Hong Kong
6 Jun 2024
Hong Kong announced plans on Thursday for a blanket ban on e-cigarettes, citing a "consensus" on the need for action and their impact on the health of young people. The move came about two years after the Chinese city banned the import, manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. "We will fully ban…
9 Apr 2024
Hong Kong authorities have made the city’s largest-ever gold smuggling bust, seizing 146kg of the precious metal disguised as machine parts.
30 Mar 2024
The United States announced on Friday that it was "taking steps" to put fresh visa curbs on Hong Kong officials responsible for cracking down on rights in the Chinese city, days after a new national security law came into force.
6 Mar 2024
Hong Kong's justice minister said Wednesday the city does not plan to ban social media under a proposed national security law after a public consultation document included suggestions that some apps should be barred.
21 Feb 2024
Chinese sporting authorities have cancelled next month's international friendly between Argentina and Nigeria's Super Eagles over a row involving eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi. World champions Argentina were billed to play Nigeria in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in March before facing AFCON 2023 winners Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire in Beijing But Messi's failure…
19 Feb 2024
Fourteen people went on trial Monday in Hong Kong for allegedly planning to carry out a bomb attack to murder police officers during pro-democracy protests in 2019, with prosecutors invoking the city's anti-terrorism act.
29 Jan 2024
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of China's property giant Evergrande, but the firm said it would continue to operate in a case that has become a symbol of the nation's deepening economic woes.
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