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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities are expanding their crackdown on the Chinese-controlled territory's opposition by launching a fresh round of arrests of activists. Police on Thursday detained up to nine activists for their apparent involvement in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong authorities expanded their crackdown on the Chinese-controlled territory's opposition with a fresh round of arrests of pro-democracy activists on Thursday. Police detained up to nine activists for their apparent involvement in an anti-China ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested two pro-independence lawmakers who were disqualified in a dispute over their oaths, in the latest round of legal action against activists involved in the Chinese territory's pro-democracy movement. Sixtus Leung and ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong officials have been sensitive to any prospect of trouble ... from two men while other supporters were escorted from the stadium, according to Kyodo News. A Suwon Bluewings official told Reuters on Wednesday: 'As soon as the game began, one ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested two pro-independence lawmakers who were disqualified in a dispute over their oaths, in the latest round of legal action against activists involved in the Chinese territory's pro-democracy movement. Sixtus Leung and ... ( read original story ...)

A 42-year-old Hong Kong housewife has become the biggest phone deception loser this year as she was conned out of more than HK$10 million by scammers posing as mainland police officers. Her case emerged after 11 people were scammed out of HK$12.4 million ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested two pro-independence lawmakers who were disqualified in a dispute over their oaths, in the latest round of legal action against activists involved in the Chinese territory's pro-democracy movement. Sixtus Leung and ... ( read original story ...)

Two Hong Kong pro-independence activists who were disqualified from sitting as MPs have been arrested and charged with illegal assembly. Sixtus "Baggio" Leung and Yau Wai-ching were elected last year but barred from taking their seats after they refused to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong officials have been sensitive to any prospect of trouble ... from two men while other supporters were escorted from the stadium, according to Kyodo News. A Suwon Bluewings official told Reuters on Wednesday: 'As soon as the game began, one ... ( read original story ...)

The detentions are likely to reinforce concern among democracy activists about interference by Beijing in Hong Kong's affairs, despite a system meant to guarantee the financial hub's autonomy. In March, nine leaders of the 2014 democracy protests were ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will cut the size of returns its power utilities are allowed to make to 8 percent under a 15-year plan it hopes will help wean the city off coal while keeping electricity bills down. CLP Holdings Ltd. and HK Electric Investment Ltd. signed a new ... ( read original story ...)

A man at Hong Kong’s Heritage Museum walks down steps featuring a replica of the masterpiece The Three Fates and The Triumph of Truth by Peter Paul Rubens. This is no ordinary presentation of art. An exhibition at the museum, titled “Inventing le ... ( read original story ...)

Jailed former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang Yam-kuen spoke of the “many heartaches” he had suffered, but also how he had not yet lost faith in the city, after a successful bail application won him a break from prison life on Monday. The disgraced ... ( read original story ...)

Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang Yam-kuen headed straight to church with an entourage of police bodyguards the morning after being released from prison on bail. Tsang, who walked out from the High Court on Monday after his bail application was approved ... ( read original story ...)