Panama seizes two key ports from Hong Kong group amid U.S.-China canal dispute

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said officials threatened its employees with criminal prosecution if they refused to leave after a court ruling canceling its contracts was finalized. Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Tuesday that Panama authorities had threatened its employees with criminal prosecution if they defied orders to leave two strategic canal ports at …

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Update: Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 75 as towers burn for a second day – More than 70 people were injured – 3 arrested

HONG KONG (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire that broke out at a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong has risen to 55, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze, among the deadliest in the city’s modern history. Hong Kong authorities said Thursday 51 people had been found dead on the scene, …

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Massive fire in Hong Kong… At least 13 dead

Live blog: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3334217/major-fire-hong-kongs-tai-po-leaves-2-severely-burned-residents-trapped HONG KONG — At least four people were killed and three others were injured as a major fire engulfed a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Wednesday, with photos and video from the scene appearing to show serious damage to several buildings. …. By 6:22 p.m. local time the …

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Monster typhoon Ragasa slams southern China and Hong Kong, floods hotel lobbies, kills three in Philippines, thousands left homeless

BREAKING 🚨 Super Typhoon Ragasa: Video shows floodwaters surging into the lobby of the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel in Hong Kong pic.twitter.com/DVTz8Ml1ev — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 24, 2025 Live view of Hong Kong. Southern Chinese cities scaled back many aspects of daily life on Tuesday as they braced for Super Typhoon Ragasa, one of …

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Hong Kong banks rocked by crisis letter and bad bank talks while stablecoin rollout exposes deeper liquidity fractures

Hong Kong’s banking system just entered high alert. What began as a coordinated stablecoin rollout is now unraveling into something more serious. On July 22, internal communication circulated among Hong Kong’s monetary authorities warned of acute stress across token-backed reserves and real-time settlement chains. The letter outlined scenarios where liquidity could evaporate if collateralized redemption …

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Hong Kong announces suspension of postal service for goods heading to the United States effective April 16th.

List of products affected https://t.co/p8Nlo6yV0F — Josh Marino 🦞 (@AIRoboticsInt) April 16, 2025 ong Kong’s postal service will stop handling packages coming from or going to the United States, in the latest retaliatory move amid an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing. In a statement published Wednesday announcing the decision, the government of Hong …

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