9 h. ago Arsenal ‘here to win’ Women’s Champions League after rollercoaster road to final

Visit from 2007 winners comes ahead of facing Barcelona in the club’s first Champions League final in 18 years

Sport

18 h. ago The Independent’s Rebecca Thomas named health journalist of the year in the Press Awards 2025

‘Thank you to the brave patients and sources who came forward and for the Indy editors who helped me share their stories’

Events

38 h. ago Josh Taylor eyes ‘big fights’ after welterweight test against Ekow Essuman

Taylor, who was previously undisputed champion at super-lightweight, enters a new division on Saturday

Politics

43 h. ago Live updates: Aid groups collect some supplies that have entered Gaza

The United Nations say aid groups have collected humanitarian aid carried by about 90 trucks, out of a total of nearly 200 that have entered Gaza since Israel began allowing limited goods in earlier this week

Politics

44 h. ago Hong Kong authorities trying to disrupt independent press with ‘strange’ tax audits

Inland revenue targets eight outlets, union, 20 journalists and their families with supposed ‘random’ checksHong Kong authorities have targeted journalists and media outlets with what are supposed to be “random” tax audits, in a move the industry union says adds pressure to waning press freedoms.The head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Selina Cheng, detailed what she said were “strange” and “unreasonable” accusations by Hong Kong’s inland revenue department. Requests or audits were made against the association, at least eight independent media outlets, and at least 20 journalists and their family members, including Cheng and her parents, she said at a press conference on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Culture

62 h. ago Former prisoners and hostages urge Starmer to secure release of Jimmy Lai

Call for UK PM to act urgently over pro-democracy campaigner who has spent 1,602 days in solitary confinementFormer prisoners and hostages wrongly held abroad have urged the UK prime minister to urgently secure the release of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai before he dies in a Hong Kong jail.The 77-year-old media mogul, who is a British citizen, has been held in solitary confinement for 1,602 days and his family fears he might not survive another summer in Hong Kong, where temperatures can reach 40C (104F). Continue reading...

Events

64 h. ago Some Hong Kong reporters and news outlets are targeted by unwarranted tax audits, media group says

A media group in Hong Kong says tax authorities have targeted at least 20 people, including journalists, current or former heads of media organizations and their families, with audits without sufficient evidence

Events

3 d. ago Watch London Metal Exchange CEO on Setting Up Hong Kong Warehouses

Watch London Metal Exchange CEO on Setting Up Hong Kong Warehouses  Bloomberg.com

Events

3 d. ago New Covid variant fears as UK deaths double in a week and cases surge around world

Health authorities in Asia are monitoring reports of rising Covid-19 cases in Singapore and Hong Kong, with fresh concerns in India and a sharp rise in the number of UK deaths

Events

3 d. ago Chinese battery maker CATL surges 16% in biggest listing of 2025

Strong demand for secondary offering in Hong Kong expected to lift amount raised to $5.3bn

Politics

3 d. ago China’s battery leader CATL surges on debut after biggest listing of 2025

Strong demand for secondary offering in Hong Kong expected to lift amount raised to $5.3bn

Politics

4 d. ago Shares in China's CATL, world's biggest EV battery maker, surge in Hong Kong after $4.6 billion IPO

Hong Kong-trade shares in CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, have jumped after the company raised around $4.6 billion in the biggest initial public offering globally this year

Economics

5 d. ago Asian shares slide and US futures and dollar drop after Wall Street's winning week

Asian shares are lower after Moody's Ratings downgraded the sovereign credit rating for the United States

Politics

7 d. ago Army to place large metal plates on DC streets to protect them from tanks during June parade

The Army will place large metal plating at key points on Washington's streets

Events

7 d. ago ICC prosecutor Karim Khan steps aside pending outcome of sexual misconduct investigation

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will temporarily step down pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct

Events

7 d. ago UN agency, Rohingya refugees allege Indian authorities cast dozens of them into the sea near Myanmar

Indian authorities last week allegedly forced dozens of Rohingya refugees off a naval vessel into the sea near Myanmar after providing them with life jackets, a United Nations agency, family members of the refugees and their lawyer said

Events

7 d. ago Israeli strikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in the northern Gaza Strip, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

Events

9 d. ago Weinstein accuser rips defense lawyer: 'You should be ashamed of yourself'

A former model has reproached one of Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies

Events

1 week ago Hong Kong rushes to tighten domestic version of national security law

City spokesperson says law enacted ‘against increasingly turbulent global geopolitical landscape’

Events

1 week ago Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a hiking trail seeks bail

A judge is scheduled to consider a Maui doctor’s request to be released on bail while he fights an attempted murder charge stemming from allegations that he tried to kill his wife on a Honolulu hiking trail

Events