Hong Kong has denied detaining a Uyghur scholar who human rights activists say went missing after arriving in the city earlier this month. Abuduwaili Abudureheman texted a friend on 10 May saying he ...
Sky highs: six of Hong Kong’s best rooftop bars
But pitch yourself on a Hong Kong rooftop and you’ll know exactly where you are. A rooftop drink, even if charged at the higher end of the spectrum in what is already a very expensive city, can turn ...
Hot Topics: Smuggled Siamese crocodile raises concerns of illegal wildlife trade in Hong Kong
Captured female Siamese crocodile believed to be smuggled into city as a pet, or even for consumption or to be made into leather ...
Hong Kong to sizzle in coming days, with mercury to hit 38 degrees in some areas
Subsiding air from Super Typhoon Mawar to cause sweltering temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to city’s weather forecaster.
Hong Kong treads fine line on regulating retail crypto trade
Retail investors in Hong Kong may soon be able to buy popular cryptocurrencies like bitcoin at government-licensed exchanges, thanks to new rules meant to bolster the city's standing as a digital asset hub.
Uyghur Scholar Is Missing in Hong Kong, Rights Group Says, Raising Fear of Detention
Abuduwaili Abudureheman was last heard from saying he was being interrogated by police, according to Amnesty International.
AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong’s colorful Bun Festival returns after COVID-19 cancellations
Hong Kong's colorful Bun Festival is back after three years of COVID-19 restrictions. Visitors packed the tiny island of Cheung Chau to watch children parade in costumes and to eat buns stamped with the Chinese characters for “peace” and “safety.
Hong Kong’s bun festival returns after pandemic hiatus
STORY: At the stroke of midnight, the 12 brave participants scrambled up a 60-foot tower made of buns. The person who successfully retrieved the bun at the top of the structure would bring luck to ...
Hong Kong hits back at UK call for security law to be scrapped
Hong Kong authorities on Friday condemned a British government call for the removal of a China-imposed national security law that Britain said had been used to persecute, "silence and discredit" ...
Hong Kong-flagged vessel briefly blocks Egypt’s vital Suez Canal
A Hong Kong-flagged ship briefly blocked Egypt’s vital Suez Canal on Thursday morning, authorities said, the latest such incident in the busy waterway. According to Leth Agencies, a canal services company that oversees the waterway,
Hong Kong man, 21, sentenced for anti-government bomb plot he participated in as a teen
A young Hong Kong man was sentenced to more than five years in prison for participating in a thwarted bomb plot that aimed to build resistance forces, in a closely watched case involving high school ...
21-year-old sentenced to 5 years for thwarted bomb plot that aimed to build Hong Kong resistance
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to more than five years in prison for participating in a thwarted bomb plot that aimed to build resistance forces, in a closely watched case involving high school students accused of serious crimes following the 2019 anti-government protests.
Hong Kong-flagged vessel briefly runs aground in Egypt’s vital Suez Canal, later refloated
A Hong Kong-flagged ship briefly ran aground in Egypt’s vital Suez Canal, though authorities said they were able to refloat it after it momentarily disrupted the waterway
Authorities and tracking data say a Hong Kong-flagged ship has run aground in Egypt’s vital Suez Canal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Authorities and tracking data say a Hong Kong-flagged ship has run aground in Egypt's vital Suez Canal.