Will Hong Kong’s new AI ‘city brain’ really stop at traffic monitoring?

Something funny is happening to our lampposts. I first noticed this during a short walk down the road from our home estate, where one lamppost…

The Snoop: Gillard appears at UK Labour conference, Australian exodus from Saudi Arabia, and more

Plus: Do AI models have rights? AI companies seem to think so. The post The Snoop: Gillard appears at UK Labour conference, Australian exodus from…

World News Day: Would you like your news with or without hallucinations?

HKFP is joining 1,000 news organisations across more than 100 countries to highlight World News Day on September 28. Coinciding with the UN International Day…

The US could send Australian personal data to third countries under secret ‘partnership’

While the Albanese government stays silent on plans to hand citizens' biometric data to the Trump administration, the Europeans have publicly released a framework that…

Monopoly Round-Up: Paramount-WB Isn’t Just a Loss, It’s a Prelude

The unorthodox development isn’t that politicians caved; it’s that people noticed it. Plus, bond yields go nuts, and Trump and Xi meet to hash out…

Don’t think Australia couldn’t become an autocracy

Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over…

Burnham copied Mamdani. Now Albanese should copy Burnham

The UK's new prime minister's urgent brand of retail politics is the antithesis of Anthony Albanese's plodding, cautious centrism. The post Burnham copied Mamdani. Now…

World News Day: Why independent journalism is a lifeline for Hong Kong

HKFP is joining 1,000 news organisations across more than 100 countries to highlight World News Day on September 28. Coinciding with the UN International Day…

What do NZ voters really care about? A global comparison reveals some surprises

Like people everywhere, New Zealanders are worried about living standards, costs and wages. But a global poll reveal some less obvious priorities.

UN General Assembly 2026: A Whole Lot of Sound and Fury Signifying… Nothing

Last week's General Assembly was historically notable for its failure to make progress toward resolving any of the world's wars, trade disputes, climate protection retreats,…

Even the best telescopes have blind spots. This fix can help us build better maps of the universe

Sometimes, mapping the whole universe starts with getting thousands of tiny robots to move in exactly the right way.

Tay Nakamoto Has Filled Her Beaverton Home With Cheerful Colors and Lively Art

“I do not want to see a square or a rectangle.”

Waleed Aly’s essay on liberalism can’t see the crisis right in front of its face

While it’s instructive and illuminating in parts, Waleed Aly’s Quarterly Essay, Time of Monsters, is ultimately unable to fully interrogate where the threats to liberalism…

Struggle over Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb straits is centuries old

Over recent months, the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have become synonymous with geopolitical jostling. Whoever controls these narrow waterways governs the flow of…

Neoliberalism is in retreat. Viktor Shvets blames the boomers – but it’s not that simple

In The Twilight Before the Storm, global strategist Viktor Shvets charts the shift from the fractured 1930s to today’s crisis culture.

Melania has a problem

Hong Kong’s changing climate in 7 charts: from quadrupled ‘very hot days’ to record rainfall

Hongkongers have long complained of the city’s summers getting hotter and longer – and the numbers show they’re not wrong. Data from the Hong Kong…

NYC commute looks mostly normal Monday after nor’easter batters region

Transit agencies expect few storm-related disruptions, but scattered showers and thousands of power outages remain. [ more › ]

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Hong Kong workers see real salary growth slow to 1.1% in post-pandemic low

Workers in Hong Kong have seen their salaries increase 1.1 per cent so far this year, after adjusting for inflation – the lowest pay rise…