WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hopes for the release of detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai are higher following U.S. President Donald Trump's return to office, Lai's son said on Tuesday in Washington, where he and advocates plan to meet Trump administration officials.

China's "Uber for trucks", could revisit plans for a second listing in Hong Kong in the wake of a rebound in investor

A former student from mainland China has been jailed for 3 months after using forged credentials to enrol in a master's programme at CUHK.

Some shipping companies are discreetly moving operations out of Hong Kong and taking vessels off its flag registry. Others are making contingency plans to do so.

An elderly Singaporean man has been jailed for 11 years for attempting to rob a retail chain with a bottle of water and snatching HK$14,000 (US$1,802) from a bank with a toy gun after overstaying in Hong Kong for over a decade and exhausting his savings.

According to data captured by the aircraft tracking service Flightradar24, a U.S. Air Force RC-135V spy plane, also known as Rivet Joint, reached Kadena Air Base on Sunday from Anchorage in Alaska via Tokyo. It was spotted at Yokota Air Base near Tokyo.

The latest US tariff hike on China will have a “limited” impact on HK as local businesses have adapted to the trade war, the city’s commerce chief has said.

Tesla’s bad start to the year keeps getting worse. The EV maker’s shares sank over 15% on Monday, bringing its total 2025 losses to over 40%. Monday’s plunge erased about $127 billion from the carmaker’s market value. Tesla has now lost all its gains since November’s election of Donald Trump to the presidency.

Hong Kong customs have uncovered the largest gold bullion-smuggling case ever recorded by the department, after officers found HK$46 million (US$5.9 million) worth of the precious metal in an air cargo shipment bound for Japan.