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A fully equipped PLA amphibious task force has reached China's southernmost claimed possession in the South China Sea in an unprecedented show of force that is raising eyebrows across the region...
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A South Korean soldier standing on guard at the tense inter-Korean border threw a grenade toward a moving object in the dark early on Wednesday, sparking a short-lived alarm, the defence ministry...
10:22AM
The government's restrictions on taking infant milk formula across the border was "based on a mistake" and should be scrapped in the long term, a milk powder producer said.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.1 shook Taiwan on Wednesday, official agencies said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Updated 11:29AM
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07:22AM
Li Ka-shing yesterday defined "love of country" - the quality Beijing sees as essential for Hong Kong's next chief executive. But Li refused to specifically say whether these should also be...
05:10AM
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07:22AM
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05:10AM
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06:14AM
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05:12AM
China
An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.1 shook Taiwan on Wednesday, official agencies said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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Asia
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World
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose veteran agent Julia Pierson as Secret Service director, the first woman to lead the male-dominated agency, a year after its reputation was tarnished by a...
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British lawmaker David Miliband, who lost the 2010 battle for the leadership of the opposition Labour party to his younger brother Ed, is to stand down as an MP, it was reported on Monday.
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Business
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Wang Dongming, chairman of China’s biggest brokerage CITIC Securities, was so impressed by the Charles Ellis bestseller The Making of Goldman Sachs that he called for a Chinese translation and...
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Asian markets rose on Wednesday, boosted by another record high for the Dow on Wall Street while concerns over the Cyprus bailout receded.
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Warren Buffett has given up his chance to become Goldman Sachs’ largest shareholder by converting his warrants into a smaller stake in the bank at no additional cost to his Berkshire Hathaway.
09:50AM
The head of General Motors’ Cadillac brand expects its sales in China, the world’s biggest luxury car market, to grow by two-thirds this year and triple there by 2016.
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Lifestyle
March is the most exciting month in Hong Kong's cinematic calendar.
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When Sarah Shrimplin injured herself training for a marathon and couldn't join her son in the Beat the Banana! Charity Run on March 17, she immediately looked for a replacement, as she knew how...
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Every summer, the Verbier Festival, a classical music festival at the Swiss ski resort of the same name, runs a three-week immersion programme for young musicians. It gives promising players a...
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As announced in Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's latest policy address, each of Hong Kong's 18 district councils is to receive HK$100 million for special building projects.
10:05AM
Hong Kong's studios have relied on the international market to bolster profits since its first golden age in the 1930s. Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and pre-1950 mainland China...
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Zenith Wu works with her hands. She's an aspiring surgeon, and recently she's been trying to be as nimble on the valves of her trumpet as she is with a scalpel.
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Winning one Caldecott award is reason enough to celebrate, but this year Jon Klassen took home two. His book This Is Not My Hat won the Caldecott Medal, the most prestigious US children’s book...
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The San Carlo Theatre of Naples is one of the world's oldest opera houses, and its production of Verdi's La Traviata was traditional in both its virtues and its flaws. Grand in scale and...
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Sport
Another Dubai mission is turning to disaster for Manfred Man Ka-leung's injury-prone sprinter Eagle Regiment, who is battling lameness and seems in severe doubt to take his place in Saturday's Al...
04:53AM
Top swimmer and asthma sufferer David Wong Kai-wai is hoping for a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) to escape a lengthy ban after he failed a drug test at the start of the year.
04:52AM
England started the series ranked second in the world to New Zealand's eighth placing, and despite none of the three tests producing a result, New Zealand dominated the series.
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Technology
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Debates
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06:51AM
The appearance of colonial-era flags at recent demonstrations in the city has infuriated mainland commentators and former top officials.
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