HSBC and Huawei Technologies’ Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou have reached an agreement in a dispute about the publication of documents relating to U.S. fraud allegations a...

Bernie Madoff masterminded one of the biggest investment fraud in U.S. history, ripping off tens of thousands of people of as much as $65 billion.

The government announced today that a new offence will be introduced to prohibit any person from inciting another person not to vote, to cast a blank or invalid vote by way of p...

Johnson and Johnson has delayed the rollout of its Covid vaccine in Europe after regulators in the United States called for a pause because of safety concerns.

With 21-day quarantines hurting aviation and a stamp duty increase dampening stock market competitiveness, perhaps more businesspeople should join governance.

The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control are assessing the "potential significance" of six reported cases of a rare blood clot in patients who hav...

A key amendment that raised eyebrows was the composition of a newly created 60-seat sector for grass-roots associations in the Election Committee.

Last month much of the traditional art world had not heard of Mike Winkelmann. Then the digital artist sold a piece that only exists online for £50 million at a Christie’s aucti...

Joseph Kam, 63, faces a total of seven charges – four of misconduct in public office, two of fraud and one of using a false instrument.

The scandal over the collapse of Wirecard AG expanded as German financial regulator BaFin faces a criminal probe into how it oversaw the payment processor and whether some of th...

A liberal studies textbook designed for sixth graders in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was found to have revised its content about the Chinese civil war (1946-49) ...

Only 57% of lawyers had a business risk assessment (BRA) in place last year, placing them last in a list of sectors that includes credit institutions, gaming companies, trust se...

Customs have made their largest seizure of pirated electronic files, with over 59,000 containing infringing question banks for primary schools, intended to be sold online.

Trying to combat its reputation as a money-laundering haven, Cyprus has launched a new registry that requires companies to reveal their true beneficiaries – a measure the countr...

China's top health official had admitted domestically produced jabs have low rates of protection.

The chandelier-filled maze was impeccably designed by the same mastermind behind Annabel’s club in London

Lawyer says on Facebook he has formally applied for resignation, but does not reveal his whereabouts, with recent news emerging he had fled to Canada.

Good news for those interested in all things planning, legal and political where land ownership etc is concerned.

This spring, take a trip in style. Even if there’s no particular destination.

Discussions on canceling the MPF offsetting mechanism will have to be suspended if the government is to pursue a subsidy for the unemployed, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law...

The UK government has added Pakistan to the list of undesirable 21 high-risk countries with unsatisfactory money laundering and terrorist financing controls.

Five more district councillors have followed Ted Hui Chi-fung's footsteps and left Hong Kong - with some of them leaving before tendering their resignation, Eastweek magazine re...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) said on Tuesday it was expanding its regulatory resources with a new standalone enforcement department focusing on compliance in the banki...

Hong Kong lawmaker and executive councillor slams move as betrayal of diversity, pluralism and freedom of expression.