A landmark ruling on Hong Kong’s largest national security trial to date has set out that those who plot to subvert state power do not need to use force or employ criminal means to be found guilty of breaching the National Security Law, nor do they need to know that their tactics were unlawful. Of the 16 defendants who pleaded not guilty to conspiring to commit subversion, 14 were convicted. Three national security judges laid out their reasoning in a 319-page judgement and the court has tentatively scheduled June 25 to hear mitigation from those convicted. Wendy Wong reports:

The judges had in their ruling acquitted two of the defendants in the subversion case because they said they were not sure if the pair had the intention to subvert state power. But when court resumed in the afternoon, government lawyers said they would appeal the acquittals. Aaron Tam reports:

Police say five people were arrested near West Kowloon Court for alleged disorderly conduct in public places. The League of Social Democrats say the five are its members. Vanessa Cheng reports:

China has hit out against foreign criticism of the landmark court ruling on Hong Kong’s largest national security trial to date, saying foreign countries should stop their interference. As Chloe Feng reports, Beijing said it firmly supported the SAR's government's efforts in safeguarding national security:

The government says it strongly disapproves of, and condemns all baseless allegations by, the United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the European Union against Hong Kong’s homegrown national security law as well as law enforcement action taken by the police’s National Security Department. Priscilla Ng reports:

Financial Secretary Paul Chan is hoping for an increase in business and technological exchanges between the Greater Bay Area and California's bay area. He said better ties between the two bay areas were crucial to China-US ties. Elvis Yu reports:

The Airport Authority says it has set up an electronic queuing system for taxis at the airport's arrival hall to reduce queues during extreme weather. It comes after people had to line up for hours last year when a strong typhoon hit the SAR. Hailey Yip reports:

The Observatory has issued this year's first Standby Signal Number 1 on Thursday, as a tropical depression edges closer towards Hong Kong. Priscilla Ng reports:

An NGO has called on the government to provide more support for single mainland mothers whose children were born and currently live in Hong Kong. The Society for Community Organisation says these mothers, due to visa restrictions, cannot stay in the city permanently and work here. It wants these mothers to be part of the government's group of people targeted for poverty alleviation. A deputy director at SoCO, Sze Lai-shan, told Ben Tse that these families face many struggles:

A local food rescue organisation says there is a need to beef up public education about the importance of donating "surplus foods" so edible items do not go to waste. Food Angel, in collaboration with the Metropolitan University, recently interviewed around 560 people. Over 60 percent of respondents could not tell the difference between food waste - meaning food no longer fit for consumption - and surplus food. The group also found most people would throw away surplus food due to a lack of donation points. Its assistant manager, Janice Wong, spoke to Chloe Feng:

Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of a crime, after a jury found him guilty of falsifying business records. The verdict came after two days of deliberations, where the jury announced they had found Trump guilty on all 34 counts he faced. The US presidential contender decried the trial as "rigged" and "a disgrace". Frank Yung reports:

RTHK's Washington correspondent Barry Wood said the ruling on Donald Trump was significant. But he told Carol Musgrave that it remained to be seen how this would affect the US presidential election in November:

Preliminary results and projections suggest South Africa's ruling ANC is on course to lose its parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years. The ANC has dominated South Africa's democracy with an unbroken run of five presidents from the party since the end of apartheid. Damon Pang reports:

North Korea has been condemned for launching short-range ballistic missiles in a move that further raised tensions in the region. Jacqueline Guico reports:

Hong Kong has a new boxing world champion after Ruru Yang won the vacant WIBA Super Bantamweight belt. Todd Harding reports: