Just 156 votes separate the two candidates in L.A.'s 9th District council race

People who use heating oil will see increases of around 70 percent because the war in Iran has greatly reduced supply of that fuel.

Three alleged middlemen in a Hong Kong bid-rigging syndicate offered HK$2 million (US$256,410) in bribes to an owners’ corporation chairman and member to secure a HK$20 million renovation tender for...

A video showing six schoolgirls puffing on e-cigarettes inside a school toilet cubicle in Hong Kong has gone viral, prompting education authorities to say they are “highly concerned” and contact...

Hezbollah’s conflict with Israel and the U.S.-Israel war with Iran have made systemic problems worse, causing the cost of living to soar and driving many Lebanese to despair.

Hong Kong’s Construction Industry Council will form a task force to review site operations in an effort to address work quality issues following a spike in discoveries of substandard work...

Assets under management in Hong Kong would double with the addition of just a small portion of the money global insurance and pension funds have to invest, according to a...

A decade ago, when Beijing ended its one-child policy, demographers and economists issued a grim consensus: a rapidly shrinking workforce would cripple China’s manufacturing and export machine. Indeed, the demographic dividend...

This article was first published on November 12, 2006. End of the line: the last Star Ferry slips its moorings at Central Pier by Norma Connolly and Winnie Yeung The lights of the...

Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung was killed by her ex-husband in a fit of rage after she hurled insults at him during a car ride, his elder brother...

Former Hong Kong lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai will be sentenced later this month after pleading guilty to four traffic offences stemming from a hit-and-run incident while driving under the influence...

Hong Kong’s Cathay Group has ordered 14 additional Airbus aircraft to support the expansion of its regional services, taking its total investment commitments to more than HK$150 billion (US$19 billion)...

Hong Kong will become the first city in Asia to conduct clinical trials of a non-invasive treatment for kidney tumours, extending the technology beyond liver and pancreatic cancers, with tycoon...