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More than a dozen pan-democratic lawmakers have held a mini candlelight vigil outside the Legislative Council building, calling for the vindication of......

A microscopic marine creature believed to have been extinct for four million years has been found alive and well in New Zealand waters, researchers sa......

Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Thursday relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have a second child if either paren......

Paul George scored 21 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter as the Indiana Pacers staved off elimination by beating the defending champion Miami Heat......

French video game developer Ubisoft apologized ''unreservedly'' on Thursday after an Australian office was evacuated and a police bomb squad called ou......

Hong Kong stocks rose 0.46 percent on Thursday morning, extending recent gains, as traders await the release of revised US growth figures later in t......

Michal Handzus scored 2:04 into the second overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 Wednesday to stay alive in their We......

Kim Jin-su has been ruled out of South Korea's World Cup squad due to an ankle injury. The Korea Football Association announced Thursday that Park Jo......

The US Navy has described as "speculative" claims that underwater pings thought linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane were probably not coming......

A member of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan has been killed in a helicopter crash in the south of the country, the NATO-led......

The Macau government has withdrawn a controversial bill that would have granted lavish retirement packages to top officials. The move follows a prote......

At least three soldiers were killed and another two wounded in a roadside bomb blast in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, officials said. The incident......

An Australian agency says investigators have concluded that the missing Malaysian jet is not within an area thought to be its most likely resting plac......

The MTR Corporation says the opening of the West Island line could be delayed by about three months until early next year. The railway blamed ground ......

Tokyo stocks extended their winning streak to a sixth straight session on Thursday, but a stronger yen and profit-taking held back the Japanese market......

The leader of pro-Moscow insurgents in the city of Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday confirmed that his forces had detained four observers from......

Jobs seekers have been warned to be wary of employment advertisements that don't identify the employer, but ask for an applicants' personal details su......

The city's most high-profile corruption case gets under way this afternoon and is likely to last for about four months after a jury was selected yesterday. ...

In the wake of massive protests in Macau yesterday, a controversial bill to give generous retirement packages to the outgoing chief executive and ministers looks set to be put on hold. ...

The government came under fire today for approving ferry fee increases – after operators were granted a HK$190 million subsidy last year – and admitted it could not rule out more raises in the future. ...