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Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, has been lauded as a pioneer of “one country, two systems”, a staunch patriot and a close friend of the Chinese Communist Party who also contributed to US-China relations, according to a eulogy delivered by a senior Beijing official. In his remarks at Tung’s state funeral on Sunday, seen by the South China Morning Post, Shi Taifeng – a Politburo member and first vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),...

Ukraine launched ⁠what Moscow’s mayor called the biggest ever drone attack on the Russian capital on Sunday, in what he said was an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the final day of a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Two people were killed in the surrounding Moscow region and the capital’s oil refinery, which has been hit before, was struck, local authorities said. Witnesses heard blasts in Moscow and saw plumes of...

The United States Congress has reportedly launched a probe after a shipment of sensitive F-35 fighter jet parts was said to have been unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong and went missing, with the city’s authorities declining to comment on the case. A spokesman for the Hong Kong government said over the weekend that it would not comment on individual cases, a day after US media outlet Politico published the report. Citing three anonymous sources, Politico said the F-35 parts were shipped from...

A haunting old video shows Lindsay Clancy as a newly qualified maternity nurse, passionately discussing caring for mothers and babies years before she confessed to killing her three children

Jose Mourinho and Diego Simeone renew their rivalry after a 12-year wait as Real Madrid visit Atletico Madrid in Sunday's Spanish capital derby.

Jose Mourinho and Diego Simeone renew their rivalry after a 12-year wait as Real Madrid visit Atletico Madrid in Sunday's Spanish capital derby.

The cash can be used by local communities to protect threatened green spaces and wildlife sites.

The story of Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers, as another band bites the dust.

Wembley hosted its first American college football game on Saturday, but did the event meet expectations?

Wembley hosted its first American college football game on Saturday, but did the event meet expectations?

Wembley hosted its first American college football game on Saturday, but did the event meet expectations?

Wembley hosted its first American college football game on Saturday, but did the event meet expectations?