Hong Kong

News Hour: Uber Technologies Inc said it raised its Hong Kong minimum fares on Monday by as much as 80 percent following a review. The San Francisco-based technology company, which recently suspended its services for the...

News Hour: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been jailed for six months for taking part in the 2014 pro-democracy protests. He was tried and found guilty of unlawful assembly last year, and sentenced to community service. But...

News Hour: Hong Kong stocks extended the previous day’s gains on Tuesday as traders tracked another positive lead from Wall Street ahead of testimony from Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen later in the week and the...

News Hour Carrie Lam’s swearing-in as Hong Kong’s new leader on Saturday marks the culmination of the lifelong civil servant’s career as she inherits a divided city fearful of China’s encroaching influence. Lam, 59, was widely...

News Hour: Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for carrying passengers without a proper permit following an undercover operation in the latest setback for the ride-hailing giant. The sting comes as the San...

News Hour: An Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong has sold for $12.6 million at a Hong Kong auction, less than the $15 million it was expected to fetch. The painting was...

News Hour: Hong Kong has lifted a ban on Brazilian meat imports, a spokesperson for Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. Brazil is still blocking exports from the 21 meatpacking plants targeted in a police investigation...

News Hour: Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has spoken to a Hong Kong audience by hologram, showcasing the growing reach of a technology which is making inroads into politics, entertainment and business. The British scientist appeared on...

News Hour: Hong Kong has banned all meat imports from Brazil, the Latin American nation’s agriculture ministry said Tuesday, another blow from a police investigation into corruption among health inspectors and the alleged selling of rotten...

News Hour: Hong Kong authorities on Friday confirmed the city’s second case of human bird flu infection this winter, five days after the death of a first patient who contracted the same H7N9 strain of the...