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A barrister defending a senior Hong Kong policeman jailed for assaulting a high-profile ... trial judge David Dufton relied heavily on news footage downloaded from the internet by police investigators and provided by prosecutors to paint the full picture. ( read original story ...)

A man died on Saturday after falling into the sea in a boat crash just outside Hong Kong waters in the early hours. Nine others were being treated after being pulled from the sea. A mainland fishing boat hit a sailing boat at about 2.30am to the east of ... ( read original story ...)

Already grappling with a slowing economy, Hong Kong now faces the prospect of ending up as collateral damage as trade frictions grow between China and the United States, its two top trading partners. Most analysts The Straits Times spoke to say Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)

However, there are some places where it is more possible than others. And Hong Kong is one of those places. The arrest this week in the United States of former CIA operative, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, is the latest episode in a decades-long dalliance with the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Well-known Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang has vehemently denied rumors of sexual misconduct by him. Tsang said at a news conference Wednesday that all of the allegations were false and had tarnished his reputation and affected those closest ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong court on Wednesday sentenced democracy activist Joshua Wong to three months in prison for contempt, his second term behind bars stemming from his role in 2014's so-called Umbrella Movement protests. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed for contempt of court for their role in the country's 2014 'Umbrella' protests. Raphael Wong (Centre) and Joshua Wong (Right) were jailed for contempt of court in Hong Kong on Wednesday [Bobby Yip/Reuters] A Hong ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong court has sentenced democracy activist Joshua Wong to three months in jail in a contempt case stemming from the 2014 "Umbrella Movement" protests. The 21-year-old Wong was among activists who learned their punishment in Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court has sentenced democracy activist Joshua Wong to three months in jail in a contempt case stemming from the 2014 "Umbrella Movement" protests. The 21-year-old Wong was among activists who learned their punishment in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader hit back on Tuesday at a British concern group for “interfering” in the city’s internal affairs with “unfounded and unfair” criticism. And in a first, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor revealed aspects of her working ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Three Hong Kong activists will have to wait to learn the outcome of their final appeal Tuesday to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. Judges at Hong ... ( read original story ...)

They were jailed last year for leading Hong Kong's 2014 pro-democracy "Umbrella Movement." The three young activists appeared in Hong Kong's top court on Tuesday to appeal against their jail terms. In August, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow were ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Three young Hong Kong activists, including Joshua Wong, are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. Lawyers for the three ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — David Hanson envisions a future in which AI-powered robots evolve to become "super-intelligent genius machines" that might help solve some of mankind's most challenging problems. If only it were as simple as that. The Texas-born former ... ( read original story ...)