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The new generation of Hong Kong police officers will need “iron bones” in the face of unrelenting “oppression by hostile foreign forces”, the security minister has said. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung, speaking at the force’s passing-out parade on Saturday, was also moved to tears when he recalled the force’s efforts to recover the human remains of those killed in the Wang Fuk Court blaze last November. “The oppression by hostile foreign forces will not stop. Those who are...

The Canadian comedic actress died in Los Angeles on Friday at the age of 71 following a brief illness.

At least 200 people were killed in a landslide at coltan mines in eastern Congo, according to rebel authorities

A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), leaving at least 200 people dead, rebel authorities said on Saturday. The collapse took place on Wednesday at the Rubaya mines, which are controlled by the M23 rebels, said Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesman for the rebel-appointed governor of North Kivu province. He said the landslide was caused by heavy rains. “For now, there are more than 200 dead, some of whom...

British light-middleweight Josh Kelly tells BBC Sport about how he won his battle with chronic hypochondria to emerge as a world title contender.

British light-middleweight Josh Kelly tells BBC Sport about how he won his battle with chronic hypochondria to emerge as a world title contender.

British light-middleweight Josh Kelly tells BBC Sport about how he won his battle with chronic hypochondria to emerge as a world title contender.

British light-middleweight Josh Kelly tells BBC Sport about how he won his battle with chronic hypochondria to emerge as a world title contender.

British light-middleweight Josh Kelly tells BBC Sport about how he won his battle with chronic hypochondria to emerge as a world title contender.

Mariah Carey has been honored as MusiCares Person of the Year for her musical achievements and philanthropy

Kansas legislative leaders were determined to bully and oppress a tiny minority of people. And they didn’t care about any rules or norms or expectations of basic human decency that stood in their way. In two sentences, that was the story from Wednesday’s travesty at the Kansas Statehouse. Without a single public hearing, overwhelming majorities […]

At least 10 security officials and 37 militants were killed as ethnic Baloch separatists launched "coordinated" attacks across Pakistan's Balochistan province on Saturday, an official said, the latest violence in the insurgency-hit southwest region.