Hong Kong and Shenzhen have launched the first major technology co-operation project under the Shenzhen Hong Kong Innovation Circle to form a solar energy research and industrial platform in collaboration with DuPont.

The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has launched an investigation into the recent cases of patient data loss and will inspect the Hospital Authority's personal data system.

Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today announced $1.2 million funding to investigate the effects of climate change on key coastal areas, including the Central and Hunter Coasts region of New South Wales.

Labour force figures released today by the ABS show that employment hit a record high in April.

The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today outlined the need for strategies to attract people from diverse cultural groups to serve in the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

The stalled political process in Lebanon, combined with the current violence on the streets and the “defiant manoeuvres of militias,” is leaving the country struggling to function as a sovereign, democratic State, United Nations Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen told the Security Council today.  

Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs have reiterated their previous findings on China's organ harvesting. Once again, they requested the Chinese government to fully explain the allegation of taking vital organs from Falun Gong practitioners and the source of organs for the sudden increase in organ transplants that has been going on in China since the year 2000.

 SECURING a better quality of life and opportunities for all is at the heart of Aspire 2 Perform - a new support programme designed to help Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) in the East of England take the lead in improving their communities.

Today, Mary Reilly, Chair of the London Development Agency (LDA) Board, and Manny Lewis, Chief Executive of the London Development Agency, have been asked to step down from their roles.

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