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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s legislative elections will take place in December, more than a year after they were postponed by ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's leading TV broadcaster has decided to drop this year's Academy Awards for the first time since 1968, even with two Hong Kong films nominated. CNN's Will Ripley reports. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists and among 47 people charged under a national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for ... ( read original story ...)

A Facebook post by the Hong Kong government’s publicity arm about arrangements for the community Covid-19 testing programme last summer has emerged as its most read message in 2020, with a reach of ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong newspaper linked to a spiritual group banned in China said Tuesday it would "never back down" after a gang of sledgehammer-wielding men ransacked its printing presses. The assault on the ... ( read original story ...)

Media mogul writes to staff from prison that ‘freedom of speech is a dangerous job’ but journalists must uphold justice Last modified on Tue 13 Apr 2021 00.54 EDT Hong Kong media mogul and ... ( read original story ...)

Bookings for coronavirus vaccinations jumped in Hong Kong as the government said it could ease social-distancing rules for inoculated people in a bid to encourage more of the population to sign up for ... ( read original story ...)

Scores of losing candidates in Hong Kong’s 2019 district council elections are set to replace the winners of those polls on a powerful committee which will choose the city’s future leader and some of ... ( read original story ...)

In Hong Kong, few expatriates know the global financial hub better than British barrister Grenville Cross. A career prosecutor, Cross started working in Hong Kong in 1978 and served as Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)

But take one place—Hong Kong—and take one event—the conviction of the father of Hong Kong democracy, Martin Lee. For those who value human liberty, this one is worth knowing. One must understand Mr. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong on Monday announced a road map for easing Covid restrictions on restaurants and some arriving air travellers, under a plan intended to incentivise more people to get vaccinated as community ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Plans to Relax Some COVID-19 Rules for Fully Vaccinated Residents Bars and pubs, which are currently shut, would be allowed to resume operations in phases provided all staff and customers ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong plans to ease social-distancing rules for people vaccinated against the coronavirus as authorities try to use incentives to boost lackluster takeup in the former British colony. The idea of ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Monday said it had reached an agreement with HSBC in Hong Kong to secure documents that its senior executive Meng Wanzhou hopes will help her fight extradition to the ... ( read original story ...)