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. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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Request and live response

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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 41744,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "95e8ce0cb671d03fa3a225fca6556c4c",
            "title": "《蘋果日報》前社長張劍虹提早獲釋，赴深圳交流、向官媒稱「好懊悔」",
            "description": "除了張劍虹，據報至少還有3名因《香港國安法》入獄的人士，亦已提早獲釋。外界關注，壹傳媒創辦人黎智英能否同獲假釋機會。",
            "content": "香港《蘋果日報》前社長張劍虹提早獲釋，赴深圳交流、向官媒稱「好懊悔」\nPublished 7 小時前\n閱讀時間: 4 分鐘\n香港傳媒報導，前壹傳媒行政總裁、《蘋果日報》前社長張劍虹，已提早獲釋。他參加懲教署舉辦的深圳參觀活動，並接受中國官媒訪問表示對自己的罪行「好懊悔」，現在對中國人身分「十分驕傲」。\n他因違反《香港國安法》的「串謀勾結外國勢力」，被判監6年9個月，原定2028年3月才刑滿出獄。香港懲教署回覆BBC中文查詢時，未有確認張劍虹等人是否已獲釋；BBC中文致電張劍虹手機，無人接聽。\n除... [2112 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c6eq3ez3qvnxo/trad",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1200/branded_zhongwen/2981/live/e120ce70-d75d-11f1-8f6b-d71817972456.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T08:30:46Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0c2b7e192de214491729fdc1dadb6393",
            "title": "都會大學提交洪水橋大學城建議書 料耗資數十億元",
            "description": "都會大學向政府提交進駐洪水橋大學城建議書，是首間應用科學大學申請，校方預計項目涉及數十億元。 校長林群聲在內部通訊提到，已經全面評估洪水橋校園的定位與規模、如何與紅磡和何文田校園與設施互相配合，以及大學財務能力，決定提交建議書，預料洪水橋校園規劃集研究、教學與培訓、社區參與、商業機遇及產業協作於一體，將涵蓋包括數據中心、人工智能及數碼科技樞紐、無人駕駛飛行器及低空經濟研發基地，以及樂齡科技研究及應用中心，校方將適時公布細節。 洪水橋大學城三幅合共26公頃用地將於下月底截標。 #要聞",
            "content": "濱崎真緒疑遭下藥事件 警方拘捕61歲男子\n移居香港的日本藝人濱崎真緒日前懷疑被人下藥事件，警方昨日拘捕一名男子。 事件在星期日發生，警方接報一名33歲日籍女子在尖沙咀一間夜店喝下陌生男子給她的橙汁，感到神志不清，其後送往伊利沙伯醫院。 濱崎真緒在社交平台稱，自己工作期間遭人下藥。其經理人表示，初步檢查她有四種毒品反應。 警方表示經調查後，周一在中區拘捕一名61歲男子，涉嫌意圖損害而施用毒物。 #要聞\nnow.com 新聞 ・ 6 小時前\n泰林佐敦舊址空置18年迎點心店 家族淺水灣洋房早前以銀主盤... [2979 chars]",
            "url": "https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E9%83%BD%E6%9C%83%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%8F%90%E4%BA%A4%E6%B4%AA%E6%B0%B4%E6%A9%8B%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E5%9F%8E%E5%BB%BA%E8%AD%B0%E6%9B%B8-%E6%96%99%E8%80%97%E8%B3%87%E6%95%B8%E5%8D%81%E5%84%84%E5%85%83-031326751.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/42c5d4e49693f52469e85940d4cb319c5c1eea1054430424c6ff0bfa4c1c9a0a/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fko%2Fnow_com_news_hk_593%2F912d682bb78a0d8ec847a27a29e828ca.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T03:25:58Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "054a48b826bb57c784770ab98b33e0d0",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://hk.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a1a04a3160398384b4f861c023f1d645",
            "title": "濱崎真緒疑遭落藥｜警攜緝毒犬搜涉事夜場 濱崎真緒偕經理人現身",
            "description": "前日本知名AV女優、現轉型為DJ的濱崎真緒（藝名：DJ Mao），昨日（11月1日）凌晨在尖沙咀一私人派對懷疑遭人下藥，報警送院後，據悉體內驗出「Happ",
            "content": "前日本知名AV女優、現轉型為DJ的濱崎真緒（藝名：DJ Mao），昨日（11月1日）凌晨在尖沙咀一私人派對懷疑遭人下藥，報警送院後，據悉體內驗出「Happy水」等4種毒品成份，而且她留意到杯中有白色粉末狀沉澱物。事件引起廣泛關注，警方將案件列作「意圖損害等而施用毒藥」跟進。\n今日（2日）下午，濱崎真緒在經理人陪同下，離開伊利沙伯醫院搭的士離開，其後經理人向《香港01》透露，於警署落口供。至晚上8時，記者重返尖沙咀麼地道涉事夜場，發現有便衣探員在場搜證；警犬隊亦帶同緝毒犬到場協助調查。另外，濱崎真... [1185 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.hk01.com/%E7%AA%81%E7%99%BC/60406374/%E6%BF%B1%E5%B4%8E%E7%9C%9F%E7%B7%92%E7%96%91%E9%81%AD%E8%90%BD%E8%97%A5-%E8%AD%A6%E6%94%9C%E7%B7%9D%E6%AF%92%E7%8A%AC%E6%90%9C%E6%B6%89%E4%BA%8B%E5%A4%9C%E5%A0%B4-%E6%BF%B1%E5%B4%8E%E7%9C%9F%E7%B7%92%E5%81%95%E7%B6%93%E7%90%86%E4%BA%BA%E7%8F%BE%E8%BA%AB",
            "image": "https://cdn.hk01.com/di/media/images/dw/20261102/1194044614344970240732410.jpeg/k9GP_wcnMGzjR0wos53merqbUrmQyGIiuCmYI7gpmCM",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-02T13:33:11Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "ba8e9ada85358e891813f90db4cb47b8",
                "name": "香港01",
                "url": "https://www.hk01.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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