This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Hong Kong can expect gloomy weather and occasional rain this weekend, with showers persisting into next week, according to the city’s weather forecaster….
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hongkongers can expect a warm Lunar New Year with maximum temperatures climbing to 23 degrees Celsius (73.4 Fahrenheit) when the three-day holiday begins on February 17. According to the Observatory’s nine-day weather forecast, temperatures…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Temperatures on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island and in some rural areas could reach as low as eight degrees Celsius (46.4 Fahrenheit) on Sunday morning, the local forecaster has said. The Hong Kong Observatory said…
Hong Kong’s forecaster has issued its first cold weather warning of the season on New Year’s Day as temperatures are expected to fall to a low of 12 degrees Celsius (53.6 Fahrenheit) in urban areas on Friday. The Hong Kong Observatory issued the warning at 4.20pm on Thursday and said a cold front moving across…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. A cold front is expected to begin affecting Hong Kong on Saturday, bringing intensifying winds and pushing temperatures to around 15 degrees Celsius…
Hong Kong’s home affairs minister has called on NGOs to better coordinate with the government on their support for residents displaced in the city’s deadliest fire in decades following reported confusion on the ground. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen on Saturday also rejected accusations the government-backed care teams had called police…
It seems Kris Jenner cranked the volume up too much on her lavish Beverly Hills birthday celebration over the weekend. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” matriarch and businesswoman rung in her 70s on Saturday with an opulent and high-profile bash at Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ mansion, drawing ire from neighbors over its noise level….
LONDON — U.K. police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder in a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people, and revealed that he may have stabbed two other people in the 24 hours before the attack. British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one…
The government shutdown is wreaking havoc on air travel — and an online “Misery Map” gives a bird’s-eye view into which major US airports are suffering the most. The government shutdown is straining US air travel, with air traffic controller shortages triggering hundreds of flight delays nationwide. Major airports like LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy…
LONDON — Britain’s government said Monday it has summoned the Russian ambassador in London following Moscow’s “unprecedented violation” of NATO airspace. The Foreign Office called the incursions into Polish and Romanian airspace in recent days “unacceptable” and summoned Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador. Significant and unprecedented violation of Polish and NATO airspace by Russian drones last week,…