Twenty-seven individuals and organisations have been shortlisted for this year’s Spirit of Hong Kong Awards, including innovators who turn waste into resources and start-ups that make food systems ...

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An overseas Hong Kong activist said he was denied entry to Singapore over the weekend for what he presumes were political reasons. Nathan Law said he was detained at the Singapore airport on Saturday ...

A pro-democracy activist who fled China’s crackdown on Hong Kong has been denied entry to Singapore. Nathan Law, a former lawmaker who left Hong Kong in 2020, said he was detained and later deported ...

Sept. 29 (UPI) --A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist living in self-exile was barred from entry to Singapore after arriving on Saturday despite the country having issued him a visa. Nathan Law came to ...

The US State Department’s investment climate report on Hong Kong contains “biased assertions” and “false accusations” that “maliciously smear” the territory’s national security laws, the Chinese ...

The Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong and the city government have slammed the latest edition of a US report on the local business environment, saying it continues to “maliciously smear and ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong on Thursday (Sep 25) resumed flights and reopened businesses, transportation services and some schools after being lashed by Super Typhoon Ragasa, while Taiwan revised its death ...

Hong Kong typhoon season: Floodwaters engulf Stanley Mound Road in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Ragasa in Hong Kong, China September 24, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a video. (via REUTERS) ...

Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest typhoons in years, whipped tall waves and caused destruction in Hong Kong and the southern China coast on Wednesday after leaving Taiwan and the Philippines. The ...

A woman walks past debris as Super Typhoon Ragasa hits the Central district in Hong Kong on September 24, 2025. Hong Kong's weather service issued the highest level of typhoon warning in the early ...

Super Typhoon Ragasa was about 130 kilometers (81 miles) southeast of Hong Kong at 3 a.m. local time and was forecast to come within 100 kilometers of the city. Hong Kong elevated Typhoon Ragasa to ...