Hiker collapses, dies on Hong Kong trail as city swelters in record-breaking heat

A hiker collapsed and died in the Tai Po countryside on Sunday afternoon as Hong Kong endured its hottest temperatures since records began 142 years ago. Police said they received a report at 2.17pm that a man in his sixties had been discovered unconscious on the Plover Cove Reservoir Country Trail. Firefighters and re

Record-breaking temperatures in Slovakia and Austria as Italy places all of its 27 major cities on highest heat alert.

Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants Temperature records have been broken in several countries across central and eastern Europe as the extreme weather that has caused wildfires and droughts across the continent continues. Countries including

Maritimers spent the day basking in the sun or trying to escape it as temperatures soared across the region.