Several cities in southern China raised their cyclone warning signals on Wednesday, bracing for Tropical Storm Ma-on, which is expected to make landfall along the coast of Guangdong province on Thursday.

Typhoon Ma-on hurtles toward Hong Kong & Chinese southeastern provinces

Hong Kong's gay community suffered a fresh legal setback on Wednesday after the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal against the city's long-held denial of same-sex marriage to those who have legally wed overseas.

Hong Kong court rejects appeal to recognise same-sex couples married overseas

Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon who owned now shut pro-democracy publication Apple Daily will face a no-jury court. This is the latest deviation from city's 177-year-old tradition of jury-trial.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be tried without jury

In the largest combined prosecution in the territory in recent years, Joshua Wong and a group of 28 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were accused under a contentious national security statute entered guilty pleas.

Detained Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong charged under controversial national security law pleads guilty

As COVID-19 case numbers reached their highest level in more than four months, straining the medical system and raising doubts about the city's ability to further relax viral rules, Hong Kong will reopen one of its largest COVID-19 isolation facilities.

Major COVID-19 isolation site reopens in Hong Kong as cases reach four-month high

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong will plead guilty in the city’s largest national security case, after being detained for more than a year without a trial date under the China-drafted law.

Hong Kong national security trial to proceed without jury

5 Chinese state-owned companies have decided to delist from the New York Stock Exchange. More Chinese companies could follow suit. Is this the beginning of a decoupling?

Firms delisting from NYSE, companies will keep listings in Hong Kong and China

Incessant attacks on the democratic setup of the global financial hub and stringent COVID and border control measures mean that Hong Kong's population has shrunk for a third consecutive year.

Hong Kong's population declines for a third consecutive year; Chinese influence to be blamed

Hong Kong has seen a number of prominent media personalities and journalists getting arrested in the recent past. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Digital and Apple Daily newspaper, was one such personality who was charged under the new Beijing-backed legislation which many believed was designed to hurt press freedom.

Jimmy Lai moves court to stop police from accessing his phones

After China passed the highly controversial National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong in 2020 amid a sea of protests, it was always believed that free speech will be culled in the former British colony.

Under Beijing's national security law, four Hong Kong locals arrested for sedition

Hong Kong is in new measures to open the overall economy to make the country easy for tourist visit. It has shortened the Covid-19 quarantine period for all arrivals to three days in hotel versus seven days.

Hong Kong tipping back into technical recession, cuts Covid quarantine

Hong Kong eases travel, reduces quarantine period from 7 to 3 days

Hong Kong's new Chief Executive has received a salary hike. John Lee is now paid more than U.S. President Joe Biden. Who are the world's highest paid leaders? Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: World's highest paid leaders

Hong Kong is likely to announce reduction in mandatory hotel quarantine inbound international travellers have to undertake as soon as Monday (August 8), reported Bloomberg.

Covid: Hong Kong may relax hotel quarantine rule in few days

Among the top earning politicians around the world, the new leader of Hong Kong, John Lee, secured his name in the list amidst news of the country falling into a technical recession after being battered by the pandemic.

Hong Kong chief earns $690,000 annually, among world's highest-paid politicians

Hong Kong chief John Lee’s $690,000 salary beats Joe Biden’s pay. But he is not the richest paid politician

Hong Kong has slipped back into a technical recession, new government figures showed on Monday. After falling 3.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, the city’s GDP on Monday reported another decline in the second quarter.

WION Dispatch: Hong Kong’s economy is slipping into a technical recession

As per a flash estimate from Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, annual inflation in the euro area is predicted to reach 8.9 per cent in July 2022, up from 8.

Recession fears haunt Eurozone; China witnesses slump in house sales; Hong Kong enters technical recession

A big video panel fell onto a stage during a concert by Hong Kong boyband Mirror, injuring at least two dancers, one of them seriously, and prompting authorities to ban the group from performing pending an investigation.

Dancers hurt as a giant screen falls on stage during a mirror concert in Hong Kong

Two performers sustained injuries at Hong Kong boy band Mirror`s latest concert after one of the large LED video monitors above the stage fell off. The shocking incident occured on Thursday night in Hong Kong, Variety reported.

Giant LED screen falls on stage during musical concert in Hong Kong, two performers injured

Seven men in Hong Kong who tried to flee to Taiwan in a boat to escape protest related charges have been handed jail sentences. The jail sentences are between seven and 10 months long and hav been handed for acts to "pervert the course of justice.

Hong Kong: Men trying to flee to Taiwan on boat get jail sentence

Does Xi Jinping have the Wuhan virus? He has not been seen in public for almost 14 days now. An official Xi met in Hong Kong tested positive for the Wuhan Virus. Is Xi infected too? Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Does Xi Jinping have the Wuhan virus?

A 66-year-old activist, Alexandra Wong, popularly known as Grandma Wong was imprisoned in Hong Kong in connection with a pro-democracy protest that shook the city three years ago.

Hong Kong jails ‘Grandma Wong’ for eight months over pro-democracy protest

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