A worker in his seventies was killed after he was struck in the head by falling metal pipes as he was unloading them from a lorry in Sheung Shui. A concern group for industrial accidents said that there have been 76 fatal incidents so far this year. It's calling for stiffer penalties against employers who flout occupation safety rules. The Drainage Services Department has expressed concern over the work accident at Sheung Shui Heung. The Acting Director of Drainage Services said he was deeply saddened the worker had passed away and expressed condolences to his family. Robin Lee also said he has instructed the project team to follow up the cause of the incident and carry out a comprehensive review on the safety working procedures and measures. Kelly Yu reports.

The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims has called for more safety education as it revealed a concerning trend in workplace fatalities and sudden deaths in Hong Kong this year. The association reported 76 fatal workplace accidents across all sectors as of Monday, with nearly half occurring in the construction industry. The group also said it followed up on 40 cases of sudden deaths at work, twice the total from last year. Venus Cheuk, an organiser from the association, told Kelly Yu more about their findings.

Authorities have issued two penalty tickets and 33 written warnings to venues that have violated the ban on disposable plastic products. It comes as the Environmental Protection Department took action after the grace period for the new law ended about two months ago. Altis Wong with this report.

The government has called on the Airport Authority to improve its reporting mechanism and enhance staff training, after the body did not immediately report an incident involving the automated people mover system last year. Kelly Yu with the details.

A new contactless channel at the Chung Ying Street checkpoint in Sha Tau Kok is making it easier for people to access the Frontier Border Area. As Kelly Yu reports, Chief Secretary Eric Chan said this new feature demonstrates Hong Kong's innovative techonology.

The Consumer Council says it has received 19 complaints regarding a meet-and-greet session with retired footballers from La Liga giants, Real Madrid. The amount involved has now risen to nearly HK$140,000. The council is also urging event organisers to carefully look at each individual complaint since each case is unique. Elvis Yu reports.

Three men have been charged with trafficking dangerous drugs and resisting arrest. It follows a police raid on a Yuen Long warehouse on Sunday where officers found suspected drugs with a street value of nearly HK$50 million. Kelly Yu reports.

An expert has said that Hong Kong is in a unique position to become a pioneering space sustainability hub. The University of Hong Kong recently hosted a conference involving more than 70 delegates from over 20 countries on space sustainability and debris. Space sustainability looks at the operational safety of the "low earth orbit" where most satellites operate, which is now under threat of debris clutter. Professor Quentin Parker, director of Laboratory for Space Research at the University of Hong Kong, told Azam Khan that the issue could halt the way we use mobile phones, and bank transactions. And Hong Kong is an ideal place to bring countries together to solve the problem.

Beijing has described Washington's decision to open a probe into the nation's policies for its semiconductor industry as "protectionist". Aaron Tam reports.

France has unveiled a new government with former ministers and senior civil servants, after the previous cabinet collapsed in a historic vote. And coming up with a 2025 budget will be the most urgent order of business, as Frank Yung reports.

US President Joe Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row, ahead of the return to power of Donald Trump, who has indicated that he would restart federal executions. Frank Yung reports.

A man accused of fatally shooting a health insurance executive on the streets of New York has pleaded not guilty of state murder and terror charges. Frank Yung reports.

US police and federal officials say a 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen has been arrested on suspicion of murder and arson after a woman was burned to death on a New York City subway train. Sean Kennedy reports.

A scathing congressional report released by the US House Ethics Committee says Donald Trump's initial nominee to run the Justice Department regularly paid for sex sessions at drug-fuelled parties, including with a 17-year-old school girl. Anne Chan reports.

A Peruvian police officer dressed as the Christmas character, Grinch, has led a police operation in Lima to dismantle a drug trafficking gang. Natale Ching with the details.

Artificial intelligence took the world by storm last year with the rise of ChatGPT. Now tech giants all want to harness the enormous potential of AI, and poured resources into the field. That gave rise to a lot more language models such as Llama from Meta, as well as Google's Gemini. So where is the industry heading, and what could be the top AI trends for 2025? In this special year-end episode of Tech Tuesday, Elvis Yu finds out more with Raj Shroff.