In the punishing world of Hong Kong endurance sports, few events command as much respect as the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge (HK4TUC), a gruelling 298km (185-mile) test across the city’s major trail networks. While 51-year-old ultra-runner and coach Elliot Froidevaux has conquered the challenge twice, his journey from a 100kg (220lbs) heavy smoker to elite trail runner was no solo effort. Standing next to the Swiss-born, Hong Kong-raised Froidevaux is his older sister, Joanne Nixon, a...

Just days after French president Emmanuel Macron bestowed the insignia of Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) on Louis Vuitton’s women’s artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière at the Élysée Palace, the designer unveiled the brand’s spring/summer 2027 collection on the last day of Paris Fashion Week. For the show, Ghesquière turned the courtyard of the Louvre museum into a futuristic cityscape with flying cars painted with the brand’s signature Damier pattern and...

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Formerly an associate at Joyce Wang Studio, interior architect Ella Bridgland now heads up her own firm, Studio Ella, which she started in 2022. Bridgland relocated to Hong Kong in 2017 after having worked for some of London’s most prominent design and architecture firms and has since carved out a niche for herself in the city’s design scene, specialising in high-end residential and boutique commercial projects. Beyond offering bespoke furniture design, art advisory and interior architecture...

While cinemas worldwide have suffered waves of closures over the past decade, Hong Kong’s longest-running art house theatre has bucked the trend. As Broadway Cinematheque celebrates its 30th anniversary, shifting audience preferences appear to be playing to its strengths. In November 1996, Broadway Cinematheque (often simply called BC) opened in Kowloon’s Yau Ma Tei district as one of Hong Kong’s few cinemas screening international films that would not otherwise make it onto the city’s...

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported death from plague of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the World Health Organization pressed Moscow for greater transparency and clarity over conflicting accounts of the incident in Siberia.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation on Tuesday into whether Fruit of the Loom and Hanes use toxic chemicals in producing ‌children's underwear.

Major new research has found that cases of several different kinds of cancer have risen sharply among young people in England, the US and the Netherlands. The number of people under the age of 50 diagnosed with prostate cancer in England has quadrupled since 2001. Researchers aren't exactly sure why there's been such an increase, but say the broad reason could be linked to a growing rate of obesity, poor diets and a lack of exercise. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Jon Shelton, Head of cancer intelligence at Cancer Research UK.

Major new research has found that cases of several different kinds of cancer have risen sharply among young people in England, the US and the Netherlands. The number of people under the age of 50 diagnosed with prostate cancer in England has quadrupled since 2001. Researchers aren't exactly sure why there's been such an increase, but say the broad reason could be linked to a growing rate of obesity, poor diets and a lack of exercise. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Jon Shelton, Head of cancer intelligence at Cancer Research UK.