Hong Kong’s box office takings for the first half of 2026 rose by nearly a quarter year on year, with the comedy Night King emerging as the highest-grossing film over the six-month period.
According to figures from Hong Kong Box Office, 142 films premiered between January 1 and June 30, of which 17 were locally made. The movies generated HK$664 million (US$85 million), up from HK$531 million in
Riding a wave of booming cross-border dealmaking, China’s AI-driven drug-design firms are charging onto the global stage despite Washington’s growing scrutiny of Chinese biotech firms.
The value of out-licensing deals struck by Chinese biotech companies with top global multinational pharmaceutical companies climbed to US$75 billion in the first five months of 2026, up from zero before 2020, according to Linda Shu
An independent legal group has proposed that Beijing designate Hong Kong as the country’s “space finance capital”, positioning the city as a gateway for commercial development of the sector under the national five-year plan.
The Asian Academy of International Law also proposed in policy papers issued on Thursday that Hong Kong should enact a space asset registration and finance ordinance to provide legal certainty for the financing of such assets.
The group pointed to Hong Kong’s key strengths as a world-class international financial centre, a common
When a farmer in southwestern China was bitten by a cobra, his panicked wife instantly sucked out the venom as she mimicked what she had seen on television, only to end up being poisoned herself.
The old man was working in his field in Yuanyang county, Yunnan province, when the cobra bit his finger, the Jimu News reported.
His wound soon became swollen and he felt dizzy and weak. It was then that his flustered wife applied the rescue method she had seen on television by directly sucking out the venom without
Hundreds of people were besieging Lidl supermarkets in and around Paris on Thursday, with scuffles and shouting matches breaking out as residents scrambled to get their hands on bargain air-cooling units before the next heatwave hits the French capital.
With few air conditioners on sale elsewhere for less than €1,200 (US$1,400), police were called to at least two stores as huge crowds descended on Lidl supermarkets trying to get their hands on basic models on sale for as low as €1
A Hong Kong court has granted bail to an assistant manager of the project consultant behind a HK$336 million (US$42.8 million) renovation at the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court, pending a money laundering trial.
Li Min, 33, secured bail at the High Court on Thursday after spending three weeks behind bars in connection with the city’s deadliest blaze in recent history. Her bail money was set at HK$300,000, with her boyfriend
Assets and wealth under management in Hong Kong surged to a record high last year as global investors returned to Chinese assets, underscoring the city’s edge over Switzerland as a wealth hub.
Financial firms in Hong Kong managed HK$42.2 trillion (US$5.38 trillion) worth of assets last year, a 20 per cent increase from the previous peak of HK$35.5 trillion in 2024, according to a report released by the Securities and Futures Commission on
Images of the devastation, shared across social media, showed the bodies of orange-robed monks lying on the road with their alms bowls strewn across the accident site in Mukdahan province, about 600km northeast of Bangkok.
