Hong Kong authorities are reviewing whether any civil servant neglected their duties in a 15-year delay by the Medical Council in handling a complaint against a paediatrician linked to a boy’s permanent disability.

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau told media on Sunday that delays had occurred in different areas that were not supposed to happen throughout the process of handling the case of newborn Li Yuanjian, after his mainland Chinese parents filed the complaint in 2010.

The infant suffered a seizure at Hong Kong Baptist Hospital in

Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter Leehom Wang continued his concert despite suffering from sudden injuries that later required 39 stitches to his face and ear, winning him widespread applause but raising concerns over stage safety.

In the early hours of July 5, Wang posted images of his injured face, reporting that he was given 27 stitches to his ear and 12 stitches to his face at a hospital in Chengdu, in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.

The 50-year-old musician tripped over a safety harness

A band of white Democratic pastors has a striking message ahead of November’s US midterm election: Republicans have hijacked Jesus for political gain, and we are not going to stand for it.

For decades, it has been a truism that Republicans have cornered the Christian market – at least when it comes to white voters.

But these ministers are so fed up with US President Donald Trump, and particularly his policies against immigrants, that they are running as Democrats in November to rein him in.

“The Christians we’

Hong Kong police have arrested nine suspects, including two who are on a wanted list, for serious driving offences during a week-long crackdown on speeding and other road safety breaches.

A police spokesman said on Sunday that officers in the New Territories North region launched the law enforcement operation from July 5 to the past Saturday to maintain road safety on the region’s highways.

“The traffic headquarters of New Territories North has found in its analysis of highway traffic situations that many traffic accidents arise from reckless lane cutting, moving

US Senator Lindsey Graham, a pivotal Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill after Trump became president, has died at the age of 71.

The South Carolina lawmaker died after a “brief and ‌sudden illness”, his office posted on social media early on Sunday. NBC News said emergency personnel had responded to a call for cardiac arrest at his Capitol Hill home on Saturday night.

Shortly after his death was announced, Trump called Graham “one

Capital from the Gulf region is showing signs of flowing into Asia, according to Hong Kong’s finance chief, as bilateral trade between the Middle East and the city rose 35 per cent in the first five months of the year.

In his weekly blog on Sunday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said Hong Kong and the Middle East had deepened ties in the areas of the economy, trade, finance, innovation and technology (I&T), and culture over the past few years.

While trade

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who as ruler of Qatar transformed the tiny Gulf nation into a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, and then shattered tradition by voluntarily turning over power to his son, has died, state media reported. He was 74.

The state-run Qatar News Agency reported his death. It offered no cause.

Sheikh Hamad, who stepped down in June 2013 after 18 years as emir, was the architect of energy-rich Qatar’s stunning ambitions