‘Golden week’: Hong Kong draws more mainland Chinese visitors but spending uneven
Hong Kong recorded a 4.8 per cent increase in mainland Chinese visitors in the first three days of the Labour Day “Golden Week” holiday,...
Wall Street hesitates, oil prices rise amid uncertainty in Strait of Hormuz
Wall Street dipped and oil prices jumped early on Monday on conflicting reports of a strike by Iran on a US Navy vessel outside...
Hong Kong police launch investigation after elderly couple found dead in flat
A couple in their late eighties have been found dead in a To Kwa Wan flat, prompting Hong Kong police to launch an investigation....
‘Made in Europe’ law sets stage for an economic showdown with China
Amid the trade war with the United States, the last thing China needs is an economic confrontation with the European Union – Beijing’s major...
Green group warns of disturbance to uninhabited island known for breeding seabirds
Published: 8:06pm, 4 May 2026Updated: 8:54pm, 4 May 2026 A green group has spotted people landing on an uninhabited island in the southern Hong...
Lift technician killed by falling metal inside shaft at Hong Kong luxury estate
Published: 8:02pm, 4 May 2026Updated: 8:07pm, 4 May 2026 A worker died after falling 10 metres (33 feet) down a lift shaft he was...
Austria expels 3 Russian diplomats over signals spying
Austria declared three Russian diplomats personae non gratae over an “antenna forest” on the roofs of diplomatic buildings that could be used for spying,...
What’s behind the KMT’s internal splits over Taiwanese defence spending?
Internal splits over defence spending are widening within Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, ahead of this year’s local elections. The party is facing...
Hong Kong puts its own spin on DeepSeek with China-chip AI push abroad
A Hong Kong government-backed artificial intelligence lab is preparing to launch a new model built on DeepSeek that can run entirely on Chinese-made chips....