The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has unveiled plans to set up an office in Hong Kong. The office will be located at the IFC in Central. Francis Punia reports.

Chief Executive John Lee has hailed what he called Hong Kong's cheering growth in financial technology, or fintech. By some metrics the city's fintech sector is ranked top in the world, with revenue expected to hit US$600 billion by 2032. Chloe Feng reports.

Olympic fencing gold medallist Vivian Kong has signed up for next month's Legislative Council elections. As Elvis Yu reports, she will contest the tourism functional constituency.

Health officials have reported a new local chikungunya fever case, bringing the tally to three in nine days. Damon Pang has more details on the latest case:

The Society for Infectious Diseases says it's an expected development for Hong Kong to report more local chikungunya fever cases - given the public is now more aware of its symptoms. Its president, Wilson Lam, says chikungunya could become an endemic disease if more and more mosquitoes carry the virus. He spoke to Damon Pang:

The Chinese University has launched a four-year programme using genetic screening to identify adults who are at risk of developing diabetes before they turn 40. Researchers aim to recruit 9,000 participants. Assistant professor Juliana Lui from the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics told Janice Lo that the programme will offer medication to patients to prevent complications, and encourage them to exercise more regularly on top of follow-up consultations.

A transport official says passengers bear ultimate responsibility for ensuring that they wear seat belts properly when new safety regulations take effect next year -- and there'll be no exception for schoolchildren. Elvis Yu has the details.

An investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman has shown that efforts by various government departments to clear bicycles parked illegally outside shops that rent them out have had a short-lived effect. Damon Pang reports.

The Development Bureau says the contractor involved in a fatal industrial accident in Sau Mau Ping on Sunday has been suspended from tendering for government works contracts. Scaffolding work at the site has already been suspended, as Raymond Yeung reports.

Eligible visitors without visas will be able to go to the Chinese mainland from the West Kowloon express rail station or the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, starting Wednesday. Azam Khan has the details.

Aid organisations in northern Sudan are preparing for an influx of people displaced by a worsening civil war. Speaking ahead of their expected arrival, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross described the situation in Sudan as "horrific" amid reports of mass killings by paramilitary forces during the fall of a major city in the west last week. Jamie Clarke has this story:

At least 20 people have been killed and over 500 injured in a strong earthquake that rocked northern Afghanistan. The casualty toll is expected to climb when remote areas are reached. As Francis Punia reports, the tremor also damaged a mosque that is considered to be one of the holiest sites in the country.

On the sidelines of the Apec summit last week, President Xi Jinping held landmark talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump, as the world's two largest economies struck a truce in their trade war sparked by US tariffs. In this episode of our segment "China Perspectives", Victor Gao, vice-president of the Centre for China and Globalisation in Beijing, told Azam Khan that in contrast to the United States, China has become a fierce defender and the standard bearer of free trade.

Now to a small town in the north of Italy, where the country's oldest bartender is gearing up to celebrate her 101st birthday later this month. She's been working the same job since 1946, when the Second World War had just ended, and is still serving smiles and espressos - as Jamie Clarke reports: