China said Friday it opposed invoking sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme after three Western nations told the UN they would reimpose them if no diplomatic solution was found by the end of August.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
HK and Shenzhen authorities have arrested a total of 12 people in a joint operation targeting the manufacturing and sale of suspected fake concert tickets.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
HK’s media regulator has been denied a final bid to take an appeal to the city's top court to challenge a lower court's ruling that a political satire aired by government-funded broadcaster RTHK did not constitute a breach of its code.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
The father of overseas activist Anna Kwok, who is wanted under the national security law, has pleaded not guilty to attempting to handle her funds.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Widespread flooding has hit the city as the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) issued the black rainstorm warning on Tuesday - the first time the highest rainstorm signal was hoisted four times in a week.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
HK may see a surplus in the current financial year, the city's finance chief has said, defying previous forecasts of recording a deficit for the fourth straight year.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong health authorities have recorded the city’s first imported case of chikungunya fever since 2019, saying the patient was infected in a mainland Chinese city that has logged almost 7,000 cases as of Thursday.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
China and Russia began joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan on Sunday as they seek to reinforce their partnership and counterbalance what they see as a US-led global order.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Many lawmakers claim the same-sex partnership bill erodes the institution of traditional marriage. LGBTQ activists, meanwhile, criticise the bill for not offering enough protection - but see it as a small step forward and are urging the Legislative Council to pass it.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
The mosquito-borne chikungunya fever poses a "medium to high risk" of local transmission in Hong Kong, as thousands of cases were reported in the neighbouring Guangdong province, a city health official has warned.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
"It comes as a disappointment that three lawyers, all LegCo members, appear to be advocating disregarding Hong Kong’s legal obligations... [They] have all denounced a government bill that would meet the court’s requirements," writes John Burns.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
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Hong Kong police have taken in a third relative of ex-district councillor Carmen Lau, who is wanted for alleged national security law violations.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
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Hong Kong plans to rename the drug “space oil” in a bid to reduce its appeal, security chief Chris Tang has said.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Vehicles from Guangdong province will be allowed into Hong Kong's urban areas "in phases" in a move to ease travel arrangements.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
"Is a District Council member participating in this sort of thing a threat to the good repute of the council concerned? Only, perhaps, if the council's reputation is rather fragile," writes Tim Hamlett.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
One of Hong Kong's last pro-democracy groups, the League of Social Democrats, announced its disbandment on Sunday after 19 years. It came on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the 2020 Beijing-imposed security law.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Guangdong vehicles will be allowed to drive into Hong Kong's urban areas from November, the transport minister Mable Chan has announced.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
About 4,100 restaurants and shops participated in offering customers July 1 discounts. In Victoria Park, Hongkongers posed for photos with giant egg tarts and mini panda sculptures at an event marking the Handover anniversary.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Citysuper's food court in Times Square has closed its doors after almost 30 years in business following "changes in consumer patterns," according to the supermarket group.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Radio Free Asia has halted its Cantonese-language service after 27 years due to funding cuts by US President Donald Trump's administration.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
"Soft resistance" involves using false statements to create misunderstanding about the authorities, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam has said.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
AI surveillance cameras installed last year aided the prosecution of six people for monkey feeding, a conservation officer has said.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
By Matthew Walsh Cattle wander between the concrete shells of half-finished mansions in northeastern China, some of the only occupants of a luxury complex whose crumbling verandas and overgrown arches are stark symbols of a housing market crippled by its own excess. Property giant Greenland Group broke ground on the development nestled in the hills […]| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
"Billions upon billions" of data records belonging to millions of Chinese citizens have been briefly exposed online, according to cybersecurity researchers.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
HK nat. sec police have warned against downloading a role-playing game app that they say promotes HK and Taiwanese independence.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
HK activists and the diaspora attended candlelight vigils and other events around the world on Wednesday to mark the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
9 people jailed for storming HK’s legislature during the city’s 2019 protests are seeking to overturn their convictions and sentences, according to court records.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
A NZ judge has been appointed as a justice of HK's top court, after a years-long exodus of overseas jurists following Beijing's imposition of a sweeping security law on the finance hub.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
4 former and current students’ union members at Lingnan University in Hong Kong have been arrested for allegedly stealing HK$1.3 million from their organisation’s funds for personal expenses, according to police.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
HK cinema chain Golden Harvest has announced that it will close its branch in the Kowloon Bay shopping mall MegaBox on Monday due to "the end of the tenancy."| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
HK police have said they arrested 2 people and took away 10 others on Wednesday, the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown – the youngest being a 15-year-old.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong catering group King Parrot has informed staff members about its closure but has yet to sort out severance pay, according to trade unions.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
President Donald Trump ramped up his campaign against top US universities Wednesday, banning visas for all foreign students coming to attend Harvard and threatening to strip Columbia of its academic accreditation.| Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
