Days before leaving for Beijing, American diplomat Gregory May spoke with HKFP about everything from the “testy” US-Hong Kong relationship to his favourite local dishes.

Chronic venous insufficiency is a disease of the veins, where blood doesn’t flow as well as it should from the legs up to the heart.

The Soviet ‘illegals’ program trained and embedded spies who lived surreptitiously in the West – just like TV’s The Americans. Who were they, and did they really go away?

Barbie has done many things since she first appeared in 1959. She’s been an astronaut, a doctor, a president and even a palaeontologist. Now, in 2025, Barbie is something else: a woman with type 1 ...

Shaun Paul Williams, Group Manager for Environmental Hazards, Earth Sciences New Zealand For the iwi, protecting the burial site is about more than its archaeological value. It holds deeper ...

The Federal Court recently found it is not inherently antisemitic to criticise the state of Israel or the Israel Defense Forces.

Pauline McDonagh Hull, PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary Robyn Vettese, Research Assistant (Community Scholar), Department of ...

Why do some of us crave surprise and suspense, while others find comfort in instant resolution? Here’s what psychology says.

Sex and relationships education for children at primary and secondary state-funded schools in England will see significant changes following the release of new statutory guidance from the government.

Christopher Krewson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University The public typically finds out about the Supreme Court from the news media. And the way reporters have covered ...

The UK government has announced that the voting age will be lowered to 16 at the next election as part of a wider effort to restore trust in and “future-proof” democracy. Votes at 16 has grown from a ...

~ Supreme Court news coverage has talked a lot more about politics ever since the 2016 death of Scalia and GOP blocking of Obama’s proposed nominee ...