2 h. ago Hong Kong in frame to host Nations Championship finals and Lions matches

Kai Tak Sports Park favourite to stage event post-2028Stadium to host Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool in JulyHong Kong has emerged as a candidate to stage future Nations Championship finals at its new Kai Tak Sports Park and would be an ideal British & Irish Lions stopover, according to a senior World Rugby executive.The inaugural Nations Championship finals – the biennial playoffs among the world’s leading international sides – is to be held in London in 2026 with Qatar lined up for 2028 but the Hong Kong stadium is an increasingly popular suggestion for subsequent editions. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Trump will not stop until every American relic reflects his imaginary world view | Kellie Carter Jackson

The US president’s attack on the Smithsonian isn’t about truth. It’s about erasure, and ‘erasure is violence’Last week, Donald Trump issued another executive order, this one aimed directly at the Smithsonian Institution, and called for “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”. He contended that the Smithsonian had “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology” and that it advocates “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive”. Specifically, the order targeted American history and art that focused on stories of race and racism.Being responsible for the distillation of the nation’s narrative is no small thing. The Smithsonian oversees 21 museums, libraries, research centers and the National zoo. Every year millions of people visit various sites that are free to the public. The collection of museums represents the pinnacle of public history and the story America tells the world about itself. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago US imposes sanctions on six senior Chinese and Hong Kong security officials

State department says individuals used national security law ‘extraterritorially’ to pursue rights activists

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34 h. ago Tottenham, Arsenal to play preseason friendly North London Derby in Hong Kong

Tottenham, Arsenal to play preseason friendly North London Derby in Hong Kong  Cartilage Free Captain

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38 h. ago Arsenal and Tottenham announce friendly as first north London derby outside of UK

The two sides will meet in a preseason fixture in Hong Kong

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39 h. ago Arsenal and Tottenham to play first north London derby outside UK in Hong Kong

Arsenal and Tottenham to play first north London derby outside UK in Hong Kong  BBC.com

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39 h. ago Arsenal and Tottenham announce historic first North London derby in new stadium

Arsenal and Tottenham will play an extra North London derby fixture this summer when they meet in Hong Kong as part of their respective preparations for the 2025-26 season

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39 h. ago Arsenal to play Tottenham OVERSEAS as English Premier League giants announce historic first

Ange Postecoglou and Mikel Arteta will go head-to-head in Hong Kong this summer

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40 h. ago Arsenal and Tottenham announce Hong Kong friendly as first north London derby outside of UK

Arsenal and Tottenham announce Hong Kong friendly as first north London derby outside of UK  The Athletic

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4 d. ago Hong Kong painter draws inspiration from city's recent history in works at Art Basel

At Hong Kong’s Art Basel, painter Chow Chun-fai’s new works transport viewers back to the night in 1997 when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule, displayed in the very exhibition center where one era ended and another began

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5 d. ago How a 1970s Chicano art group defied the mainstream and made history

“ASCO: Without Permission” is director Travis Gutiérrez Senger's latest documentary and executive produced by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna

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6 d. ago ‘Most of the Chinese food you love? It’s from Hong Kong’: Jeremy Pang on the city’s irresistible cuisine

TV chef Jeremy Pang grew up on Cantonese food and spent summers eating his way around Hong Kong. As his new show ‘Hong Kong Kitchen’ lands, he tells Lauren Taylor why the city’s flavours are more familiar than you think, how to master a perfect stir-fry and why dumplings are easier to make than you’d expect

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6 d. ago How Worcestershire sauce, ketchup and brown sauce shaped Hong Kong’s food

TV chef Jeremy Pang explains how British condiments found their way into Cantonese cooking – and shares his recipe for crispy, tangy pork chops

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6 d. ago Jeremy Pang’s black pepper short rib bao is a bite of Hong Kong bliss

Sliders, burgers, baos – call them what you like, but these pillowy buns stuffed with sticky, glazed short rib are a street food essential. TV chef Jeremy Pang shares the secret to getting them just right

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6 d. ago Wong calls ‘reprehensible’ letter targeting Hong Kong activist in Australia a ‘threat to national sovereignty’

Ted Hui received letter offering reward for information about his family after China accused Australia of interfering with its internal affairsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has described another threatening letter sent to an exiled Hong Kong dissident in Australia as “reprehensible”, a “threat to our national sovereignty” and “the safety and security of Australians”.The anonymous letter, mailed from Hong Kong and sent to Ted Hui’s Adelaide office, offered his colleagues $203,000 for information on his whereabouts and his family. It arrived just days after China’s foreign ministry accused the Albanese government of interfering with its internal affairs.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hong Kong activist in Australia targeted with letter offering reward for information about his family

Adelaide lawyer and former Hong Kong legislator Ted Hui received letter after China accused Australia of interfering with its internal affairsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn exiled pro-democracy campaigner from Hong Kong has been targeted with another threatening letter that offers his colleagues $203,000 for information on his family shortly after China’s foreign ministry accused the Albanese government of interfering with its internal affairs.The anonymous letter, which was mailed from Hong Kong earlier this month, was sent to Ted Hui’s Adelaide law firm. It claims he is a “wanted person” for a “range of national security related offences including incitement to secession” and “collusion with a foreign country”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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7 d. ago They say Manchester's skyline is one of the world's most beautiful

Manchester has made the list of most beautiful skylines in the world alongside New York, Dubai, Chicago, Hong Kong and Melbourne

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7 d. ago Chilling final words after pilot let his children fly plane before it crashed and killed everyone onboard

Aeroflot Flight 593 was carrying 75 passengers from Moscow to Hong Kong on March 23, 1994, when disaster struck.

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7 d. ago Globalisation may have run its course in current form, says HSBC chair

Trade tensions in era of Trump tariffs create serious potential risk to global growth, warns Sir Mark TuckerGlobalisation “may have now run its course” in its current form, according to the chair of HSBC, as geopolitical tensions and US tariffs threaten to upend existing global trade.Speaking at the bank’s global investment summit in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Sir Mark Tucker warned that trade tensions created uncertainty that posed a “serious potential risk to global growth”, in remarks reported by the Financial Times. He predicted stronger economic ties would develop between regional groups and trade blocs. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower after tech

Asian shares are mostly lower after gains in technology stocks snapped Wall Street’s four-week losing streak

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