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Wed, November 13, 2019 | 16:27
Fire, tear gas and petrol bombs as Hong Kong engulfed by chaos
Fire, tear gas and petrol bombs as Hong Kong engulfed by chaos
Chaos engulfed the heart of Hong Kong late Saturday, as police fired tear gas and water cannon at pro-democracy protesters who defied a ban on rallying, set fires, and hurled petrol bombs in some of the most intense clashes in months.
2019-09-01 11:26
Citizenship list in Indian state leaves out almost 2 million
Citizenship list in Indian state leaves out almost 2 million
Nearly 2 million people from the east Indian state of Assam were excluded Saturday from a final citizenship list that is intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants, amid fears they could be rendered stateless.
2019-08-31 22:05
Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters
Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters
Telegram, a popular encrypted messaging app, will allow users to cloak their telephone numbers to safeguard Hong Kong protesters against monitoring by Chinese authorities, according to a person with direct knowledge of the application. The update to Telegram, planned for release over the next few days, will allow protesters to block the Chinese authorities from discovering th...
2019-08-31 08:46
  • Amid crisis, China rejected Hong Kong plan to withdraw extradition bill
Amid crisis, China rejected Hong Kong plan to withdraw extradition bill
Amid crisis, China rejected Hong Kong plan to withdraw extradition bill
Earlier this summer, Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, submitted a report to Beijing that assessed protesters' five key demands and found that withdrawing a contentious extradition bill could help defuse the mounting political crisis in the territory. The Chinese central government rejected Lam's proposal to withdraw the extradition bill and ordered her not to yie...
2019-08-30 21:25
  • Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters
  • Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong arrested in crackdown on protests
More Korean tourists shunning Japan for Taiwan
More Korean tourists shunning Japan for Taiwan
With the Seoul-Tokyo relationship being tested following disputes over Japan's export restrictions on Korea and Seoul's responsive signing out from the bilateral military information security agreement, an increasing number of Korean tourists are shunning their neighbor.
Ko Dong-hwan | 2019-08-30 16:22
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong arrested in crackdown on protests
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong arrested in crackdown on protests
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday on suspicion of organising illegal protests as authorities clampdown on a wave of unrest that has plunged the city into its biggest political crisis in more than two decades. Wong, the icon of pro-democracy demonstrations five years ago that foreshadowed the latest turbulence, is the highest-profile arrest si...
2019-08-30 15:00
  • Amid crisis, China rejected Hong Kong plan to withdraw extradition bill
Hong Kong police and protesters clash, ending violence lull
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
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 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
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
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