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Magistrate finds no evidence pro-democracy tycoon tried to instil fear in reporter from rival paper ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong court has found media mogul Jimmy Lai not guilty of intimidating a photojournalist from a rival newspaper three years ago. Mr Lai had denied the charge of "criminal intimidation" over a ... ( read original story ...)

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Hong Kong’s central bank has been selling the territory’s dollar this year after relatively high interest rates and share offerings strengthened the currency to the edge of its designated range ... ( read original story ...)

Though cannabis remains illegal in Hong Kong, one cafe owner is leading the way in the emerging CBD market. Here's how Found has managed to skirt the city's strict cannabis laws. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong said on Wednesday it would relax some coronavirus restrictions but would cancel the annual firework display to mark China's national day on Oct. 1 for a second year in a row. Pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)

Tear gas being used at a police firing range during a training exercise wafted over a nearby village in northwestern Hong Kong on Wednesday, leaving 10 people feeling ill, a force insider told the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will further relax social distancing measures from Friday, allowing gyms and massage parlors to reopen and extending dining-in hours at restaurants as new daily coronavirus infections ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s school textbooks will change the way they describe the territory’s constitutional arrangements and no longer refer to a separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will re-open gyms and massage parlours and extend night-time dining hours from Friday, easing tough coronavirus curbs as new daily infections in the Asian financial hub drop into the single ... ( read original story ...)

When Hong Kong tried to tackle its third wave of Covid-19 by banning diners from inside restaurants, authorities quickly encountered a problem. Some people had nowhere else to go. Photos started ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will begin mass testing for the novel coronavirus within the country after a recent outbreak. But critics worry about what the tests could mean for democracy. What’s going on? Hong Kong — ... ( read original story ...)

The issue comes at a sensitive time for some Hong Kongers, who decry what they see as Beijing's encroachment on their freedoms. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has tested thousands of people for coronavirus at the start of a mass-testing effort that's become another political flashpoint in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. ( read original story ...)