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Hari Kumar

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas, better known as Yesudas, will play a concert in Hong Kong next weekend. Photo: Corbis

Arts & Culture

Indian film singer Yesudas to perform in Hong Kong

30 Aug 2014 - 10:13pm

Robin Williams and his daughter Zelda.

Opinion

Trolls highlight the dark underbelly of the internet

16 Aug 2014 - 3:00am 1

Experts say there is no scientific evidence to support the Push Up Drink's asserted effect.

Opinion

Push Up Drink was bound to be a bust with its breast boosting claim

15 Aug 2014 - 3:40am 1

A nursing officer from the Hong Kong Health Department wears personal protective equipment recommended against the Ebola virus.

Opinion

Is Hong Kong unprepared for the Ebola crisis?

13 Aug 2014 - 4:19am

Women's Commission chairwoman Stella Lau Kun Lai-kuen refuted charges that people running the commission have been reduced to attending cocktail parties and receptions.

Opinion

Hong Kong's women's rights body appears to have lost its way

11 Aug 2014 - 4:08am 2

This week, Hong Kong's High Court ruled that entertainment tycoon Albert Yeung can sue Google because its search engine suggests terms such as "triad" when you enter the businessman's name.

Opinion

Could cyberspace turn into empty space?

9 Aug 2014 - 7:04am

What is squeezing Hong Kong business is the rents that keep going up without control.

Opinion

Ordinary Hong Kong people will be paying for minimum wage increase

8 Aug 2014 - 3:59am 7

Our police force is one of few in Asia not to have been tainted by major allegations of human rights abuse and violence.

Opinion

Occupy Central issue putting police impartiality under threat

5 Aug 2014 - 6:35am 1

A wild monkey at Kam Shan Country Park. Photo: May Tse

Opinion

Marauding macaques: a monkey business we could do without

8 Aug 2014 - 4:29pm 1

An Ebola banner at the Monrovia City Hall in Liberia. Photo: EPA

Opinion

Time to spend money on an Ebola vaccine

2 Aug 2014 - 5:03am 1

Jamie Oliver opens doors to Hong Kong restaurant.

Opinion

Titillation takes on a new taste in Hong Kong

30 Jul 2014 - 6:28am 2

Palestinian Sama al-Ajouz, 2, lays on a hospital bed in Gaza City. Al-Ajouz was wounded by shrapnel on the scull during an Israeli strike. Photo: AP

Opinion

Why the brutal war in Gaza can have no long-term winner

29 Jul 2014 - 5:24am 3

McDonald's Managing Director Randy Lai Wai-sze (right) attends a press conference on "rotten meat" scandal.

Opinion

McDonald's delay over tainted meat scandal is hard to swallow

28 Jul 2014 - 3:08am 1

The Gilead laboratory in Foster City, California. The star performer for the company was its hepatitis C drug, Sovaldi, which generated US$3.5 billion in sales. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion

Despite huge profits, Gilead Sciences defends price of its hepatitis drug

26 Jul 2014 - 6:05am 1

Members of the Islamic State militant group parade in a street in the northern Syrian city of Raqa. Photo: AFP

Opinion

Taking an unusual holiday in the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq

25 Jul 2014 - 10:46am

Armed rebel soldiers standing guard at the crash site in eastern Ukraine. Photo: EPA

Insight & Opinion

MH17 crash a wake-up call to stop the supply of weapons to insurgents

24 Jul 2014 - 1:40am

Illustration: Sarene Chan

Lifestyle

Panama TR4 fungus threatens to wipe out 90pc of world's bananas

29 Apr 2014 - 1:19pm 1

Hepatitis C affects 185 million people and is a bigger killer than Aids in some countries.

Lifestyle

In debate on price of new medicines, a middle ground needs finding

20 Apr 2014 - 5:53am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and US President Barack Obama. Photo: EPA

Opinion

Vladimir Putin's strongman tactics make Barack Obama look weak

14 Mar 2014 - 5:28am 11

Visitors look on as a veterinarian prepares to dismember the giraffe Marius after it was killed in Copenhagen Zoo. Photo: Reuters

Opinion

Culling animals for conservation fails the morality test

19 Feb 2014 - 1:31am 1

An electronic toothbrush that can be linked to a smartphone

Opinion

New apps will keep us up at night

13 Jan 2014 - 6:19pm 1

Rescue of stranded passengers from the Russian research ship, MV Akademik Shokalskiy.

Opinion

Send world's squabbling leaders into space for out-of-the-box solutions

10 Jan 2014 - 11:50pm

J. Edgar Hoover

Opinion

Why whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden must use drastic measures

10 Jan 2014 - 8:36am 1

Parts of the United States and Canada are colder than the South Pole. Photo: MCT

Opinion

Tricky choice for would-be tourists

9 Jan 2014 - 4:59am 1

Janet Yellen

Opinion

Have men indeed become obsolete?

8 Jan 2014 - 5:34am 8

A woman uses smartphone while walking across the street. Photo: EPA

Opinion

Curse of the city's text-mad zombies

7 Jan 2014 - 3:16am 4

Mukesh Ambani

Opinion

When media steers clear of a car crash

6 Jan 2014 - 5:37am 2

US President Barack Obama

Opinion

Obama must look at bigger picture in weighing calls to pardon Snowden

4 Jan 2014 - 12:42pm

Now Apple is under a cloud after leaks suggested that the iPhones may have been used as a hacking tool by NSA.

Opinion

Nothing funny about NSA's jokers

3 Jan 2014 - 3:41am 1

The Wolf of Wall Street star Leonard DiCaprio at the film's premiere in New York December 17, 2013. Photo: Reuters

Opinion

Film directors stoke controversy, then make money

1 Jan 2014 - 10:09pm

Arvind Kejriwal

Opinion

Leaders must connect with the people

1 Jan 2014 - 2:49am

Facebook is now riddled with mums and grannies and old people of all sorts.

Opinion

Even online, elderly are losing out

31 Dec 2013 - 5:06am

Jack Ma sold a painting for more than HK$3 million in a charity auction.

Opinion

When the real art is making money

30 Dec 2013 - 5:52am 4

A group supporting domestic workers rights demonstrate across the street from the Indian Consulate General in New York. Photo: AFP

Opinion

Maid in USA row reeks of hypocrisy

28 Dec 2013 - 6:49am 10

Russia's President Vladimir Putin

Opinion

Olympics makes anyone a good sport

27 Dec 2013 - 3:31am 1

Pope Francis

Opinion

Bah, humbug to critics of the pope

24 Dec 2013 - 4:22am 1

Cash not any cleaner than the bitcoin

Opinion

Cash not any cleaner than the bitcoin

23 Dec 2013 - 4:00am

The majority of Indian women are still employed in the agricultural and construction sectors. Photo: AP

Insight & Opinion

India's bias against women in workplace saps economic growth

10 Sep 2013 - 2:46am 1

Anthony Weiner is caught in a new sexting scandal. Photo: AP

Opinion

New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's last line of defence - his wife

15 Aug 2013 - 3:00pm

Fung shui master Peter Chan failed to see his future and ended up behind bars. Photo: SCMP

Opinion

Fortune tellers should see it all coming

26 Jul 2013 - 2:37am 2

Cheng Yiu-tong

Opinion

Elections can give paws for thought

25 Jul 2013 - 1:39am

John Tsang Chun-wah. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion

Lose weight and fatten your wallet

24 Jul 2013 - 3:51am 3

TVB announces "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil" broadcasting rights on a press conference. Photo: SCMP

Opinion

Sports chiefs chasing the wrong goal

20 Jul 2013 - 4:45am 2

The attendants pray to "be on time". Photo: SCMP

Opinion

A weight off the minds of airline chiefs

19 Jul 2013 - 3:35am

Former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Judge James Roberston testifies in Washington regarding surveillance program. Photo: AP

Opinion

Secret court still not out in the open

18 Jul 2013 - 4:17am

Sportsmanship is no longer a sacred cow

Opinion

Sportsmanship is no longer a sacred cow

16 Jul 2013 - 4:10am

The Taliban Islamic movement has implemented a tough dress code on women, requiring the face and body to be completely covered with the Islamic higab, or veil. Photo: AP

Opinion

Standing up for the freedom to dress

15 Jul 2013 - 3:14am