The Latest Breaking News from Hong Kong

Huddled under blankets and thermal shields, dozens of elderly patients shivered on gurneys outside a hospital serving one of Hong Kong's poorest communities -- a grim tableau for the city as its health system buckles under an Omicron-fueled coronavirus wave. "We call this the fever zone," a nurse in full-body…

If China’s economy continues to develop steadily, its currency could strengthen against the greenback by 25% to 30% once per capita GDP reaches $20,000. But world-class industries are needed

Facing an outbreak of COVID-19 among prisoners, Hong Kong is moving infected inmates to an isolation facility as the city struggles to snuff out a record number of cases by implementing China’s “zero tolerance” strategy

Germany and Portugal preparing to axe most curbs as cases stabilise; Israel’s PM says ‘green pass’ system to be suspended as cases decline

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies traded mostly lower in Hong Kong on Thursday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index into negative territory.  

After keeping the coronavirus at bay for much of the past two years, Hong Kong is now struggling to contain the disease.

Hong Kong's coronavirus battle intensified on Thursday as authorities reported that new cases had multiplied by 60 times so far this month, and the city's leader said city-wide testing was being considered in the global financial hub.

Singapore will ease Covid travel testing rules and launch new vaccinated travel lanes with the Philippines and Israel as it woos more tourists and seeks to reclaim its status of one of Asia’s major travel hubs. Shares of the city-state’s aviation-related stocks rose.

Patients have been forced to wait outside hospitals due to the high number of cases

Sotheby's announced Wednesday that it would offer the largest-ever blue diamond to go up for auction at a sale in Hong Kong in April. The auction house said it expected the 15.10-carat De Beers Cullinan Blue diamond to sell for more than $48 million. The diamond is the "largest internally…

HONG KONG: Risks involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse are among key security threats to look out for in Hong Kong in 2022, according to the government-run cybersecurity watchdog Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT).