A fire at a residential building in Mong Kok on Thursday night has claimed the lives of three people believed to be from the same family -- including a six-year-old boy. A 75-year-old woman thought to a be relative of the deceased was injured in the blaze. As Sophie Hui reports, around 50 residents of the building on Sai Yee Street were evacuated:

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur delivered a slice of football history on Thursday by staging the first North London derby outside the United Kingdom as nearly 50,000 fans packed Kai Tak Stadium for a pre-season friendly. The match ended 1-0 to Spurs with their Senegal midfielder Pape Matar Sarr scoring the winner late in the first half with a spectacular strike from near the centre circle after he spotted goalkeeper David Raya off his line. Carlos Escueta has more:

The clock is ticking closer to US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff deadline. Countries around the world are poised to see even steeper import taxes on goods sent into the United States, starting later today. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the American leader would soon sign an order to impose the sweeping new rates. Jamie Clarke has more:

The government has announced that a minimum stay of two years in Hong Kong will be mandatory for children of non-local talent to be eligible for subsidised tertiary education places. But the Education Bureau said the policy change, which will be in full force in the 2028-29 academic year, is not expected to have a significant impact on families with genuine intentions to come to Hong Kong for development. Frank Yung reports:

Mervyn Cheung, who chairs the Hong Kong Education Policy Concern Organisation, welcomes the policy change, saying there is a need to prevent misuse of higher education resources. He spoke to Frank Yung:

Official advance estimates have shown that Hong Kong's economy has grown for the 10th consecutive quarter between April and June, rising by 3.1 percent year on year. Aaron Tam reports:

Robust exports, rising investments and consumption all boosted Hong Kong's economic growth in the second quarter. But Raymond Yeung, the chief economist for Greater China at ANZ bank, cautioned that despite the improvements, concerns remain about retail sales, which rose 0.7 percent in June from a year ago. He spoke to Chloe Feng:

Security minister Chris Tang says authorities have officially renamed the “space oil drug” as etomidate. As Charlie Chun reports, the name-change comes after more than 550 arrests were made over the drug in the first half of the year:

The Centre for Health Protection says there is a "moderate to high risk" that imported cases of Chikungunya fever could lead to local transmission of the virus. But Dr Albert Au, who heads the centre's communicable disease branch, doesn't believe imported cases will become endemic in Hong Kong. Sophie Hui reports:

Dozens of people have been killed as extreme weather hit northern China over the past week. Forty-four of those deaths occurred in the capital Beijing, where nine are still missing. Wendy Wong reports.

Myanmar’s military has nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned election – but with the junta chief remaining in charge in his other role as acting president. That ends a state of emergency that the military declared in 2021, as it deposed the civilian government of democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives. Here's Jamie Clarke:

Officials in the Ukrainian capital say Russia launched waves of missiles and drones before dawn on Thursday, killing twelve people. A six-year-old boy was among the dead. 135 others were wounded. Jamie Clarke reports:

A Japanese disaster prevention expert is urging HongKongers visiting Japan to install a mobile application that notifies people of disaster, in the wake of an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia's Far East on Wednesday that triggered widespread fears of deadly tsunamis. Millions of people were evacuated across the Pacific, but no major damage outside of Russia was reported. Professor Nobuhito Mori from the Kyoto University’s Disaster Prevention Research Institute spoke to Wallis Wang:

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has said the Exchange Fund recorded an investment income of nearly HK$195 billion in the first half of the year. The income is a 76 percent surge compared to investment income of over-HK$110 billion recorded in the same period in 2024. However, HKMA Chief Executive Eddie Yue warned the investment landscape in the second half of the year remains highly uncertain despite the good returns seen in the first six months. Wallis Wang reports:

China's cyberspace regulator has summoned US tech giant Nvidia over security risks concerning its H20 artificial intelligence chip sold to China. Tony Sabine has more.