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Tue, September 17, 2019 | 21:35

Hong Kong police and protesters clash, ending violence lull

Hong Kong protesters threw bricks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded with tear gas, as chaotic scenes returned to the summer-long anti-government protests on Saturday for the first time in nearly two weeks. Hundreds of black-clad protesters armed with bamboo poles and baseball bats fought with police officers wielding batons on a main road following a march against `...

2019-08-25 09:34

Baby joins New Zealand's Speaker during parliament debate

New Zealand's Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, has again shown his prowess as a baby whisperer, holding and feeding a six-week-old baby while presiding over debate on Wednesday.

2019-08-22 11:45

Japan to build electronic warfare unit: report

Japan is moving ahead with plans to build an electronic warfare unit as a check against Chinese maneuvers in disputed areas of the East China Sea.

2019-08-21 10:17

Pence urges China to respect Hong Kong laws amid protest

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged China on Monday to respect the integrity of Hong Kong's laws and repeated President Donald Trump's warning that it would be harder for Washington to make a trade deal with Beijing if there was violence in the former British territory. "For the United States to make a deal with China, Beijing needs to honor its commitments - beginning with ...

2019-08-20 10:05

Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

Twitter said Monday it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong. The company also said it will ban ads from state-backed media companies, expanding a prohibition it first applied in 2017 to two Russian entities.

2019-08-20 09:40

Pence urges China to respect Hong Kong laws amid protest

Germany expects China to respect Hong Kong law

Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Friday that Hong Kong's 1997 Basic Law ``is a Chinese law, and as such we naturally expect that the People's Republic of China, too, won't call into question the peaceful exercise of these rights.''

2019-08-18 11:47

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

China police exercises across from Hong Kong seen as threat

Members of China's paramilitary People's Armed Police marched and practiced crowd control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across from Hong Kong on Friday, in what some interpreted as a threat against pro-democracy protesters in the semiautonomous territory.

2019-08-18 11:45

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

EU calls for 'inclusive dialogue' over Hong Kong tensions

The European Union on Saturday called for "inclusive dialogue" to calm tensions in Hong Kong, where ten weeks of protests have plunged the city into crisis and prompted mainland China to take a more hardline tone.

2019-08-18 11:43

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

China condemns US lawmakers' support for Hong Kong protests

A spokesman for China's ceremonial legislature has condemned statements from U.S. lawmakers supportive of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.

2019-08-18 11:41

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

Hong Kong democracy activists are hoping to get out a huge crowd later Sunday in a bid to show the city's leaders that their protest movement remains defiant despite increasingly stark warnings from Beijing.

2019-08-18 11:40

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