Hong Kong Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Hong Kong with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from Hong Kong. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=hk&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=hk" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "hk", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "hk",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "hk",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=hk&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 42506,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b73c5e2357173edc3e8bc5002b53a7bb",
            "title": "心胸肺外科醫生崔永雄切淋巴結判錯位 專業失德罪成判除牌獲緩刑",
            "description": "心胸肺外科醫生崔永雄涉於2021年為女病人陳麗莉（CHAN Lai Lee的音譯）進行淋巴結切除手術期間，錯誤判斷淋巴結位置，導致左側膈神經受損。醫委會",
            "content": "心胸肺外科醫生崔永雄涉於2021年為女病人陳麗莉（CHAN Lai Lee的音譯）進行淋巴結切除手術期間，錯誤判斷淋巴結位置，導致左側膈神經受損。醫委會研訊小組今日（14日）就個案展開聆訊，指被告未有對該病人妥善履行專業責任，被告承認控罪，並就事件向病人致歉。研訊小組最終裁定崔永雄專業失德罪名成立，判除牌6個月、緩刑24個月。\n病人有乳腺癌病史 10年後復發經轉介至被告\n案情指出，事發於2021年，當時56歲的女病人陳麗莉（CHAN Lai Lee的音譯）有左乳乳腺癌病史，曾於 2011 年 4... [631 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/60399696/%E5%BF%83%E8%83%B8%E8%82%BA%E5%A4%96%E7%A7%91%E9%86%AB%E7%94%9F%E5%B4%94%E6%B0%B8%E9%9B%84%E5%88%87%E6%B7%8B%E5%B7%B4%E7%B5%90%E5%88%A4%E9%8C%AF%E4%BD%8D-%E5%B0%88%E6%A5%AD%E5%A4%B1%E5%BE%B7%E7%BD%AA%E6%88%90%E5%88%A4%E9%99%A4%E7%89%8C%E7%8D%B2%E7%B7%A9%E5%88%91",
            "image": "https://cdn.hk01.com/di/media/images/dw/20261014/1187136690993500160236058.jpeg/7hJ_ZHc5xzXzmhERabQM2Rh4q9RYeui2FrFQARaxUAE",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T12:06:02Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "ba8e9ada85358e891813f90db4cb47b8",
                "name": "香港01",
                "url": "https://www.hk01.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b99cb115c567aa0baf88ec6c46b9e2d0",
            "title": "蔡天鳳案｜譚方駿發現蔡失聯後曾上加多利山 並在單位遇見鄺港智",
            "description": "名媛蔡天鳳（Abby Choi）涉遭鄺氏三父子謀殺肢解案（HCCC 198/2025），今（14日）在高等法院續審。蔡天鳳的丈夫譚方駿繼續作供。譚提及蔡天鳳失蹤",
            "content": "名媛蔡天鳳（Abby Choi）涉遭鄺氏三父子謀殺肢解案（HCCC 198/2025），今（14日）在高等法院續審。蔡天鳳的丈夫譚方駿繼續作供。\n譚提及蔡天鳳失蹤當天，他早上上班前，仍有與蔡面對面說，至下午有朋友約他們當晚食飯，蔡在2:06曾回覆他「OK」，及留了一個語音訊息，他約好地點再聯絡蔡時，蔡已沒再回覆。\n譚稱蔡不回覆訊息屬不尋常，他當日下午約６時曾到加多利山的單位找蔡，當時鄺港智和李瑞香都在單位，譚當時已提及要報警，鄺母李瑞香卻說：「人哋可能想要錢啫，你咁快報咗警，人哋點會畀錢你呀。」... [1295 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/60399497/%E8%94%A1%E5%A4%A9%E9%B3%B3%E6%A1%88-%E8%AD%9A%E6%96%B9%E9%A7%BF%E7%99%BC%E7%8F%BE%E8%94%A1%E5%A4%B1%E8%81%AF%E5%BE%8C%E6%9B%BE%E4%B8%8A%E5%8A%A0%E5%A4%9A%E5%88%A9%E5%B1%B1-%E4%B8%A6%E5%9C%A8%E5%96%AE%E4%BD%8D%E9%81%87%E8%A6%8B%E9%84%BA%E6%B8%AF%E6%99%BA",
            "image": "https://cdn.hk01.com/di/media/images/dw/20261014/1187026430614048768724630.jpeg/Sel8WK55GaRwR9RqinEpARDG-SRXTHoCX6LSyF-i0sg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T04:18:31Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "ba8e9ada85358e891813f90db4cb47b8",
                "name": "香港01",
                "url": "https://www.hk01.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "63683eac4b74476f3bcb098ec6704dff",
            "title": "港鐵藍田站月台設備冒煙一度關閉車站處理 乘客上班遲到感無奈",
            "description": "港鐵藍田站月台有設備冒煙一度需要關站，列車不停靠，近一小時後陸續恢復正常。 觀塘綫列車發出廣播，指列車不停藍田站。早上約9時，港鐵指藍田站月台有設備冒煙，為確保安全，藍田站需暫時關閉，列車不會停站。港鐵及消防人員到現場處理，港鐵安排接駁巴士疏導人流。至早上近10時處理好事故，服務陸續恢復正常。 藍田站周二傍晚懷疑有波口設備短路起火，來往觀塘及調景嶺站的服務一度暫停近一小時。 有乘客表示，受事故影響而遲到。 何先生：「都不明白做甚麼，明明昨晚已說處理好火警，今早忽然間又來，昨晚的人在做甚麼？我不知道。地鐵及消防員應該處理完，現在阻礙大家上班。遲到肯定遲到，不過無辦法，我們的偉大地鐵站，無辦法，大家也依靠著它。」 #要聞",
            "content": "藍田站發生火警 來往觀塘及調景嶺站服務一度暫停 港鐵：懷疑有道岔設備絕緣膠因短路起火\n港鐵觀塘綫藍田站路軌旁發生火警，來往觀塘及調景嶺站的服務一度暫停近一小時。 港鐵稱今天下午約5時半於藍田站路軌旁發現懷疑有道岔(波口)設備一件絕緣膠因短路起火，港鐵人員隨即到場處理，並召喚消防到場協助，用滅火器將火種熄滅，乘客一度要疏散離開，來往觀塘及調景嶺站的服務暫停近一小時，經全面檢查及波口冷卻至合適的溫度，確認行車安全後，觀塘綫列車服務於約6時半起逐步回復正常，港鐵會深入調查事件成因。 #要聞\nnow.c... [2305 chars]",
            "url": "https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E6%B8%AF%E9%90%B5%E8%97%8D%E7%94%B0%E7%AB%99%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%B0%E8%A8%AD%E5%82%99%E5%86%92%E7%85%99-%E5%BA%A6%E9%97%9C%E9%96%89%E8%BB%8A%E7%AB%99%E8%99%95%E7%90%86-%E4%B9%98%E5%AE%A2%E4%B8%8A%E7%8F%AD%E9%81%B2%E5%88%B0%E6%84%9F%E7%84%A1%E5%A5%88-030027806.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/708cb2476eedb836c6602a20fa39e305dc8d3538f9e3babb04b974b296ea8130/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fko%2Fnow_com_news_hk_593%2F11ed6432e715746469a51983a028b447.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T03:21:31Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "054a48b826bb57c784770ab98b33e0d0",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://hk.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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