85 m. ago Fans of Hong Kong star Nicholas Tse report losses of HK$900,000 over ticket scams

Police say nearly 100 cases of online shopping scams linked to recent ‘Evolution Nic Live’ Kai Tak Stadium shows.

Economics

85 m. ago Beijing Week of China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai Japan Held

Beijing Week of China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai Japan Held  PR Newswire

Politics

1 hour ago New Zealand justice set to join Hong Kong’s top court as non

Sir William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young, 73, will serve at the Court of Final Appeal after his endorsement by city legislature.

Events

3 h. ago Hong Kong ferry disaster survivor says life jackets locked away before sinking

Philip Chiu, whose sister died in the 2012 tragedy, becomes first witness to provide verbal testimony at coroner’s inquest.

Events

3 h. ago Eviction of Hong Kong teacher on hold as she mounts challenge against authorities

Teacher insists checks by Housing Department to see if she lived in one-person public flat overlooked her long daily hours away from home.

Politics

4 h. ago Materials scientist’s death at 47 from brain haemorrhage highlights long hours culture in China

Materials scientist’s death at 47 from brain haemorrhage highlights long hours culture in China  Chemistry World

Events

5 h. ago Brazilian F1 superfan’s death in Japan stirs nationalistic debate on foreign crime

Influencer Amanda Borges da Silva had posted about how much she loved Japan and told her mother that she felt safe in the country.

Events

7 h. ago China couple dice with death on mountain cliff side to beat long tourist queues

Dramatic video footage from sacred site shows man saving woman by holding onto her legs on precipice, resort faces questions over safety.

Events

9 h. ago Mainland student jailed for using fake US papers to get into University of Hong Kong

Magistrate slams her ‘consistent dishonesty’, punishes her with 240-day prison term for using fake Columbia University certificates.

Events

9 h. ago Woman, 28, jailed for using fake US papers to get into University of Hong Kong

Magistrate slams her ‘consistent dishonesty’, punishes her with 240-day prison term for using fake Columbia University certificates.

Events

11 h. ago Indonesian governor’s ‘ridiculous’ vasectomy plan sparks debate on poverty, ‘body politics’

West Java Governor’s suggested sterilisation for poor men to access social welfare criticised as coercive and discriminatory.

Politics

11 h. ago Could AI lawyers replace human barristers in Hong Kong’s courtrooms?

Feeling emotions and understanding empathy like a human may be the final barrier preventing AI from replacing barristers entirely.

Events

16 h. ago India, Pakistan exchange gunfire in Kashmir after missile strikes kill dozens

Islamabad said the military had been authorised to ‘respond in self-defence’ at a ‘time, place and manner of its choosing’.

Events

18 h. ago US stepping up spying on Greenland, report says, prompting concern in Denmark

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen says he will call in the US ambassador: ‘We do not spy on friends’.

Politics

22 h. ago Japan police arrest man who slashed 2 people at Tokyo subway station

The Tokyo Metro’s Namboku line was suspended after the incident.

Events

24 h. ago Boat involved in Hong Kong ferry disaster ‘was sailing at high speed’ before crash

Coroner’s Court hears Sea Smooth could have been travelling as fast as 20 knots, or about 37km/h, before the collision with Lamma IV in 2012.

Events

25 h. ago Hong Kong customs arrests 2 over medical group’s abrupt closure

Company director and secretary of Alliance Medical Group detained, source says.

Events

26 h. ago 172 voyeurism cases reported in Hong Kong in 2024, up 24% from previous year

Most cases occurred in crowded places, city’s security chief tells lawmakers, saying regulating devices would undermine legitimate uses.

Politics

28 h. ago India’s Modi faces pressure as strikes on Pakistan ignite nationalism, global concern

China and the US have called for calm after the most serious military escalation in years between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

Events

30 h. ago Osaka’s yellow street slashes prostitution by 90% using nudge theory in Japan

Police believe the striking colour makes the streetwalkers and their potential clients feel uncomfortably conspicuous.

Politics