The local official who heads the National Games Coordination Office says test runs for cross-border sports events have shown there is room for improvement before the Games get underway in November. As Kelly Yu reports, Yeung Tak-keung says officials are looking into how to boost support for athletes.

Professor Patrick Lau, who chairs the Baptist University's Department of Sport, Physical Education, and Health told Ben Tse that one of the ways authorities could improve cross-boundary events would be to improve the efficiency and ease of ID checks on athletes:

More than 3,000 runners took part in the inaugural Kai Tak Run at the Kai Tak Sports Ground yesterday. As Aaron Tam reports, the event featured over eight races, including an elite, and an open category.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says grooming local tech talent and attracting people in the field from outside Hong Kong are both important for the development of innovation and technology in the city. He also noted that there are many job opportunities out there. Damon Pang reports:

An NGO says many parents are still unclear about an incoming law which makes it mandatory to report child abuse. As Charlie Chun reports, they've suggested that authorities should step up efforts to explain the legislation which comes into effect next year.

A lawyer says parents have to be aware that their disciplinary actions on their children may bring prolonged harm, which could be categorised as child abuse under the mandatory reporting of child abuse ordinance that comes into effect next January. Albert So spoke to Charlie Chun about the details of the new law.

Beijing officials have shared a second article by the Ta Kung Pao newspaper criticising the sale by Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison of its Panama Canal ports - and dozens of other ports across the globe - to a US consortium. CK Hutchison - the flagship firm of Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing - will reportedly make US$19 billion from the deal. Damon Pang reports:

Education officials have formed a task force to look into a recent gastroenteritis outbreak among students who went on a mainland study tour in Guangdong. More than 50 students and teachers fell ill after going to the same restaurant in Shaoguan. Education minister Christine Choi says it will review arrangements of such trips, and liaise with their mainland counterparts. Mervyn Cheung, who chairs the Hong Kong Education Policy Concern Organisation, told Carol Musgrave that he agreed with the need for a task force:

A specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology has welcomed a proposal to extend the storage time for embryos or gametes, but warned that physical limitations remained for couples wanting to start a family later in life. The government is looking to make it a requirement for licensed centres to lift the storage period restriction for frozen eggs, sperm or embryos. It also plans to make it mandatory for centres to provide patients information such as the risks of egg retrieval. Dr Alice Wong, a council member of the Hong Kong Society for Reproductive Medicine spoke to Janice Lo:

More than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang have been deported by the United States to El Salvador. That's after a federal judge barred the Trump administration from carrying out deportations under a sweeping 18th century law, which the US president invoked hours earlier to speed up the removal of Venezuelan gang members. The judge said he needed to issue his order immediately because the government was flying migrants it claimed were newly deportable. He added any flights carrying migrants processed under the law should return to the US. Jamie Clarke has the story:

The United States says it will keep attacking Yemen's Houthi rebels until they end their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. That's after deadly US strikes on Yemeni targets killed scores of people and injured more than 100 on Saturday. However, as Jamie Clarke reports, the Iran-backed rebel group has signalled it could escalate in response to the attacks.

A SpaceX capsule has delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station in a Nasa crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of astronauts to return home after nine unplanned months on the orbiting lab. Aaron Tam reports:

At least 59 people were killed and more than 155 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia over the weekend. Arrest warrants have been issued for four people in connection with the incident, according to the country's interior minister. Meanwhile, state news agency, Mia, reported the club owner has been detained. Jamie Clarke has more:

A Chinese robotics firm has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence learning system that enables its robots to acquire household skills from videos. It's the latest advancement in Embodied AI - which refers to the integration of AI into a physical system - such as a robot - allowing it to interact with the physical world. Todd Harding reports:

Disney's live-action remakes of animated classics are usually safe bets. But a new version of the oldest of them all, "Snow White," has become mired in controversy, receiving an unusually low-key premier in Hollywood over the weekend. That's because the studio kept its outspoken stars away from reporters at the event, with no red carpet interviews -- and avoided questions about the film's depictions of the Seven Dwarfs. Kelly Yu reports: