China has announced restrictions on drone exports to the United States and blacklisted six companies in response to trade sanctions recently imposed by Washington. Priscilla Ng reports.

Cathay Pacific Airways has posted its best first-half profit since 2010. The airline enjoyed strong passenger and cargo demand, and was further buoyed by a one-time gain from its Air China stake, which offset higher fuel prices. Elvis Yu reports.

The Labour Department says it will look into the wider use of drones at construction sites to detect smoking. It described the latest prosecution numbers as unsatisfactory. Janice Lo has the story.

A 37-year-old woman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for abusing and starving her five-year-old son to death. An autopsy found that the boy weighed only 9.7 kilogrammes at the time of his death in 2022, more than four kilogrammes lighter than when he was two years old. Elvis Yu reports.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says Hong Kong can serve the nation and create jobs at the same time by developing commodity trading. Wendy Wong has the details.

The operator of the Peninsula hotels brand says its board has approved renovation projects for both The Peninsula Hong Kong and The Peninsula Tokyo with a budget of HK$2.1 billion. As Aaron Tam reports, the firm has returned to the black.

KMB says it'll make sure its buses are all safe after a rear wheel came off a moving bus earlier this week and injured a seven-year-old boy. The company says it has inspected all vehicles using the same wheel design and they'll only be allowed back on the road after it's determined that they're safe. Hailey Yip reports.

Lawmaker Johnny Ng has called for authorities to prioritise the tracing and freezing of cryptocurrency funds. This comes as losses from the "Fun Coffee" investment scam surpassed HK$100 million, affecting more than a thousand residents. Ng, who has met with several victims, said that the fraud exploited unregulated over-the-counter, or OTC, crypto exchanges and cross-border regulatory gaps to operate with impunity. He told Hailey Yip that people should exercise caution when confronted with any investment opportunity that promises "high returns" or involves so-called "investment tasks".

A diplomatic spat has reduced relations between Brazil and Argentina to their lowest level in recent memory. The row erupted after the Argentine president doubled down on derogatory remarks against his Brazilian counterpart. Aaron Tam reports.

Bangladesh’s fugitive ex-prime minister says she’ll return to her country this year. Speaking during a ⁠media interaction hosted by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi, Sheikh Hasina said she remained determined to return despite facing the possibility of imprisonment or worse. Her speech in neighbouring India has sparked fury in Dhaka, as Jamie Clarke reports.

Russian missile and drone strikes have killed at least seventeen people and wounded dozens more in Kyiv and the surrounding region. Sources say the US is pressing ahead with talks on allowing Ukraine to make Patriot interceptor missiles. The discussions include an option for Ukraine to build some components for final assembly elsewhere in Europe. As Jamie Clarke reports, Kyiv was unable to shoot down any of the missiles launched against it.

Iran and Oman are reportedly close to an agreement on new commercial shipping arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz. That's according to a senior Iranian diplomat. He said the temporary northern and southern routes would be replaced by a new single one. Nazvi Careem reports.

Israel has resumed strikes on southern Lebanon, killing at least one and wounding eleven. Israeli forces also carried out raids on a Palestinian refugee camp. Lebanon and Israel had in June agreed to a US-brokered security arrangement intended to ease hostilities along the border, but Israel said it would maintain a security zone in southern Lebanon to eliminate the threat of Hezbollah. Jamie Clarke has the details.

In the United States, the Democratic Party’s progressive wing has scored a high-profile victory. Abdul el-Sayed has won the party’s US Senate nomination in Michigan ahead of November’s midterm elections. Jamie Clarke reports.

Fifa says its leadership have reaffirmed their full support for President ⁠Gianni Infantino at a crisis meeting with senior officials of world football's governing body in Morocco. At the same time, it apologised for the controversy over the failed plan to open the World Cup to private investment, saying "errors were made" after the proposal was leaked to the media. Infantino has come under increasing pressure, and calls for him to step down have grown since he abandoned the privatisation plan last Saturday. Speaking on RTHK's Backchat programme, Chris KL Lau, RTHK's Asia football correspondent, said the row has left Infantino largely isolated.