One more monkey has died at the Zoological Gardens in Central, bringing the total to 12. The monkey had been placed in isolation more than a week ago following the sudden deaths of other primates at the facility. Todd Harding reports:

Chief Executive John Lee says a six-month adaptation period following the start of a ban on single-use plastic items went smoothly. As Janice Lo reports, he says the aim is to get people to change their habits:

John Lee says the KPIs, the key performance indicators, that he introduced after taking office have helped Hong Kong climb in some international rankings. Damon Pang reports:

One of the city's top sports associations has been accused by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data of having inadequate safety policies, following a data breach. More than 72,000 members of the South China Athletic Association were affected. The Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung pointed out that the hacker had installed malicious software in the association's system two years ago. She criticised the sports club for failing to spot the earlier attack until the data leak. She spoke to Elvis Yu:

The Travel Industry Council has announced a new programme to try to draw more tourists to the city's shopping malls. The scheme will arrange in-depth tours of malls during mega events. The council has put 14 itineraries from six travel agencies on the China Mobile "MyLink" app, targeting mainland holidaymakers. Among them are a bar-hopping tour in Tsim Sha Tsui during the Wine and Dine festival, and a tour featuring the city's urban legends. Fanny Yeung, the council's executive director, spoke to Kelly Yu about the initiative:

Four fast food stalls at Victoria Park's annual Lunar New Year fair have fetched more than HK$600,000 at auction. As Damon Pang reports, officials say the result reflects the current market sentiment:

Cathay Pacific says its employees will receive a bonus equivalent to one month's salary after the flag carrier saw good results this year. Raymond Yeung reports:

President Xi Jinping says China and Russia have found the right way for neighbouring major countries to get along, with the president meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the opening of the 16th Brics summit. Leaders of the Brics bloc have arrived in the Russian city of Kazan at a time of growing world tensions, as Jamie Clarke reports:

Foreign holdings of yuan bonds have exceeded a record US$640 billion, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. The agency also noted a rise in the purchase of Chinese stocks by overseas investors. Jacqueline Guico reports:

HSBC says it is restructuring its operations into four business units: Hong Kong, the UK, Corporate and Institutional Banking, and International Wealth and Premier Banking. The major overhaul, under new CEO Georges Elhedery, will also see wholesale banking concentrate mainly on western markets and wealth management mainly on Asia and the Middle East. Altis Wong reports:

South Korea has warned it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia. The South earlier summoned the Russian ambassador to protest deepening military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow, demanding that North Korean troops immediately pull out of Russian territory. Jamie Clarke reports:

With the rapid advances in artificial intelligence, one of the hottest topics at the moment is how digital workers may eventually steal jobs from real workers. While many of us would like to see our menial tasks taken up by an AI assistant, how many of us actually want to deal with an AI-bot in a customer service role? And are these digital employees up to the task? RTHK's San Francisco correspondent, Mark Niu, visited what was billed as the largest AI event in the world to meet some of these 'AI agents':

A shipment of Chinese emergency medical aid has arrived in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Lebanon is grappling with thousands of casualties from ongoing cross-border conflicts with Israel. The Chinese Ambassador to the country says China is delivering the aid “in the hope that it will ease the pressure on the country’s healthcare system.” Jamie Clarke reports:

It has been just over two years since India launched Project Cheetah. It aims to restore a wild cheetah population there, more than 70 years after India's native subspecies became extinct. In total, 20 cats have been brought over - eight from Namibia and 12 from South Africa. But the project has been criticised after seven of giant cats died within the first year, and the remaining cats have yet to be released into the wild. RTHK's Murali Krishnan reports from India:

The youngest person ever to scale all 14 of the world’s tallest peaks says he wants to use his skill to benefit Nepal's Sherpa community. Sherpas are an ethnic group living mainly in the vicinity of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. Known for climbing skills that make them the backbone of mountain expeditions, Sherpas fix ropes and ladders, carry loads, as well as cook for and guide foreign climbers. As Jacqueline Guico reports, Nepali teenager Nima Rinji Sherpa wants his community to be recognised as world-class athletes:

The director of a recent historical documentary on World War Two says the window is closing on the chance to capture the oral history of a unique aspect of the war. Fang Li was commenting on his film, The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru, a Japanese transport ship carrying hundreds of British prisoners of war. China has selected the documentary as its submission for the Oscars’ best international feature category. Jamie Clarke reports: