Waves caused by Super Typhoon Ragasa shattered the glass doors of a seaside hotel at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park and flooded its lobby, as hurricane-force winds raged on in the city, toppling tree…

Super Typhoon Ragasa reached hurricane-force on Wednesday, triggering the Hong Kong Observatory to hoist its highest warning, the T10 signal, at 2.40am. Our photojournalist was on the ground &#8211…

A Hong Kong mother and her five-year-old son have been in critical condition after they were swept into the sea during Super Typhoon Ragasa, according to the city’s authorities. Waves at a pr…

A massive uprooted tree in a public housing estate, damaged harbourfront restaurants, and beached marine life were among the trail of destruction that Super Typhoon Ragasa left in its wake on Wedne…

Flights will resume at Hong Kong International Airport at midnight, the Airport Authority has said, as Super Typhoon Ragasa weakens and moves away from the city. Hong Kong International Airport on …

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) lowered the storm signal to T3 at 8.20pm on Wednesday, as Super Typhoon Ragasa departed the city. The Fire Services Department deployed to Lei Yue Mun as Super Typho…

By Peter Catterall with Joy Chiang in Taipei Fierce winds, pounding rain and rough seas battered southern China on Wednesday as powerful Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in Guangdong province after kil…

The Hong Kong government should take “decisive action” in waste reduction, a local environmental NGO has said, after the municipal waste charge scheme was shelved following repeated del…

The number of registered voters in Hong Kong has dropped for the fourth straight year ahead of the city’s “patriots-only” legislative elections in December. Election officials opening the first bal…

Hong Kong authorities have begun removing a decades-old tree felled by Super Typhoon Ragasa, as non-governmental groups sought to salvage the timber and preserve a piece of the estate’s history. Wo…

Preliminary studies by climate scientists suggest that unusually hot oceans – caused by human driven climate change – intensified Super Typhoon Ragasa, which battered the Asia-Pacific r…

Hong Kong has retained the top spot in a global economic freedom ranking released annually by a Canadian think tank. Hong Kong skyline in March 2025. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The Fraser Institute, a p…

Hong Kong lawmakers have passed a new law to regulate subdivided units, as the housing minister gives assurance that rents will not increase significantly after landlords bring their flats up to st…

Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order laying out a proposed deal for a US version of TikTok that would see Chinese ownership reduced to 20 percent and put control in the hands of the p…

By Joy Chiang Rescuers in eastern Taiwan pulled a man in his nineties from his flooded home on Thursday, where he had been trapped for three days after a barrier lake burst during torrential rains …

Hong Kong’s tourism minister has said authorities warned organisers of a heavily criticised hot air balloon festival about a week before the opening day that it was unlikely to be granted a p…

A concern group has alleged that a Hong Kong janitor was fined for littering while collecting trash on the street, criticising the prosecution as “excessively harsh” and disregarding workers’ routi…

A Hong Kong man has been prosecuted and may face up to 14 days in jail after he allegedly swam at a public beach that was shut down on Wednesday, when the city was hit by Super Typhoon Ragasa. Phot…

Welcome back to HKFP Monitor. This week, Beijing amplified attacks on new US Consul General Julie Eadeh after she reportedly invited pro-democracy figures to her inaugural reception. Also: more tha…

Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned Friday against a return to a “Cold War mentality” and defended multilateralism and free trade, in a veiled criticism of the United States from the United…