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Rare Legal Victory For Prominent China Critic Jimmy Lai

Rare Legal Victory For Prominent China Critic Jimmy Lai

Decision comes soon after Lai jailed 20 years in separate national security case; Lai, a China critic, has faced...

26 Feb 2026 12:21 PM IST

Hong Kong University Expels Student Who Called for Fire Accountability

Hong Kong University Expels Student Who Called for Fire Accountability

Miles Kwan, a politics student, was detained for two nights by the city's national security police last year for...

14 Feb 2026 6:55 AM IST

Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Convicted in Landmark National Security Trial

Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Convicted in Landmark National...

Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to...

15 Dec 2025 4:07 PM IST

Hong Kong Fire Death Toll Hits 159 After Towers Searched

Hong Kong Fire Death Toll Hits 159 After Towers Searched

The number of dead may still be revised as officers had found "suspected human bones" that require forensic testing:...

3 Dec 2025 9:48 PM IST

Deadly Fire Raises Fears About Safety Elsewhere In Hong Kong’s High-Rise Skyline

Deadly Fire Raises Fears About Safety Elsewhere In Hong Kong’s...

The tragedy could be the tip of an iceberg in High-rise skyline according to the political analysts and observers

3 Dec 2025 1:42 PM IST

Hong Kong To Set Up Inquiry into Deadly Fire

Hong Kong To Set Up Inquiry into Deadly Fire

John Lee, the chief executive of the Chinese region, pledged to overcome vested interests and pursue accountability for...

2 Dec 2025 9:32 AM IST

Hong Kong Authorities Say Netting on Fire-Hit Buildings That Killed 151 Didn’t Meet Code

Hong Kong Authorities Say Netting on Fire-Hit Buildings That Killed...

Wednesday’s blaze , which took until Friday to fully extinguish, started on the lower-level netting around one building...

1 Dec 2025 3:20 PM IST

Hong Kong Begins Mourning Period After Fire Kills At Least 128

Hong Kong Begins Mourning Period After Fire Kills At Least 128

Condolence points have been set up across Hong Kong for the public to sign condolence books, the government said

29 Nov 2025 7:03 AM IST

Hong Kong Anti-Corruption Watchdog Arrests 8 Over Deadly Fire

Hong Kong Anti-Corruption Watchdog Arrests 8 Over Deadly Fire

The commission had already opened an investigation into the fire at the residential complex, which was under renovation

28 Nov 2025 8:26 PM IST

Hong Kong Firefighters Make Final Search; Tower Fire Toll Rises to 128

Hong Kong Firefighters Make Final Search; Tower Fire Toll Rises to 128

Crews were prioritizing apartments from which they received more than two dozen calls for assistance during the blaze...

28 Nov 2025 7:33 AM IST

Hong Kong’s Deadliest Blaze in Decades Kills at Least 83, Scores Missing

Hong Kong’s Deadliest Blaze in Decades Kills at Least 83, Scores...

Authorities have begun investigating what sparked the blaze -- the financial hub's worst in almost 80 years - including...

28 Nov 2025 1:38 AM IST

The Fire Jumped Building to Building: Residents Recall Fear as Hong Kong Blaze Kills 55

The Fire Jumped Building to Building: Residents Recall Fear as Hong...

Families scramble to report missing loved ones as one of the city’s deadliest blazes in decades burns through multiple...

27 Nov 2025 1:36 PM IST