The Hong Kong Telegraph - News from Hong Kong and China in seven languages, daily around the clock

Hong Kong -

IN THE NEWS

Dick Advocaat returns as Curacao coach for World Cup

Dick Advocaat returns as Curacao coach for World Cup

Veteran Dutch coach Dick Advocaat, who led Curacao to World Cup qualification, will return as coach for the tournament after his successor Fred Rutten resigned.

Read more
Real Madrid president Perez calls club elections, will stand again

Real Madrid president Perez calls club elections, will stand again

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez on Tuesday called club elections and announced that he would stand again.

Read more
Prosecutors granted access to Woods's prescription records in DUI crash case

Prosecutors granted access to Woods's prescription records in DUI crash case

Tiger Woods's prescription drug records will be made available to prosecutors after the golf superstar's March arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, a Florida judge ruled on Tuesday.

Read more
US Senate confirms Trump-nominee Warsh to Federal Reserve board

US Senate confirms Trump-nominee Warsh to Federal Reserve board

The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kevin Warsh as a governor on the board of the Federal Reserve, clearing the way for him to take the reins of the central bank later this week as the world's largest economy faces inflation at a three-year-high.

Read more
Wine consumption slides in 2025

Wine consumption slides in 2025

Wine consumption fell worldwide last year, the industry's trade body said Tuesday, amid changing lifestyles and economic pressure on consumers.

Read more
Trump due in China for superpower summit with Xi

Trump due in China for superpower summit with Xi

Donald Trump was due in Beijing Wednesday for the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as the war he launched on Iran in February added to the heap of issues straining the powers' ties.

Read more
Oil prices advance, stocks retreat on US-Iran deadlock

Oil prices advance, stocks retreat on US-Iran deadlock

Oil prices rallied and stock markets fell Tuesday as investors braced for further volatility after talks appeared to stall on ending the Middle East war and re-opening the Strait of Hormuz to tanker and cargo ship traffic.

Read more
Narvaez wins Giro stage four as Ciccone takes leader's pink jersey

Narvaez wins Giro stage four as Ciccone takes leader's pink jersey

Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez sprinted to victory in the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday with Italian Giulio Ciccone taking the race lead.

Read more
Sinner dismisses Pellegrino to reach Italian Open quarters, Zverev out

Sinner dismisses Pellegrino to reach Italian Open quarters, Zverev out

Jannik Sinner's charge towards a first Italian Open title continued on Tuesday after the world number one calmly dispatched countryman Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3, while Alexander Zverev suffered a shock exit at the hands of another local hero in Luciano Darderi.

Read more
Singaporean, Indian firms face criminal charges over Maryland bridge crash

Singaporean, Indian firms face criminal charges over Maryland bridge crash

A Singapore-based company and another in India have been indicted on multiple criminal charges over a 2024 ship crash that destroyed a bridge in the US state of Maryland and left six people dead, officials said Tuesday.

Read more