Chief Executive John Lee says he expects Hong Kong's economy will rise above the difficulties and challenges and improve next year. He made the comments on Sunday at the first public consultation event for his upcoming policy address. Anne Chan reports:

Infectious disease expert Ivan Hung has told the public not to panic about a new strain of the mpox virus which is more deadly and transmissible than previous variants. The World Health Organisation last week declared the mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency - the highest level of alarm that can be issued by the body. But Professor Hung, who heads the division of infectious diseases at the University of Hong Kong's medical school, said the chance of the virus spreading to the SAR was very low. But he told Elvis Yu that high-risk individuals should consider getting vaccinated and watch out for symptoms:

The Urban Renewal Authority has criticised homeowners who complained that it launched redevelopment projects just after they started maintenance work on their buildings. Its managing director, Wai Chi-sing, said it was wrong to think it was a waste of money when blocks needed to be maintained for public safety. Natale Ching reports:

Official data shows there were nearly 20,000 fraud cases in the first half of the year, accounting for 44 percent of all crimes in that period. Victims were conned out of HK$584 million between January to July. Many fell prey to phone scammers who claimed to be customer service agents of various online services, including instant messaging app, WeChat, and shopping platform, Taobao. Senior superintendent Tsang Nga-sze from the police's commercial crime bureau told Janice Lo that the elderly were no longer the fraudsters' primary target:

Former chief executive CY Leung says he hopes more young people can join the country's global charitable drive, saying Hongkongers have an advantage in such work. Leung, who is a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, believes it can also foster people exchange. Raymond Yeung reports:

The government has announced that mainland athletes who competed in the Paris Olympics will visit Hong Kong later this month, confirming days of rumours. As Damon Pang reports, the delegation will include big names in table tennis, badminton and aquatics:

India’s Paris Olympics campaign has ended with six medals and the country just missed out on more medals after finishing fourth in several events. Back home, questions have been asked as to why the athletes did not perform better. RTHK's Delhi correspondent Murali Krishnan told Annemarie Evans about the possible reasons that India was out-shone by other nations:

Vietnam's top leader To Lam is in Beijing on the second day of his three-day visit. The foreign ministry says his trip will include meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The Vietnamese president was elevated this month to the nation's top position. Damon Pang reports:

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken has landed in Tel Aviv in the latest attempt to strike a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. It is his ninth trip to the Middle East since the Gaza war began. Damon Pang reports:

Gaza's health ministry says more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 92,600 injured in Israel's military offensive there since October 7. As Jacqueline Guico reports, Gaza's kidney patients are facing a severe lack of dialysis equipment and medical supplies in Khan Younis:

US vice president, Kamala Harris, is campaigning in the vital swing state of Pennsylvania before heading to Chicago, where the Democratic national convention will formally endorse her as its presidential candidate this week. On Friday, she unveiled an economic blueprint which she promised would champion an "opportunity economy." RTHK's Washington correspondent, Barry Wood, told Samantha Butler that her ideas fell flat among some voters who blamed government spending for inflation:

President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the French film star Alain Delon, who has died at the age of 88, calling him not just a legendary actor but also a French monument. Writing on the social media platform X, President Macron said Delon played legendary roles and made the world dream. The actor had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2019. Robert Kemp reports:

In football, Manchester City have picked up where they left off last season with a 2-0 win over Chelsea to begin their Premier League title defence as Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United also got off to winning starts. RTHK's football correspondent Tim Bredbury has more on the action:

The world's largest platypus centre in Australia has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to advance understanding of the species' reproductive biology and stem their decline in the face of climate change and habitat loss. Jacqueline Guico reports: