Keir Starmer vowed Friday to remain as Britain’s prime minister after disastrous local elections saw his centre-left Labour party humiliated across the UK, with disillusioned voters backing hard-right and nationalist parties. Issued on: 09/05/2026 – 08:02 2 min Reading time Thursday’s ballots — Starmer’s biggest electoral test since Labour ousted the Conservatives in 2024 —…
Founded in 2023 by Brian Yue and Claire Bi, the Cheng Lan Foundation operates at the intersection of private collecting and public engagement. Courtesy Cheng-lan Foundation A new generation of art patrons and collectors in Hong Kong is not only willing to support the city’s art ecosystem’s expansion but want to actively shape it. They…
Art Central is presenting its largest edition to date, with 117 galleries and more than 500 artists from Hong Kong, Asia and around the world. Courtesy of Art Central The tone at this year’s Art Central—which opened to VIPs ahead of Art Basel on March 24 in a tent on Hong Kong’s iconic Central Harbourfront—is…
“CERTAINLY is at GOLD through May 3, 2026. Courtesy Serakai Studio As the art world urgently searches for fresh commercial and institutional models to respond to the shifting tastes and behaviors of younger audiences, a new art space launching during Hong Kong’s Art Week is already showing the potential to operate differently—even before opening the…
The Hong Kong film industry is looking back even as it charts a course forward — and this week it has good reason to reflect. Filmart, the city’s annual entertainment industry gathering, is staging its 30th edition, while the Hong Kong International Film Festival prepares to mark its 50th in early April. Both milestones deserve…
LONDON — The U.K. Parliament on Tuesday will debate calls for greater accountability from a member of the royal family as the arrest of the former Prince Andrew and his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein force British society to re-examine its deference to the monarchy. What You Need To Know The U.K. Parliament…
Hong Kong’s annual Filmart industry platform marks its 30th edition March 17–20. Before diving into how this year’s event plans to help chart the future of global entertainment, it’s worth reflecting on where things stood at its 1997 debut — and how much has changed since. Filmart launched in June 1997, just weeks before Hong…
Not In Files Is there an email from Jeffrey Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell in the released “Epstein Files” that talks about project “Bitcoin” and “our little digital gold mine”? No, that’s not true: A search of the released files does not bring up anything with the phrase from a viral image in it. However there…
Disney’s smash-hit animated sequel Zootopia 2 got off to a stunning start in China over the holiday weekend, opening with an enormous $272 million five-day box office haul. It was the kind of powerful performance that once had Hollywood executives wildly bullish on the market potential of the world’s most populous nation, but which grew…
European officials said Monday they were comforted by the outcome of discussions on U.S. peace proposals for Ukraine that they had viewed as tilted in Russia’s favor, but they didn’t disclose details of the weekend talks and warned of a long road to peace in Ukraine. What You Need To Know European officials have expressed…