Hong Kong’s finance chief has struck an upbeat tone about the city’s economic outlook for 2026, while forecasting that growth this year will accelerate to 3.2 per cent, surpassing earlier projections.

The High Court of Hong Kong has convicted pro-democracy activist and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai on three charges related to accusations that he undermined China’s national security, as part of a ...

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once the city’s largest opposition force, will dissolve following 31 years in operation after most members present at a meeting voted in favour of disbanding, marking the ...

HONG KONG — A massive fire that tore through a Hong Kong apartment complex, killing more than 150 people, has ignited an upsurge in public anger that is testing Beijing’s control of the Chinese ...

Hong Kong — As the confirmed death toll from the Hong Kong apartment complex fire climbed to at least 151 on Monday, officials said their investigation into the blaze had found that mesh used to cover ...

Nearly 150 people were killed in a massive fire at a Hong Kong apartment complex, officials said, as investigators found more bodies on Sunday, days after the Wednesday blaze ignited, the Associated ...

A massive fire tore through a residential complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday. LONDON -- The death toll following a massive fire that ripped through several Hong Kong high-rises has climbed to 146 ...

Some 279 people have been reported missing. LONDON -- The death toll from the massive fire at a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong rose to 128 on Friday, as search and rescue efforts continued ...

HONG KONG — Kan Shui-ying was home alone on Wednesday, watching television at her Hong Kong apartment while her husband and son were at work. It was around 3 p.m., she said, when she “smelled a strong ...

At least 36 people were killed and hundreds are missing after a fire engulfed several high-rise residential towers in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district Wednesday. John Lee, Hong Kong’s chief executive, said ...

I first heard the shouting as my cellmates and I were preparing for bed in the hospital wing of Hong Kong’s Lai Chi Kok prison. It was coming from down the hallway in a staircase known to be ...

With pro-democracy movements long squashed, the government is targeting any hint of subtler expressions of discontent. Even establishment figures say it may be too much. By Joy Dong Reporting from ...