China has announced a package of tariffs on a range of US products, including coal, crude oil and farm equipment. The countermeasures, set to kick in next Monday, came within minutes after Washington slapped 10 percent levies on Chinese goods yesterday afternoon. Frank Yung reports.

Hunter Chan, Greater China economist at Standard Chartered, believes that Chinese exporters are better prepared to circumvent tariffs this time round, having learnt from their experience a few years ago. He also told Janice Lo how the latest trade tensions could create new opportunities.

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce says there's no doubt the city is affected by the so-called Trade War 2.0 between China and the United States. But CEO Patrick Yeung told Ben Tse the export sector is relatively prepared as the markets have become more diversified.

Lawmaker Regina Ip says Hong Kong has to be more flexible in dealing with incoming challenges on the trade front. Frank Yung reports.

Officials have confirmed that a Hongkonger who was recently freed from a scam farm in Myanmar is in "good mental and physical condition", and that she is back in the SAR. Sophie Hui reports.

Thailand says it will suspend electricity supply to some border areas with Myanmar in an effort to curb scam centres. It comes amid growing pressure on the illegal compounds that have ensnared vast numbers of people, many of whom are from China. According to the United Nations, hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and illegal online operations across Southeast Asia, including along the Thai-Myanmar border. Our correspondent in the region, Luke Hunt, told Aaron Tam that one of the countries that's pressuring Thailand to do more to clamp down on these scam operations is the United States.

The Kai Tak Sports Park's main stadium will officially open on March 1. As Aaron Tam reports, officials had also opened up the facility's retractable roof for the first time at a drill yesterday evening.

Tourism minister Rosanna Law says 4.74 million tourists visited Hong Kong last month, with 3.73 million of them coming from the mainland. The figures have set new single-month records since the pandemic, as Jacqueline Guico reports.

Legislators have urged government departments to study ways to reduce spending, amid a fiscal deficit estimated to be just below HK$100 billion. They also discussed the HK$2 travel subsidy scheme for the elderly which could be tapered. Kelly Yu reports.

The Taxation Institute has urged the financial secretary to provide more incentives to attract international singers and athletes. It proposed a 50 percent reduction in tax rates for non-locals in those two groups. The institute's president, Winnie Shek, spoke to Kelly Yu about the suggestions.

The government says it will double the maximum penalty for illegal gun manufacturing and the trafficking of such weapons. As Damon Pang reports, the proposed penalty will be raised to 20 years behind bars.

Swedish police say around 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an adult education centre - but that number could rise. Police believe the suspected gunman is among the dead, and that he acted alone. The Swedish king has expressed "sadness and dismay" over the atrocity, while the country's prime minister has described the attack as the worst school shooting in Sweden's history. Jamie Clarke has more.

Robert F Kennedy Jr, US President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, has moved a step closer to the job. A Senate panel divided starkly along partisan lines has voted to send his bid to a full Senate vote as soon as this week. That's after two days of contentious confirmation hearings – as Jamie Clarke reports.

Japan's transport ministry says two former Japan Airlines pilots have been suspended from flying - for excessive drinking before a flight and lying. Aaron Tam reports.

A French national who has been on death row in Indonesia since 2007 is returning home. The man's release is the latest in a series of foreign drug convicts repatriated from the Southeast Asian nation. It follows similar cases in December, when two drug offenders were repatriated to the Philippines and Australia. Jamie Clarke reports.

Experts from Nasa and the European Space Agency are meeting to discuss an asteroid that they say could hit the Earth seven years from now. Astronomers put the chance of a collision at about one percent. The asteroid, which is 130 to 300 feet wide, was only discovered in December. Professor Quentin Parker from the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Science says if the asteroid hits Earth, it would create a devastative impact similar to that of a 10-megaton nuclear explosion. But he told Vanessa Cheng that there are still many unknowns in the mean time and scientists could make more accurate estimations when the asteroid comes closer to Earth again in 2028.