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Wan Chai temple and Stanley Mosque set for highest level of heritage protection

A nearly 180-year-old temple nestled in the heart of Wan Chai and Hong Kong’s only mosque inside a prison are poised to receive the city’s highest level of heritage protection under a government proposal. In a paper submitted ahead of a board meeting on Thursday, the Antiquities and Monuments Office recommended that Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai and the Stanley Mosque at Stanley Prison be declared statutory monuments. Both buildings currently hold Grade 1 historic building status. “The two...

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Hong Kong records hottest day of year so far as temperatures soar past 34 degrees

Hong Kong sweltered through its hottest day of the year so far on Friday as temperatures hit 34.6 degrees Celsius (94.3 Fahrenheit) in the afternoon, according to the city’s weather forecaster. The Hong Kong Observatory said that this marked the highest temperature recorded on Grain in Ear, the Chinese summer solar term, since records began. By 4.20pm, temperatures had reached 34.4 degrees in Yuen Long Park and 34.1 degrees in Tuen Mun and Wetland Park. The forecaster issued the “very hot...

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Rival confirms he will challenge Starmer to be UK prime minister

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has confirmed for the first time his intention to challenge Keir Starmer to be Britain’s prime minister, drawing immediate criticism from the premier who vowed not to walk away from the job. “If I get your support, I would seek to represent you at the highest possible level and give this constituency maximum power and influence,” Burnham said in an episode of the BBC’s Question Time. He cited the ambitions of his top rival, former health secretary Wes...

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Fatal crocodile attacks in Indonesia put spotlight on habitat destruction

The recent deaths of two men from crocodile attacks in North Sumatra have put a spotlight on Indonesia’s record as the country with the world’s highest number of such killings annually, raising questions over whether habitat destruction is pushing people and wildlife into increasingly dangerous contact. Environmental groups said the deaths reflected a wider pattern across the archipelago, where logging, plantations and other land-use changes had destabilised ecosystems. The first incident was on...

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Missing Mount Everest guide feared dead crawls back to Base Camp after 6 days

A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was feared dead has been found alive after crawling back to Base Camp, officials said on Thursday. The experienced Hillary Dawa Sherpa vanished on the upper reaches of the world’s highest mountain early on May 30. He was found on Thursday morning close to Base Camp by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), a Nepali team that helps set routes on Everest and clean up waste left behind. “He was crawling down,”...

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Typhoon Jangmi churns along Japan’s Pacific coast, leaves dozens hurt

Typhoon Jangmi on Wednesday ripped through the Pacific side of western and eastern Japan after making landfall in the morning, causing flooding and mudslides and leaving dozens of people injured. The typhoon made landfall around 4.30am in the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, after it passed near Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures the past two days. At one point, the weather agency issued its highest level 5 flood warning for the Koza River in Wakayama Prefecture, meaning the...

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US key inflation gauge worsens, eroding Americans’ income and spending power

A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, the latest sign that spiking gas prices and higher food costs are squeezing Americans’ finances. Inflation jumped to 3.8 per cent in April compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, up from 3.5 per cent in March and the highest since May 2023. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.4 per cent, down from the 0.7 per cent jump in March. The report showed that prices have risen for many items in...

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Search launched after Lantau hiker goes missing amid Hong Kong heatwave

Hong Kong authorities launched a search on Thursday for a 52-year-old man who failed to return home after setting out on a hike on Lantau Island the previous day, when the city recorded its highest temperature of the year. The man left home on Wednesday morning, telling his family he planned to tackle section 8 of the Lantau Trail, which connects Shek Pik Reservoir with Kau Ling Chung on the southern part of the outlying island. But he did not return overnight, prompting his wife to call the...

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Hong Kong braces for Friday scorcher as mercury climbs to 33.7 degrees

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong recorded the hottest day of the year so far as the mercury hit 33.7 degrees Celsius (92.66 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, with the Observatory warning that temperatures in parts of the city will reach a scorching 37 degrees on Friday. The highest temperature was logged at the Observatory’s Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, as a “very hot...

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Home prices reach two-and-a-half-year high

Home prices in Hong Kong rose to their highest levels in two-and-a-half years in April, with a top industry figure attributing it to rising buyers' confidence and ample capital inflows, along with easing geopolitical tensions. Figures released by the Rating and Valuation Department on Wednesday showed the city's official home price index rose for the 11th consecutive month to 316.6, the highest since October 2023. April's figure was up 10.5 percent year on year, whereas the pace of growth on a monthly basis halved to 0.9 percent. Eddie Kwok, executive director of valuation and advisory services at property consultancy firm CBRE Hong Kong, said the increase came on the back of rising confidence among buyers, with strong transaction momentum seen in the first-hand market. "The first-hand residential market is exhibiting robust absorption rates. Sustained demand has shifted pricing power back to developers, as seen in the recent price increases in their new project launches," Kwok said. He also pointed to the city's steady and ample capital inflows that continued to support the residential market while boosting overall economic activities. Kwok added that investors saw easing threats from ongoing geopolitical conflicts as the risks have largely been factored in. He believes home prices would continue to grow, and rise by between 8 and 10 percent this year. Prices rose by 5.7 percent in the first four months of the year after climbing 3.6 percent in 2025. Still, the index remained around 20 percent below its all-time high of 398.1 in September 2021. Meanwhile, rents in April once again scaled new heights, with the rental index reaching 203.4. The figure, which was almost 5 percent higher from the same period a year ago, has gone up for the sixth straight month. Edited by Edmond Fong

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Trump medical examination renews health scrutiny as 80th birthday nears

President Donald Trump’s upcoming medical examination is intensifying health-related scrutiny that has surrounded him ever since his first campaign for the nation’s highest office more than a decade ago. Trump on Tuesday is heading to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre for his fourth publicly disclosed doctor’s appointment since the start of his second term. The White House has offered few details about the visit, saying it would involve “routine annual dental and medical...

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Wan Chai temple and Stanley Mosque set for highest level of heritage protection

Hong Kong records hottest day of year so far as temperatures soar past 34 degrees

Rival confirms he will challenge Starmer to be UK prime minister

Fatal crocodile attacks in Indonesia put spotlight on habitat destruction

Missing Mount Everest guide feared dead crawls back to Base Camp after 6 days

Typhoon Jangmi churns along Japan’s Pacific coast, leaves dozens hurt

US key inflation gauge worsens, eroding Americans’ income and spending power

Search launched after Lantau hiker goes missing amid Hong Kong heatwave

Hong Kong braces for Friday scorcher as mercury climbs to 33.7 degrees

Home prices reach two-and-a-half-year high

Trump medical examination renews health scrutiny as 80th birthday nears