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Global cases rise by 1m in five days; 5.4m Americans have lost their health insurance; 6,000 new cases in Russia ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing officials said legislative primaries held by Hong Kong’s political opposition over the weekend ‘blatantly challenges’ a new national security law, as pro-democracy candidates are positioned ... ( read original story ...)

The news comes just after the government announced new social distancing guidelines in an effort to contain the latest outbreak. ( read original story ...)

Upwards of half a million Hong Kong residents turned out over the weekend to vote in the semi-autonomous Chinese city's unofficial primary election despite warnings from government officials that they ... ( read original story ...)

China finalized Hong Kong’s national security law (NSL) in late June, imposing a number of restrictions after a secretive process without public consultation and legislative deliberation. A mid-June ... ( read original story ...)

Cases rise by 1m in five days; 5.4m Americans have lost their health insurance; Hong Kong reimposes social distancing measures ... ( read original story ...)

People wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak walk out of a train at a subway station near the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong, China Ju ... ( read original story ...)

Security law sharply alters the environment in the Asian financial center, as companies weigh whether to pull out or compromise on free speech principles. ( read original story ...)

City’s leader announces investigation into vote that has been seen as an act of opposition to new security laws ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Beijing’s top representative office in Hong Kong has warned the pro-democracy opposition’s primary elections at the weekend could violate a new national security law, ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong publisher Raymond Yeung has hastily made changes to a draft paper copy of a book entitled "To Freedom," replacing the word "revolution" with "protests," tweaking a banned slogan and cutting ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will impose strict new social distancing measures from midnight Tuesday, the most stringent in the Asian financial hub since the coronavirus broke out, as authorities warn the risk of a ... ( read original story ...)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) is preparing counter-measures on China in response to Beijing's new security law on Hong Kong, the bloc's top diplomat said on Monday, but envoys stressed ... ( read original story ...)

The primary was held two weeks after Beijing imposed a new national security law restricting "secessionist" activity ... ( read original story ...)