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A U.S.-led group of democracies condemned China for “suppression” of Hong Kong’s press freedoms in a statement that was “firmly rejected” by China, highlighting lingering tensions over human rights. ( read original story ...)

A top adviser to Hong Kong’s leader says he’s “very optimistic” the city will reopen to the world within the next year, as the financial hub races to get its population vaccinated. ( read original story ...)

New Zealand has condemned authorities in Hong Kong and mainland China for their "attacks on freedom of the press" resulting in the "near-complete disappearance of local independent media outlets" in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong announced stringent new coronavirus restrictions and record new infections on Tuesday, while a shortage of vegetables added to the misery as truck drivers who tested positive for COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)

A judge dismissed an appeal by U.S. lawyer Samuel Bickett, who intervened to stop a police officer from hitting a teenager. The case was seen as a litmus test of Hong Kong judicial independence. ( read original story ...)

An American lawyer convicted of assaulting a plain-clothes Hong Kong police officer during anti-government protests in 2019 lost his appeal on Tuesday and was taken back to jail to serve the remainder ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Samuel Bickett, an American corporate lawyer found guilty last year of assaulting a plainclothes police officer in late 2019, when the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Ann Chan spent the last week of January locked down with her husband and two sons in their tiny 300-square-foot (28-square-meter) apartment. Her public housing complex, Kwai Chung, had ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says the will stick to a ‘dynamic zero’ strategy; Canadian minister says we ‘need to be vigilant about potential foreign interference’ in truckers protest ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader announced on Tuesday the city's toughest social-distancing restrictions yet, including unprecedented limits on private gatherings, as new daily cases surge above ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will limit public gatherings to two people and close sites such as churches and hair salons, leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, as the Asian financial hub battles a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says the will stick to a ‘dynamic zero’ strategy; Canadian minister says we ‘need to be vigilant about potential foreign interference’ in truckers protest ... ( read original story ...)

Coleman J delivered an important judgment in Tam Sze Leung v Commissioner of Police [2021] HKCFI 3118, where he held that the regime under which “letters of no consent” (LNC regime) are issued by the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong residents are facing a shortage of fresh food -- and fast-rising prices for what they can find in stock -- as anti-virus controls in mainland China leaves truck drivers responsible for ... ( read original story ...)