Hong Kong authorities issued 300 verbal warnings to people visiting Sharp Island on the first day of mainland China’s Labour Day “golden week” holiday, when thousands flocked to see attractions in the city’s Unesco Global Geopark. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said on Saturday that the number of visitors to Sharp Island a day earlier had “exceeded expectations”, with about 3,000 visitors making the trip, prompting additional frontline staff to be deployed. Hong Kong’s...

Oil company GeoPark, partnered with Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén, formally applied for Argentina's Large Investment Incentive Regime to develop unconventional oil reserves in the Vaca Muerta formation. The project aims to increase production from 1,500 to 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day within three years, with planned investment of US$80–100 million in 2026 alone.