Shame young hoons not to drive recklessly

Hong Kong police have dismantled a local syndicate allegedly running a vice ring involving Thai women, seizing HK$13 million in cash (US$1.66 million) and freezing HK$5 million in suspected crime proceeds. The force said on Saturday that it arrested five local men and two foreign men, aged between 44 and 54, for allegedly running a prostitution ring in the Tsim Sha Tsui district by luring Southeast Asian women to work as sex workers in Hong Kong. Four core members, including three brothers and...

WA Police released a social media alert on Saturday afternoon asking the public for information relating to 38-year-old Alice Jane Bowden who was last seen in Attadale.

China has unveiled a smart robot prototype designed to assist with wheat breeding in the latest step in its ongoing drive to advance agricultural technology and bolster food security. The robot made its public debut at a recent seminar on wheat breeding, state-run China Science Daily reported on Friday. Traditional wheat breeders rely on a wealth of accumulated experience to identify and select strains with superior traits from tens of thousands of hybrid offspring. But this requires manual...

Guangdong-registered yachts will be allowed to sail into Hong Kong waters from next Friday under a new travel scheme, the city’s transport minister has confirmed. Writing in her weekly blog on Saturday, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said the maiden voyage ceremony for the Southbound Yacht Travel Scheme would be held on launch day. “Building on the groundwork laid by the Northbound Yacht Travel Scheme, the maiden voyage ceremony for the Southbound Yacht Travel Scheme marks a...

“We understand there is no evidence to suggest that this matter relates to any of our students,” the school head wrote in correspondence to parents on Friday.

A police investigation is under way after the death of an infant in Adelaide.

Three officers jumped into the River Torrens in Adelaide to save a fleeing brawl suspect who couldn't swim.

Jayda Allen, 21, whose body was discovered inside a Carlton apartment, had become a "shell of herself", family say.

At events marking China’s National Day in Africa on October 1, robots provided the entertainment. In Luanda, Angola, dancing robots amused guests and ambassador Zhang Bin called the industry “a small snapshot of the Chinese economy’s move towards innovation and higher-quality development”. In Brazzaville, Congo, nearly 400 guests – including Congolese officials and Chinese business representatives – watched on as a robot dog performed. Guests also interacted with a robot dog at a Chinese New...

A victim of historical clerical abuse was accused by the Marist Brothers’ lawyer of fabricating evidence and faking details of two suicide attempts, but a Supreme Court jury awarded him $2.2 million.

The family of a teenager fighting for life after a Melbourne firebombing has urged young people not to take cash to commit crimes.