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Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill that sparked protests

World | Sep 05, 2019, 02:17 AM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the withdrawal of an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the protesters’ demands in the hope of ending the increasingly violent unrest.

Zara denies speculation its stores were closed because of Hong Kong protests

Fashion | Sep 03, 2019, 08:07 PM IST

According to a Bloomberg report, the company in a post on its official Weibo account, a social media platform like Twitter, on Monday said “Zara has never made any comments or undertaken any actions related to a strike in Hong Kong."

HongKong students strike on 1st day of school year

World | Sep 02, 2019, 12:23 PM IST

The students, most of them wearing black T-shirts over their uniforms, were expected to head to the city centre for a rally in Edinburgh Place against the now-shelved extradition bill, which would have allowed the transfer of fugitives to jurisdictions with which Hong Kong lacks an extradition deal, including mainland China, the South China Morning Post reported.

Protest in Hong Kong not to impact trade with India: HKTDC

World | Aug 31, 2019, 04:54 PM IST

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) said: "With a lot of concerns around the ongoing large-scale protest/unrest in Hong Kong and its possible impact on trade, we would like to assure that we have not seen any downtrend in business."

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, others arrested

World | Aug 30, 2019, 12:04 PM IST

Hong Kong police arrested well-known activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group Friday in a mounting crackdown on people involved in this summer’s protests.

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong arrested

News | Sep 01, 2019, 05:21 AM IST

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested suspicion of organizing illegal protests ahead of another week of planned protests in the semi-autonomous region.

Hong Kong police draw guns, water cannons; 36 arrested in latest protest

World | Aug 26, 2019, 06:28 AM IST

The day’s main showdown took place on a major drag in the outlying Tsuen Wan district following a protest march that ended in a nearby park. While a large crowd rallied in the park, a group of hard-line protesters took over a main street, strewing bamboo poles on the pavement and lining up orange and white traffic barriers and cones to obstruct police.

Hong Kong police draw guns in latest protest violence

World | Aug 25, 2019, 09:47 PM IST

After hoisting warning flags, police used tear gas to try to disperse the crowd. Protesters responded by throwing bricks and gasoline bombs toward the police. The result was a surreal scene of small fires and scattered paving bricks on the street between the two sides, rising clouds of tear gas and green and blue laser lights pointed by the protesters at the police.

Hong Kong Protests: Fresh violence ends two weeks of calm

World | Aug 24, 2019, 07:41 PM IST

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 "smart lampposts" that was sparked by surveillance fears.

Hong Kong police use tear gas, protesters cut down 'smart lamppost'

World | Aug 24, 2019, 05:41 PM IST

Protesters used an electric saw to slice through the bottom of the lamppost, while others pulled ropes tied around it. The demonstrators, who were holding up umbrellas to hide their identities, cheered as it toppled over.

Hong Kong protesters form human chains to call for democracy

World | Aug 23, 2019, 10:59 PM IST

It was the latest protest in a nearly 11-week-old movement that began with calls to scrap a now-suspended extradition bill and has widened to include demands for full democracy and an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality at protests.

Hong Kong: British Foreign Ministry official goes missing after crossing into Chinese mainland

World | Aug 20, 2019, 10:15 PM IST

An employee of British Foreign Ministry has gone missing after he travelling to Chinese mainland from Hong Kong. Hong Kong Police on Tuesday confirmed it had received a report on August 9 about the employee.

Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targetting Hong Kong protests

World | Aug 20, 2019, 07:18 PM IST

Twitter said 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 Monday it will ban ads from state-backed media companies, expanding a prohibition it first applied in 2017 to two Russian entities.

Child leads the chants at Hong Kong protest

Video: Child leads chants at Hong Kong protest, crowd replies 'Cheer Up'

World | Aug 20, 2019, 07:19 PM IST

A child in Hong Kong has caught the world's attention during the Hong Kong protests. A child is heard chanting "Hong Kong people" on overpass while protesters are marching below. The crowd replies Cheer Up in unison. Here's the full video.

100,000 hit streets as protests continue to roil Hong Kong

World | Aug 18, 2019, 10:25 PM IST

Though the authorities didn't grant permission to organisers Civil Rights Human Front for the march, the sheer weight of numbers around the park meant that activists had to shift to streets. However, the police had allowed demonstration in Victoria Park.