The mother of late Cantopop diva Anita Mui Yim-fong is facing the prospect of being declared bankrupt for a second time after Hong Kong’s justice minister applied to a court to have the centenarian’s assets liquidated. Tam Mei-kam, who turned 100 earlier this year, was named the debtor in a High Court bankruptcy petition listed…
A magistrate has slammed Hong Kong’s Airport Authority and an engineering firm for exploiting an expert involved in a multibillion-dollar third runway project, acquitting the worker of fraud-related charges after finding he had inadvertently created false inspection records due to heavy workload. Rocky Cheung Lok-on, 42, on Monday was cleared of 13 counts of using…
Police in Calfornia say they may have thwarted a third assassination attempt on Donald Trump after arresting a man with a loaded gun outside one of the former president’s rallies. Vem Miller, 49, was charged with being in possession of a loaded firearm and a high-capacity magazine at a security checkpoint near the Republican presidential…
In part one of a two-part series, the Post takes a look at some of the descriptions and phrases which have arisen in modern-day China. These highlight the dramatic changes that mainland society has undergone in recent times and reflect the very real struggles that people face as they strive for a better life, often…
In response to a criminal complaint filed by a nonprofit, an Ohio judicial panel on Saturday decided not to issue arrest warrants for former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance after they spread false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. During his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, the…
The pool of foreign judges available to sit on cases before Hong Kong’s top court is shrinking. The latest departure, by a British judge, is the fifth this year. Only six remain. This time, there was no controversy over the judge not renewing his three-year contract. Nicholas Phillips said his decision was “personal, not political”….
Jailed former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has asked a Hong Kong court to set up a jury trial for his defamation claim against a pro-Beijing newspaper, with his defence team saying a “huge public interest” will be involved. Lai’s legal counsel on Thursday argued the Apple Daily founder’s prominent social status and Ta Kung…
Donald Trump will try to use “frivolous” appeals to delay his election-fraud case, prosecutor Jack Smith has said. In a court filing on Tuesday, Smith told Judge Tanya Chutkan that the former president is trying to delay the case as much as possible and is seeking documents he has already had for more than a…