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The Hong Kong government has intervened after furious fans demanded a refund as Lionel Messi was left on the bench for 90 minutes in a friendly fixture on Sunday. Inter Miami beat a Hong Kong XI 4-1 on Sunday, but Messi did not feature at all for the MLS side …

This is the second article in a two-part series about the alleged exploitation of Filipino migrant workers.  Hong Kong, China – It only took a few minutes of searching online for Divina*, a domestic worker in Hong Kong, to find a recruiter offering the tempting opportunity to work in Poland. …

Following the addition of wax figures of singer Justin Bieber and actor Chris Hemsworth, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong has unveiled the wax figure of Rihanna.  Dressed in an orange-toned ensemble, the wax figure exudes a sophisticated retro hip-hop vibe that is characteristic of the singer it was modelled after.    Fans have …

Tickets for football match between Lionel Messi’s club Inter Miami and a Hong Kong team which were listed online on Friday, have sold out within an hour of being made available to the public. The Argentine great alongside his former Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba at Inter Miami …

Rowena He lost her job at the Chinese University of Hong Kong after her visa was not renewed. A Hong Kong professor who researched the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has been fired from her university position after the city’s immigration authorities declined to extend her visa. Until this week Rowena …

Hong Kong has been battered by record rainfall after a low pressure system caused by Typhoon Haikui hit the area. At one point, the Hong Kong Observatory reported rainfall levels hitting more than six inches an hour. That caused widespread flooding, the footage of which is stunning. Here’s a look …

NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, attached to courier companies in Lagos have intercepted various quantities of Dextromethorphan mixed with heroin; Methamphetamine; Dimethyl Sulfone and Cannabis concealed in different objects going to Europe.   While 272 grams of dextromethorphan mixed with heroin going to Greece …

In a rare victory for journalism amid a crackdown on the news media in Hong Kong, the city’s top court on Monday overturned the conviction of a prominent reporter who had produced a documentary that was critical of the police. Choy Yuk-ling, who also goes by the name Bao Choy, …

Government says it will issue vouchers worth 5,000 Hong Kong dollars to all adults this year to help economic recovery. Hong Kong will give more handouts to consumers to support the city’s recovery from a prolonged economic downturn induced by COVID-19 restrictions, Financial Secretary Paul Chan has announced in the …

The political candidates represented the vanguard of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. Numbering in the dozens, they had planned to run for the city’s legislature in 2020, after months of turbulent protests calling for greater freedom from China. By the time the election was held, more than a year later, none …