The top US diplomat in Hong Kong has called for the release of media mogul Jimmy Lai, prompting Beijing to condemn 'smears.'

Hong Kong’s government has identified around 950,000 elderly people, single-parent households, and tenants of subdivided flats as targets for its poverty alleviation programme. The Labour and Welfare Bureau said it identified some 214,200 subdivided flat…

The United States has revoked licenses that allowed companies including Intel and Qualcomm to ship chips used for laptops and handsets to sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies, three people familiar with the matter said.

US laws allowing sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials are “highly subjective,” a legal expert tells the Jimmy Lai trial.

A university in Hong Kong is testing the use of "AI lecturers" as the artificial intelligence revolution hits campuses around the world.

Zine-making can equip students with skills in colour sense, typography, and refined storytelling techniques, Charis Poon tells HKFP.

At least 28 others are missing after a boat carrying 77 asylum seekers sinks, according to the UN’s migration agency.

The Ukraine war is inching closer to Hong Kong. On Mayday, while many people here were enjoying a well-deserved day off work, officials at the US Treasury Department were busy: they announced a pac…

WASHINGTON: Earth was set to be struck by more powerful solar storms on Saturday (May 11), a day after the most power events in two decades triggered spectacular celestial light shows from Tasmania to Britain and threatened possible disruptions to satellites…

Chinese President Xi Jinping departed from Budapest on Friday, completing his first European tour since 2019.

Sha Tau Kok, once part of a tense frontier between colonial Hong Kong and communist China, has partially opened for tourists. HKFP spoke to residents.

Nobody is offering any official results, but it seems the first test of the proposed solid waste charging regime was not a success. The scheme, under which we will all have to buy bags from the gov…

A Swiss pressure group says some staff at Shein suppliers are still working excessive overtime.

Heavy rains washed volcanic debris and pebbles down Mount Marapi in Indonesia.

Nearly 20 missing after monsoon rains trigger flash floods, sending torrents of volcanic material and mud down slopes of Mount Marapi volcano

The addition of eight Chinese cities to Hong Kong’s solo travel scheme will be “a timely boost” for the hotel and retail sectors, a veteran industry representative has said. The move by Beijing will allow more citizens to visit the city without joining a…

Hong Kong's weightlifting and powerlifting body has apologised after its chair referred to competitor "countries" at an event that included Taiwan and Hong Kong.

China is targeting citizens studying abroad for their political activism, rights group Amnesty International said Monday.

UK police said Monday that they had charged three men for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intelligence services.