Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Ukrainian drones had struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Tyumen Region in western Siberia, more than 2,000km (1,200 miles) from Ukraine. He also said Ukraine had developed new long-range drones capable of operating over more than 3,000 k
The paint is peeling from Washington’s reflecting pool after the renovation ordered by President Donald Trump, and he is now alleging that someone damaged it intentionally. “We’ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool,” he posted on his social media site on Friday ni
Claude Guillemot, who co-founded French video-game publisher Ubisoft with his brothers in 1986, has died, the company said on Saturday. “Ubisoft was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Claude Guillemot, co-founder of the group and chairman of Guillemot Corp, in an accident,” the statement s
Russia has freed 24 Filipinos who have been detained for months without charges in a Siberian city, after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr raised concerns about them in a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Philippine officials said on Saturday. The 24 were scheduled to arrive in Manila
One of Iceland’s two remaining whaling ships set out this week to hunt the giant mammals after a two-year hiatus, local media and campaigners reported on Saturday. Iceland is one of only three countries that still openly permit whaling, alongside Norway and Japan – despite international opprobrium f
Hong Kong police have arrested a man in connection with three burglaries in Ma On Shan involving losses of more than HK$700,000 (US$89,750). Police said on Saturday that they received three burglary reports between April 26 and June 3, concerning two flats at the Sausalito private residential estate
Iran on Saturday said that it closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel’s attacks in Lebanon and warned that while negotiators were going to Switzerland for talks with the US on their interim agreement, not much likely will happen if the fighting does not stop. US President Donald Trump, in resp
Hong Kong’s rail giant has launched an investigation after a woman was injured when a ceiling panel fell and hit her leg at Telford Plaza in Kowloon Bay. The MTR Corporation, which also manages the shopping centre, said on Saturday that a section of the ceiling near an entrance to Phase One had beco
As the US voluntarily dismantles its global hegemony, China has neither the will nor the capacity to fill the role, a prominent Chinese foreign policy expert has argued. Beijing was forging an alternative path rooted in sovereign equality and multilateralism, rather than a quest for global dominance
US President Donald Trump escalated a diplomatic row with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, accusing her of repeatedly seeking a photograph with him and linking the dispute to tensions over Iran and Nato. The clash has opened an unusually personal rift between Trump and one of Europ
China said on Friday it will impose a tariff of 55 percent on beef imports from Australia after shipments from the country hit Beijing’s annual limit. The price of beef in China has trended downwards in recent years, with analysts blaming oversupply and a lack of demand as the world’s se
One of the things Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung Chiu-wai likes about acting is the novelty — “you will never repeat the same role”. When it comes to the changes wrought on his beloved cinema by technology like AI, though, there are some things it seems he would rather keep constan
The investors who excitedly bought into the SpaceX IPO, making Elon Musk a trillionaire, have implicitly made a prediction on the future. The company’s US$1.8 trillion valuation is based on the expectation that its AI business will have revenues of US$322 billion by 2030 – which is quite an ey
Hong Kong Free Press won three honourable mentions at the prestigious Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards on Thursday night – a new record for the newspaper. HKFP photojournalist Kyle Lam’s five shots of the Tai Po fire tragedy were recognised in the Excellence in Photography&
China called Britain’s jailing of two dual Chinese-British nationals for spying on behalf of Beijing “a classic political farce” on Friday, urging the country to rectify its “erroneous actions”. A British court jailed former UK Border Force official Peter Wai and retire
An annual Reuters Institute report on the global news industry has said that Hong Kong journalists are facing “a widening range of intimidation, including tax investigations,” amid a deepening financial crisis among local media outlets. The 2026 Digital News Report said that journalists
A British court on Thursday jailed two dual Chinese-British nationals after they were convicted of spying on Hong Kong dissidents in the UK on behalf of China. Former UK Border Force official Peter Wai, 40, was jailed for 10 years and retired Hong Kong policeman Bill Yuen, 65, was given an eight-yea
Hong Kong leader John Lee has said that China’s top official Xia Baolong concluded his two-day visit by giving “affirmations” and “recognitions” to the local government. Lee spoke to local media on Wednesday afternoon after seeing Xia, director of the Hong Kong and Maca
The Hong Kong government will make it easier for owners of subsidised flats to lease their properties in September by waiving the land premium requirement. The Housing Authority said in a statement on Thursday that it had approved a scheme allowing owners of subsidised sale flats to rent out their u
For the first time, four Hong Kong universities have been placed among the top 50 in the latest global rankings, with two in the top 20. The 2027 World University Rankings, released by UK-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) on Thursday, also showed that five Hong Kong institutions remained among the wor