Tencent says users of PayPal will be able to make payments in China using QR codes through WeChat Pay's extensive merchant network, in a tourism friendly move.

A Hong Kong court has concluded final arguments in a national security trial for two former organizers of vigils remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

A Hong Kong court has started hearing final arguments in the national security trial of two organizers of vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

China's Alibaba has reported accelerating AI and cloud revenue growth driven by the AI boom, which has jumped 38% in the January-March quarter compared to the year before.

A U.K. border official and a former Hong Kong police officer have been convicted of assisting China’s spy agency by conducting “shadow” policing operations in Britain.

Five months after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, thousands of displaced fire victims are beginning to return to see what remains of their homes and retrieve their belongings.

Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record.

China’s exports grew 2.5% in March from a year ago, significantly slowing from the previous two months as uncertainties rose from the Iran war and its impact on energy prices and global demand.

A humanoid robot called X2 Ultra from China's leading humanoid robot manufacturer AGIBOT has been impressing visitors in Hong Kong.

A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based conglomerate started arbitration proceedings against Danish logistics and port group Maersk, accusing the company of aligning with Panama and scheming to replace its port operation on the Central American country’s critical canal.

U.S. stocks deepened their drops as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.

Snooker great Ronnie O’Sullivan has made the highest-ever break in the professional game.

China’s Alibaba Group has pledged on Thursday a goal of surpassing $100 billion in revenue from its artificial intelligence and cloud businesses over the next five years, which it says would be powered by the AI demand boom.

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran.

China has reported its exports rose nearly 22% in the first two months of the year, while trade with the United States contracted.

Thomas Detry was among eight players from LIV Golf stuck in the Middle East during the Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran.

A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based company that has lost control of two critical ports on the Panama Canal says it is seeking $2 billion of compensation in damages from Panama over its “illegal” takeover of the ports.

Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street’s worst week since October.

A prominent Hong Kong activist in exile in the U.S. says a court ruling back in Hong Kong to imprison her father for eight months has only made her more determined to fight for the territory and its people.

A Hong Kong appellate court on Thursday quashed onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai’s fraud convictions linked to lease violations, in a rare victory in the prominent activist’s legal battles.

Hong Kong protests after Panama takes control of two key ports on the Panama Canal once run by a Hong Kong company.

The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is raising an outcry from international governments and rights groups.

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law.

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings has started arbitration against Panama after its Supreme Court ruled a canal port concession unconstitutional.

China has moved to ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly seen on Tesla vehicles, starting next year.

Panama’s president has vowed that critical ports at both ends of the Panama Canal will continue to operate without interruption.

A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has defended their demand for ending "one-party rule” in court.

Two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have pleaded not guilty in a landmark national security trial.

China has reported its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Hong Kong officials want to expand oversight of building maintenance and enhancing fire safety measures.

David Webb, a prominent Hong Kong shareholder activist, has died at 60.

Former executives of a defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper are pleading for lighter sentences under a national security law.

Wall Street pulled back from its records following a mixed start to the latest profit reporting season for big U.S. companies.

A Hong Kong court is hearing arguments about the sentencing of democracy advocate Jimmy Lai.

China's commerce ministry says it plans to investigate Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus.

Hong Kong rang in 2026 without fireworks over Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November killed at least 161 people.

Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand have convened with their Chinese counterpart to discuss the border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries.

US stocks drifted higher to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading.

A former Wall Street Journal reporter in Hong Kong has begun testifying against the newspaper.

Pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai would devote himself to God and his family rather than political activism if he were released.

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party has voted to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism.

Chinese demand for foreign luxury cars is waning as customers opt for more affordable Chinese brand models.

About a third of Hong Kong's registered voters has elected a new 90-member legislature.

Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested a 71-year-old man for allegedly posting seditious content on social media.

The deadliest fire in Hong Kong in decades is putting pressure on Beijing’s governance system in the city.

The death toll from a high-rise apartment fire in Hong Kong has risen to 159.

Uncomfortable questions are being raised over who is to blame for Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades.

Hong Kong is setting up an independent committee to investigate a deadly fire that burned seven apartment buildings and killed at least 156 people.

Hong Kong authorities say some of the netting on buildings that caught fire last week did not meet codes for fire resistance.

The death toll from a fire in a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen to 146.

A massive fire in Hong Kong's Tai Po district has become the deadliest in the city's memory, causing 128 deaths with dozens unaccounted for.

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades is raising questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex where at least 128 people died.

Hong Kong firefighters have found dozens more bodies in a high-rise complex after a massive fire engulfed seven buildings.

A deadly fire in a Hong Kong apartment complex has raised questions about bamboo scaffolding common at Asian construction sites.

Firefighters in Hong Kong have been battling a deadly blaze at a high-rise apartment complex for a second day.

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years is still burning.

China's Alibaba Group is reporting a 34% jump in revenue from its cloud business, driven by the AI boom.

China has reported its factory activity contracted for a seventh straight month in October, reflecting pressure from higher U.S. tariffs and sluggish domestic demand.

The main wreckage of a cargo plane that veered off a Hong Kong runway and plunged into the sea has been recovered.

A cargo plane has skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security vehicle, killing two people in the car.

China has banned dealings by Chinese companies with five subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean.

China has reported its exports to the United States fell 27% in September from the year before, even though growth in its global exports hit a six-month high.

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on a group of 50 people, companies and ships largely out of the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and China.

Beijing's top diplomat in Hong Kong has set out four red lines for the city's new U.S. Consul General Julie Eadeh.

Hong Kong lawmakers have passed a bill to ban inadequate housing in subdivided apartments.

Typhoon Ragasa has weakened into a tropical depression as it enters northeastern Vietnam.

Thousands of people have been evacuated from northern Philippine villages and schools and offices were closed in the archipelago and neighboring Taiwan as one of the strongest typhoons this year threatens to cause flooding and landslides on its way to southeastern China.

Authorities in Hong Kong have evacuated thousands after discovering a large undetonated World War II-era bomb.

Yellow-crested cockatoos have found a sanctuary in Hong Kong's urban parks, but they face housing troubles similar to their human neighbors.

The U.S. has sanctioned two Iranian financiers and several firms in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for allegedly coordinating $100 million in cryptocurrency transfers from Iranian oil sales.

Hong Kong lawmakers have voted down a bill that would have recognized same-sex partnerships, dealing a major setback to the LGBTQ+ movement.

Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate a government-proposed framework to recognize same-sex partnerships.

A bitcoin treasury and mining company linked to the Trump family saw its stock rise more than 16% on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

The final arguments have concluded in the national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai.

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player to score 100 competitive goals for four different clubs, though Al-Nassr lost to Al-Ahli in a penalty shootout in the Saudi Super Cup final.

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia.

Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura has been found guilty of indecent assault on a female interpreter.

The heavily indebted real estate developer, China Evergrande, is set to be delisted from Hong Kong's stock exchange on August 25.

Hong Kong authorities have strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security.

Taiwanese voters have rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers from the opposition Nationalist Party in a recall election.

Typhoon Wipha has toppled trees and caused major flight disruptions in Hong Kong and at some nearby airports in China as it moved west off the country’s southern coast.

Hong Kong has tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits on national security grounds.

The Walt Disney Co. is suing a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry.

It’s been years since Hong Kong’s mass arrests of activists devastated its pro-democracy activism.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy League of Social Democrats has disbanded under intense political pressure.

A top Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs has warned of persisting threats in the city as a China-imposed national security law approaches its fifth anniversary.

Hackers with possible links to Israel have drained more than $90 million from Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex and leaked company data.

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish after the Federal Reserve indicated it may cut interest rates twice this year, though it’s far from certain about that.

Calm returned to Wall Street, and U.S. stocks rallied, while oil prices gave back some of their initial spurts following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets at the end of last week.

Hong Kong police have accused a mobile game application of advocating armed revolution and promoting secessionist agendas.

U.S. stocks drifted through a quiet day of trading as the world’s two largest economies began talks on trade that could help avoid a recession.

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that critics say has crushed Hong Kong's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

The 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday for most Chinese.

With the summer months upon us, Central Florida can expect to see some of its waterways glowing at night.

Dozens of countries have joined China in establishing an international mediation-based dispute resolution group.

An alleged kidnapping in New York is the latest instance in which authorities say cryptocurrency-related crimes have involved real-world violence.

Hong Kong’s first locally born giant pandas have finally been named and introduced as Jia Jia and De De.

U.S. stocks rose again to close out their winning week.

Wall Street extended its gains to a ninth straight day, marking its longest winning streak since 2004 and reclaiming the ground it lost since President Donald Trump escalated his trade war in early April.

Four former Hong Kong lawmakers have been released after spending more than four years in prison for their conviction under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.