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HONG KONG -- A landscape painting by Vincent van Gogh fell short of expectations at Hong Kong Christie's sale on Thursday, as a sluggish Chinese economy weighed on demand for blue-chip art pieces in the region.

Hong Kong has been urged to enact new legislation to ensure bird-friendly building designs, after an NGO found that more than 280 birds had died in window collisions between 2022 and 2023. High-rises with extensive glass may pose “fatal traps” for migrating birds,

As global markets react to the Federal Reserve's recent rate cut, the Hong Kong market has shown resilience with the Hang Seng Index gaining 5.12%, reflecting a positive sentiment despite broader economic challenges.

A Hong Kong judge on Thursday sentenced to jail two former editors who had been earlier found guilty of sedition in a landmark case that sparked an international outcry.

Un tribunal de Hong Kong condenó el jueves a 21 meses de prisión al exeditor de un medio noticioso desaparecido, en un caso de sedición visto ampliamente como un indicador de la libertad de los medios en la ciudad,

HONG KONG, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 522.16 points, or 2.62 percent, to open at 20,446.74 points on Friday. ■

The decline of free speech in Hong Kong is once again under scrutiny ahead of the sentencing of former editors of local media outlet Stand News, which was often critical of the government. Human Rights Watch has also been reporting on dwindling academic freedoms at Hong Kong's universities.

A Hong Kong court sentences a former editor to jail for 21 months and immediately released another after they had earlier been found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles in a ruling that has prompted an international outcry.