🇭🇰 Hong Kong
First cross-border ambulance moves patient from Hong Kong to mainland China
A mainland Chinese patient has become the first person ever moved from Hong Kong north into mainland China und
🏆 Breakthroughs
Breakthroughs
Historic firsts, records, public milestones, and leaps people will remember for years.
🇫🇷 France
French Teen Matches Nadal Record at Roland Garros
A 16-year-old French tennis player has tied a record set by Rafael Nadal 23 years ago at the same tournament.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
Russia to build Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant
Kazakhstan, the world's largest uranium producer, has never had a nuclear power plant of its own. That changes
🇯🇵 Japan
Japan Airlines plans to send human culture to the moon
Japan Airlines wants to blast a capsule of human culture into space and land it on the moon. The airline annou
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Shaw Prize awarded to three scientists for rare leukaemia therapy
A treatment for a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia has earned three scientists one of Hong Kong's most pr
🇺🇸 United States
Students Build Moon Robots for NASA's 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
College students across the United States are building robots that could one day dig for resources on the moon
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong's first astronaut sparks a space education frenzy
Hong Kong has never sent one of its own into space. That is about to change, and the city's schools are scramb
🇺🇸 United States
Vermont bans paraquat, first US state to act on Parkinson's link
Vermont has become the first state in the United States to ban the weedkiller paraquat, a highly toxic herbici
🇰🇪 Kenya
Kenyan Village Buries Its Dead in a Forest After Cemetery Runs Out of Room
In rural Kenya, a village has run out of room for its dead. Families now carry their deceased into a nearby fo
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong astronaut’s sister: leaving family was hardest part of space mission
For Lai Ka-ying, the hardest part of becoming an astronaut was not the grueling training or the risks of space
🇨🇳 China
Hong Kong’s first astronaut blasts off on Shenzhou-23 mission
A payload specialist from Hong Kong has become the city’s first astronaut to reach space. Lai Ka-ying lifted o
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
UK’s River Wye granted legal rights as a living ecosystem
The River Wye, one of the United Kingdom’s most cherished waterways, has become the first river in the country
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong sends its first astronaut to space
Hong Kong is about to send one of its own into space for the first time. Chief Executive John Lee told reporte
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong's first astronaut candidate battles motion sickness
A man who gets sick on amusement park rides and struggles with motion sickness on boats is now a candidate to
