Many mainland travellers say they enjoyed spending time here during the National Day Golden Week, before returning home ahead of the end of the eight-day break. As Wendy Wong tells us, it's been a bumper holiday for local businesses.

Director of Architectural Services Michael Li says officials are discussing what he described as "smarter" ways to mitigate remedial measures at three light public housing sites. The three projects are under the same contractor. Wendy Wong has details.

Police are searching for an 18-year-old suspect who escaped from North District Hospital. Natale Ching has the story.

A local think-tank says Hong Kong's policies in luring talent not only emphasise quantity, but also quality. This came as more than 18-hundred scholars from the SAR made it to the world's top two per cent of scientists in a ranking published by Stanford University. Our Hong Kong Foundation's deputy research director, Victor Kwok told Janice Lo that the results will help Hong Kong become an international education hub, and a leading centre in the innovation and technology sector.

A lawmaker and an organ-donation advocate are urging the government to launch a comprehensive public education campaign and gauge public opinion before moving to an "opt-out" system to address what they see as Hong Kong's low donation rates. Hailey Yip reports:

Premier Li Qiang will visit North Korea this week to attend celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Natale Ching has details.

A man has been arrested at the airport after customs officers said they found suspected heroin in his luggage. Hailey Yip has this report:

Some of the partners of the government's newly established "Go-Global" task force said they may increase manpower to better support mainland firms in expanding their presence overseas. On Monday, the SAR government launched the one-stop platform to try to attract more mainland enterprises to go global by utilising Hong Kong as a "launch pad". Andrew Fei, partner of law firm, King and Wood Mallesons, said one of the key advantages of the Task Force on Supporting Mainland Enterprises in Going Global is that it's multidisciplinary - with supports from various industries. The firm is one of the partners of the taskforce. Mr Fei spoke to Chloe Feng.

Hamas says it's serious about a Gaza deal, but that certain obstacles need to be ironed out. The comments came on the second anniversary of the war, amid hopes of a breakthrough in peace talks by both Palestinian and Israeli civilians. Jamie Clarke reports:

A building undergoing renovation in central Madrid has partially collapsed, killing at least two people. Two others remain missing and several workers were injured. As Jamie Clarke reports, the building was being converted into a hotel by a local developer:

The death of South Africa's ambassador to France in recent days has sparked intense speculation. Emmanuel Nathi Mthethwa was found dead in a courtyard of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Paris, after an apparent fall from his room on the twenty-second floor. South Africa is sending a team of investigators to the French capital to assist in the probe. RTHK's correspondent Simon Marks told Janice Lo while authorities do not suspect foul play was involved, the case still drew much attention partly because Mr Mthethwa's death came out of the blue:

A climbing expert says that lack of training is to blame after hundreds of trekkers became trapped on Mount Everest over the weekend. Heavy snowfall had buried their camp, with hikers having to work constantly to clear the snow from their tents. Jamie Clarke has more:

The World Bank has raised China's GDP growth projection for the year, as well as its forecast for much of the region. Hailey Yip tells us more.

Three US-based scientists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics sharing a prize of 1.2 million US dollars. In keeping with tradition, physics is the second Nobel to be awarded this week - as Jamie Clarke reports: