17 h. ago Hong Kong rejects bill that would have given limited rights to same

Only 14 of 86 lawmakers supported the bill, which would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples who married or entered civil unions overseas

Politics

41 h. ago Jimmy Lai’s son gives Hong Kong dire warning: ‘Release my father or see him become a martyr’

Sebastien Lai says international community must send China message that its repressive actions have ‘very real consequences’

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43 h. ago Report points to alarming rates of sexual and physical violence in Hong Kong prisons

Report finds juvenile detainees subjected to rampant sexual violence while in prison

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43 h. ago Hong Kong judge rules in favor of lesbian couple's parental recognition in landmark case

A Hong Kong judge has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple’s parental recognition of their son born through reciprocal in vitro fertilization in a landmark case

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2 d. ago Mapped: Tropical Storm Tapah forces evacuations in China and shuts schools in Hong Kong

Public transport largely suspended, with buses, and ferries halted and trains running at longer intervals

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8 d. ago ‘A gilded temple to the new world order’: inside the former US embassy that is now a super

Even the cheap rooms cost £1,400 a night at London’s bling-heavy hangout for high net worth individuals. From mega-basement spa to gaudy rooftop bar, our writer takes a tourRumours have long swirled about what lies beneath the great 1960s fortress of the former US embassy on Grosvenor Square. There have been lurid fables of cold war bunkers, secret service shooting ranges, CIA interrogation chambers and even escape tunnels to Hyde Park. But none of these fictional fantasies quite compare to the underground lair that has now been excavated below the imposing block, in its new incarnation as one of the fanciest hotels in London.Owned by the royal family of Qatar, and operated by an offshore company registered in the British Virgin Islands, belonging to one of Hong Kong’s wealthiest dynasties, this former outpost of US imperialism has become a gilded temple to the new global order. Reborn as the Chancery Rosewood, it is a beacon of luxury designed to attract the cream of the world’s ul...

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8 d. ago Tourist dies at Hong Kong Disneyland after passing out on ride

Filipino man, 53, collapses on Frozen Ever After ride

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1 week ago Tourist dies at Disneyland after passing out next to wife on Frozen ride

A 53-year-old man from the Philippines died after losing consciousness while on the Frozen Ever After ride in the theme park's Hong Kong site on Friday.

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1 week ago Ronaldo remains the face of the Saudi soccer league as the season kicks off

Cristiano Ronaldo remains the face of the Saudi soccer league as the season kicks off

Sport

1 week ago Final arguments conclude in Jimmy Lai national security trial

Government-picked judges consider verdict in high-profile case against Hong Kong media mogul and activistFinal arguments have concluded in the national security trial of the pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong.Government-picked judges are retiring to consider their verdict in the case, seen internationally as a crucial test of the rule of law in the city. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Final arguments conclude in Jimmy Lai national security trial in Hong Kong

Government-picked judges consider verdict in high-profile case against pro-democracy media mogulFinal arguments have concluded in the national security trial of the pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong.Government-picked judges are retiring to consider their verdict in the case, seen internationally as a crucial test of the rule of law in the city. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong awaits verdict as landmark national security trial concludes

The final arguments have concluded in the national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai

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2 w. ago Final arguments in publisher Jimmy Lai's national security trial conclude in Hong Kong

The final arguments have concluded in the national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai

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2 w. ago Chubby Dumpling: Joe and Chantel Yeung on family, street food and their must

For Joe and Chantel Yeung, dumplings are more than street food – they’re a family story that stretches from Hong Kong to a London market in a vintage fire engine. Hannah Twiggs sits down with the pair behind Chubby Dumpling to talk heritage, hard graft and the recipes that keep people queuing

Society

2 w. ago Voices: I visited Hong Kong’s migrant camps in the Eighties – here’s why they should be adopted in the UK

After the Vietnam war, hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived on the shores of Hong Kong – but what initially seemed like an existential crisis for the then British territory ended up being resolved rather swiftly, writes Mary Dejevsky

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2 w. ago What to know about the delisting of property developer China Evergrande's shares in Hong Kong

Shares in China Evergrande, the real estate developer whose downfall led a collapse in the country’s property market, have been delisted from Hong Kong's stock exchange as creditors work to wind up debts that totaled over $300 billion

Politics

2 w. ago Voices: I visited Hong Kong’s migrant camps in the 80s – here’s why they should be adopted in the UK

After the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived on the shores of Hong Kong – but what initially seemed like an existential crisis for what was then a British territory ended up being resolved rather swiftly, writes Mary Dejevsky

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2 w. ago Chinese property giant Evergrande delisted from Hong Kong stock market

China Evergrande’s delisting closes a chapter in country’s unprecedented property crisis

Politics

2 w. ago Number of foreign nationals arriving on work visas falls by nearly a half

Visas issued for health and care workers and their families have tumbled by 77%.

Economics

2 w. ago Judges question Jimmy Lai’s freedom of expression defence as trial nears end

British media tycoon’s marathon sedition trial in Hong Kong is drawing to a close

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