The managing body of the West Kowloon Cultural District cancelled an LGBTQ-themed play on Saturday, hours before tickets went on sale, after complaints alleging the drama “defames Hong Kong.” The X…

A cargo plane veered off the runway and into the sea at Hong Kong’s airport on Monday, leaving two ground workers dead. Emirates SkyCargo Flight EK9788 crashed into the sea on October 20, 202…

Airport officials did not receive a distress signal from a cargo aircraft that veered off the runway into the sea during landing at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, killing two ground wor…

Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang has been removed from his post as China’s permanent representative to the World Trade Organization, state media reported on Monday, just days afte…

The Observatory (HKO) will raise the T3 storm signal at 5.20pm on Monday, with Tropical Storm Fengshen set to pass south of the territory. Tropical Storm Fengshen. Photo: HKO. “Under the comb…

Veteran Hong Kong lawmaker Michael Tien has announced he will not run in the “patriots only” legislative elections, becoming the 16th politician in the 89-strong legislature to bow out …

The Buildings Department has said the Chinachem Tower in Central is structurally safe, after a fire left four people hospitalised on Saturday. A blaze at Chinachem Tower on Connaught Road Central o…

Hong Kong education authorities have ordered a school to probe an alleged incident involving a teacher who reportedly invited a student to a hotel for sex, after a social media post went viral. St.…

Management from chipmaker Nexperia’s Chinese unit told employees they can ignore instructions from overseas, according to a company statement, escalating a recent row over control of the Dutc…

The Hong Kong government will begin a disciplinary investigation into a multimillion-dollar bottled water procurement scandal involving a dozen civil servants, including senior officials from the l…

The Observatory (HKO) will keep the T3 storm signal in force for much of Tuesday, as Severe Tropical Storm Fengshen passes south of Hong Kong. Severe Tropical Storm Fengshen closed in on Hong Kong …

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has risen to 3.9 per cent between July and September, with the construction and the food and beverage (F&B) sectors hit hardest. Construction workers in Hong Kong.…

Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.…

Workers aim to clear wreckage from a cargo plane that veered off the runway and fell into the sea on Monday, killing two people, within a week, the Hong Kong Airport Authority (AA) has said. A Boei…

Hong Kong’s “patriots only” legislature has withdrawn the traditional farewell motion to mark the end of the term, with the House Committee citing feedback from lawmakers expressi…

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions…

Four lawmakers from Hong Kong’s largest pro-Beijing political party will sit out the December “patriots only” legislative race, bringing the total number of the city’s legislators not s…

Hong Kong’s disease control authority has urged schoolchildren to receive the seasonal influenza vaccination as soon as possible following two severe paediatric flu infection cases in two consecuti…

Hong Kong lawmaker Doreen Kong – one of the legislature’s more outspoken members – has announced she will not run for a second term, dismissing suggestions that she was “pressured” to m…

China has issued a “stern protest” to Australia after a mid-air incident over the weekend involving military planes from the two countries, a spokesman for Beijing’s defence minis…