The Hong Kong Telegraph - news from Hong Kong, China and around the world, in six languages

Collapse of Amazon soy pact to unleash new deforestation: study

Canadian wildfire sends hazardous smoke spewing into US

Morocco back coach Ouahbi after World Cup exit

France, England prepare for gloomy World Cup send-off

'King' James keeps NBA guessing on next team

Will Tuchel have to rebuild trust after England World Cup exit?

Hamilton urges Ferrari to intensify their efforts in title bid at Spa

Verstappen takes old rear wing in place of 'super-dangerous' upgrade

Merlier looking to 'survive' Tour de France until Paris

At least 12,000 excess deaths in Europe's June heatwave: AFP analysis

Scheffler makes steady start, DeChambeau one off the lead at British Open

Taiwan chipmaker TSMC reports record quarterly profit

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC reported a record net profit for the second quarter on Thursday, fuelled by massive demand for artificial intelligence hardware.

France overhaul front row to face Japan in Nations Championship

France coach Fabien Galthie said Thursday that he was "not completely satisfied" with his team's scrum as he named a completely new front row to face Japan in Tokyo.

'Cruel, wasteful': Dakar port a hotspot for illegal shark fins

In the high seas off west Africa, a fisherman on a Chinese longline tuna vessel cuts the fins off a live shark before throwing it back in the water to suffocate and drown.

'No rest': Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels

Lured by promises of good money working aboard a foreign fishing vessel, Akhmad left Indonesia and headed out to sea, enduring months of abuse and exploitation while being cut off from the world.

McReight benched as Australia make three changes for Italy showdown

Joe Schmidt kept faith with rookie flyhalf Declan Meredith Thursday but benched star flanker Fraser McReight for the Nations Championship clash with Italy in what will be the Australia coach's last Test in charge.

Next UK PM urged to end Labour Party's 'boys club'

As Andy Burnham prepares to become the UK's next prime minister he faces calls to tackle Labour's alleged "boys' club" by ensuring women get half of the top jobs in his first cabinet.

Actor Sam Neill died of pneumonia, says agent

"Jurassic Park" star Sam Neill died of pneumonia, his agent said Thursday, in a message aimed at providing clarity to fans.

No room in All Blacks for Beauden Barrett against Ireland

Decorated fly-half Beauden Barrett was once again omitted as New Zealand announced four starting changes on Thursday for the Nations Championship Test against Ireland in Auckland.

Fiji scrum-half Kuruvoli slapped with four-match ban for red card

Fiji scrum-half Simione Kuruvoli was on Thursday suspended for four weeks after receiving a red card in the 73-8 defeat to England last weekend, meaning he will miss the Nations Championship Test against Scotland in Edinburgh.

Japan give Haangana debut for France 'forward battle' in steamy Tokyo

Japan coach Eddie Jones said Thursday that he was expecting a fierce forward battle against France in a hot and humid Tokyo as he named flanker Esei Haangana to make his debut.

In The News

Asian stocks mostly sink as AI worries hammer tech