By Gilles Guillaume and America Hernandez PARIS, July 5 – The third stage of the Tour de France that will take place on Monday will be closed to the public due to risks posed by a forest fire raging in southwestern France, officials said on Sunday. The fire has ravaged more than 1,600 hectares (6.18…
Ezra Jin’s family says the Zion Church founder arrived in the US after months in detention in China. Published On 5 Jul 20265 Jul 2026 The founder of a prominent underground church in China has been released after months in detention, his family and a Christian rights group said. ChinaAid said Pastor Jin Mingri, also…
Despite US objections, ambassador insists new fees to be charged to vessels transiting Strait of Hormuz. Published On 5 Jul 20265 Jul 2026 Iran’s ambassador to China says ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz would be charged new fees but added that China and other “friendly” countries would be granted “special considerations”. An initial deal signed…
Hong Kong’s top ministers and other political appointees have received a 1.3 per cent pay rise, authorities have confirmed, after the government announced in June that civil servants would get a 2 per cent salary bump. In a reply to the South China Morning Post, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau said on Friday that…
Hong Kong is positioning itself as a middleman in the fast-growing global space economy, senior officials and experts have said, noting the city can turn its financial markets, common law system and dispute-resolution capabilities into a commercial advantage. At the 2026 Colloquium on International Law on Friday, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said Hong…
Cybersecurity experts have called on authorities to impose fines on firms that suffer data breaches, after the personal information of more than 1 million people linked to a leading Hong Kong appliance distributor was maliciously encrypted. They made the comments on Friday, a day after the city’s privacy watchdog announced it had launched an investigation…
A Hong Kong court has awarded more than HK$251,000 (US$32,000) to the family of a domestic helper who was dismissed by her employer in 2019 after being diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer and later died. The years-long legal battle involving the late helper, Baby Jane Allas, came to an end on Friday when the District…
Groups of Hong Kong students on Friday had a lesson aboard two PLA Navy warships moored at Stonecutters Island’s Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks on Friday. They toured guided-missile destroyer Nanning and guided-missile frigate Hengyang, which arrived for a five-day port call that started on Thursday. The port call marked the 29th anniversary of the city’s…
Hong Kong’s box office takings for the first half of 2026 rose by nearly a quarter year on year, with the comedy Night King emerging as the highest-grossing film over the six-month period. According to figures from Hong Kong Box Office, 142 films premiered between January 1 and June 30, of which 17 were locally…
Hong Kong health authorities have called on the public to stay vigilant as the city has entered the summer flu season, with Covid-19 cases also on the rise. Dr Albert Au Ka-wing, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, said on Thursday that surveillance data suggested flu cases rose significantly…