Eight-thousand-five-hundred tickets for the opening ceremony of the Kai Tak Sports Park on March the first will go on sale on a first-come, first-served basis starting on Friday. The figure is among the total number of 33,600 seats available for the event. Janice Lo reports.

Around one-thousand spectators are expected to attend this weekend's handball tournament that will serve as a test event for the upcoming National Games. Yeung Tak-keung, who heads the Games' coordination office, also said workers at the Kai Tak Sports Park are ready following multiple trials in drills held there in recent months. Damon Pang reports.

A four-day conference aimed at promoting the importance of sports law and arbitration is currently underway in Hong Kong. Organised by the Law Society, the symposium -- called the "2025 Sports Law Mega Event" -- explores the connection between sports, law, and business. From now until Sunday, there will be a number of activities aiming to facilitate exchange between lawyers and visiting guests. The president of the Law Society, Roden Tong talked to Carol Musgrave about what's on offer at the conference.

Public hospital doctors will start using generative AI from next month to help them draft medical reports. As Raymond Yeung reports, the move will help save time.

The Ombudsman has urged housing authorities to speed up the turnover of recovered public rental flats. They're suggesting officials to shorten the period between taking back a home and issuing a refurbishment order. Frank Yung reports.

Tolls at the Tai Lam Tunnel will be lowered when it comes under government control at the end of May. But a move to make the New Territories passageway toll-free during non-peak hours was rejected by lawmakers who were concerned about the financial burden. Janice Lo reports.

The Democratic Party has announced its intention to disband following a central committee meeting to discuss its future. Aaron Tam reports.

Surveyors say the successful sale of a plot in Tung Chung Town shows that while the city's bidding interests remain strong, it will negatively affect residential prices in nearby areas. The comments came after the government awarded a 50-year land grant to a subsidiary of Sun Hung Kai Properties, for HK$602 million. Cyrus Fong from the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors told Chloe Feng that at around HK$1,500 per square foot, the accommodation value was the lowest in a decade.

The MTR is launching a new light-rail sightseeing route, to help visitors explore Tuen Mun. Six so-called "Tuen Mun Voyager" trams will run on a circular route on weekends and public holidays. The journey will last about one hour and 15 minutes, although passengers can hop on and off at any of the 12 stops. A one-day travel pass costs HK$50. Tuen Mun West District Councillor Chung Kin-fung thinks the ticket price is reasonable and believes many local shops will benefit. He spoke to Elvis Yu.

Chinese University researchers working with their counterparts at Peking University have found that using a special app can help improve depression among youths who suffer from insomnia. The study looked at over 700 people, aged between 15 and 25, who had insomnia and depressive symptoms. The participants undertook treatment via an app for six weeks instead of face-to-face interaction. Their incidence rate of depression showed a 40 percent drop. Professor Wing Yun-kwok, chairman of the CUHK's Department of Psychiatry, spoke to Vanessa Cheng.

A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky and the United States’ Ukraine envoy has been cancelled. That’s as political tensions deepen between the two countries over how to end the almost three-year war with Russia. Dozens of journalists gathered at Ukraine’s presidential office in Kyiv after being invited to take photos and observe the news conference. There was no reason given for the sudden change, except that it was in accordance with the US' wishes. As Jamie Clarke reports, the White House has since said that American President Donald Trump is, quote, “very frustrated” with the Ukrainian leader.

Hundreds of Chinese nationals are on their way home after being rescued from fraud centres in Myanmar. They are among thousands of foreigners who were forced to work under atrocious conditions to defraud people around the world in a massive illegal online operation. Frank Yung reports.

Foreign ministers from the G20 top economies are meeting in South Africa amid tensions between members over the Ukraine war, trade disputes and with the top US diplomat staying away owing to a feud with the hosts. South Africa holds the rotating presidency of the group and for the country's president, the first G20 meeting in Africa is an opportunity. Jamie Clarke has more.

The Vatican has reported another slight improvement in Pope Francis's condition. The 88-year-old has spent his seventh day in hospital where he's being treated for double pneumonia. Azam Khan reports.

The bodies of four Israeli hostages, taken alive by Hamas on the seventh of October 2023, have been returned to Tel Aviv. Red Cross vehicles drove away from the handover site in the Gaza Strip with four black coffins, two of which were occupied by the youngest captives taken by Hamas – an infant and his four-year-old brother. According to the Israeli military, the caskets were scanned for explosives, before being transported to Israel. Jamie Clarke has more.

The SS United States, a retired American ocean liner that was once the largest passenger ship constructed entirely in the US, is embarking on a new journey....this time to the depths of the sea...as Natale Ching reports.