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ABC News' Britt Clennett explores how Hong Kong is being hit by the omicron variant after two years of low case numbers and deaths, and how the region is attempting to fight the surge. ( read original story ...)

Posted . Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that the city's COVID-19 vaccination program would focus on its e ... ( read original story ...)

Didi Global Inc. plunged 44% on Friday after the company suspended preparations for its planned Hong Kong listing. ( read original story ...)

For several weeks, bodies have been piling up at hospitals because the city’s public mortuaries, which can take up to 3,000 bodies, are full. ( read original story ...)

Dynamic zero-Covid policy’ under scrutiny in region with highest death rate in developed world ... ( read original story ...)

As the rest of the world learns to live with the virus, the highly infectious omicron variant has finally broken through Hong Kong’s once lauded defenses. ( read original story ...)

Care homes have become the epicentre of the city's worst-ever outbreak, accounting for nearly 60 percent of all deaths since January when an Omicron- fuelled resurgence kicked off. Hong Kong has ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Thursday that America is set for another year of "very uncomfortably high" inflation amid the Russia-Ukraine war. ( read original story ...)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Thursday that America is set for another year of "very uncomfortably high" inflation amid the Russia-Ukraine war. ( read original story ...)

Serving up a rarely changing menu of quirky Canto-European concoctions, the cha chaan teng is at the heart of the city's singular cultural identity. ( read original story ...)

Context: Hong Kong long championed the idea of “zero COVID,” which aimed to eliminate all cases through testing and quarantine, according to The Washington Post. This is simil ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's hair salons were allowed to reopen on Thursday, after being shut on February 10, as part of restrictions implemented to tackle the surge of COVID-19 cases. (March 10) ... ( read original story ...)

Revolution of Our Times looks at the 2019 demonstrations, which some Taiwanese saw as a warning sign about their own future ... ( read original story ...)

China's securities regulator has barred the country's investment banks it regulates from acting as promoters of blank-check firms in Hong Kong, three people with knowledge of the matter said, cutting ... ( read original story ...)