing’s top anti-graft agency says Liu, who once served on Interpol executive committee, is ‘suspected of serious violations of discipline and law’ which is widely understood to mean corruption.
Transgender man Henry Edward Tse won a landmark legal battle in 2023, but official policy only changed earlier this month.
Paul Lam says he continues to engage in discussions and provide explanations on the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance enacted last month.
Henry Edward Tse first launched legal action in 2017 after authorities blocked an application to change his gender from female to male on his Hong Kong ID card.
City’s chief imam, Mufti Muhammad Arshad, condemns incidents but says he believes it is an individual case.
Meet Allen Weisselberg – retired CFO of the Trump Organisation and the former president’s most trusted accountant who’s heading to prison for the second time aged 76
In a country of more than 98 million Catholics, neither of the two leading candidates – both women – has shared specific proposals on abortion.
Judge rules decision to sack Toffee Tam was ‘so harsh and oppressive’, it must have involved ‘some error of law’.
Princess Beatrice’s first boyfriend, Paolo Liuzzo, was recently found dead in a Miami hotel room and had multiple run-ins with the law over the years – here’s what we know about him
Mahathir has denied that he abused power while in government and described the anti-corruption sweep as politically motivated.
China is readying a revision of its law on money laundering, signalling a hardening of penalties for financial crimes and a desire to keep practices in line with international standards.
Readers discuss accusations of ‘job-hopping’ directed at migrant domestic workers, and steps to improve fire safety awareness.
Xiaolei Wu, who was studying jazz at the Berklee College of Music, will be deported after serving his sentence in a US prison, a federal judge orders.
In Jiangsu, workers who report clues could be rewarded with up to US$4,100, particularly if it leads to a criminal case involving national security.
As China works to sell itself as a viable destination for international firms to air their disputes through arbitration, more must be done for these efforts to meet with success, analysts and professionals say.
A source says the government has shifted to a ‘softer, reactive’ approach but is not planning any large-scale publicity campaigns or high-level delegations to explain the new law overseas.
New York prosecutors portrayed US$130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels as a criminal effort to deceive voters when Trump was facing other accusations of crude sexual behaviour.
Accusations of widespread fraud and state interference rejected by Constitutional Court in 5-3 decision.
Three Hongkongers, eight Thai women and 40 mainland Chinese residents arrested after series of police raids over two weeks.
Six male defendants plead not guilty to charge of bombing, while one female suspect denies role in providing or collecting property to commit terrorist acts.