Hong Kong firefighters battled for five hours to bring a hill fire near a residential area in Tuen Mun under control on Sunday, with a government helicopter sent to help bring the flames under control. No injuries were reported, but the flames spread along the hillside near Shan King Estate, not far from two secondary schools, sending thick clouds of smoke billowing into the air. The blaze, reported at about 1.30pm, broke out in a patch of grass measuring about 10 metres by 20 metres (33 feet by...

Global funding for nature still falling short: Paulson Institute

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Belgium's King Philippe on Sunday exchanged congratulations on the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

China’s five-year leadership cycle is getting under way at a provincial level, with new teams being installed in a process that offers important clues to the future of the Communist Party at a national level. Last week, four provinces – Anhui, Henan, Shanxi and Xinjiang – wrapped up their respective party congresses and appointed new standing committees for the next five years. The meetings were held a week before a key party gathering in Beijing – known as the fifth plenum – that runs from...

Better than a Diet of Worms.

L.A. Community College District trustee candidates vie for three open seats, promising to tackle student housing, job training, and basic needs across campuses.

A shift in weather at the end of the week will bring a high chance of rain to deliver possibly the first rainy Halloween in Los Angeles since 2014.

If California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) enters the 2028 presidential race as many Democrats expect, he’ll walk in with an asset other White House hopefuls will inarguably envy: a small-dollar fundraising and organizing machine powered by a massive and ever-growing contact list of potential supporters across the country. Even before last year’s successful Proposition 50...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has stressed that establishing and putting into practice a correct view of governance performance is a long-term task that requires sustained efforts.