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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong said on Friday it will not receive any supplies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine this year amid mounting safety concerns over the vaccine. Health Secretary Sophia Chan ... ( read original story ...)

A dramatic video captured on Thursday in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, shows the tail end of a wild car chase ending in a police shooting. The video was recorded from the dash-cam of a nearby taxi, and shows a ... ( read original story ...)

Nathan Law, a former lawmaker and prominent pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, announced Wednesday that he has been granted asylum in the U.K.Why it matters: Britain's decision to grant Law asylum, ... ( read original story ...)

The British government said Thursday it is setting up a 43 million pound ($59 million) fund to help migrants from Hong Kong settle in the country as they escape ... ( read original story ...)

From the arrest of pro-democracy legislators to election law changes — Hong Kong has undergone extraordinary change after the implementation of Beijing’s national security law. Two pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)

Nathan Law, the pro-democracy leader who fled Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong last summer, has been granted asylum in Britain. Law’s announcement, which is likely to further inflame tensions between ... ( read original story ...)

Last week, Hong Kong authorities sunk to a new low as they charged seven pro-democracy leaders for unlawful assembly. The time has come for Britain to stop standing idly by and demonstrate moral ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law said he has been granted political asylum in Britain, where he arrived last July after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on ... ( read original story ...)

Emily Lau, a former Democratic Party member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, said some people fear they have lost important freedoms. ( read original story ...)

Photograph: Liau Chung-ren/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock A prominent Hong Kong activist, Lee Cheuk-yan has declared “history will absolve” those on trial, after he pleaded guilty with the media mogul ... ( read original story ...)

Three Hong Kong democracy advocates have admitted in court to participating in an unauthorised rally during protests in 2019, but one added: “History will judge us not guilty”. Amid a continuing ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Three veteran Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, including well-known publisher Jimmy Lai, have pleaded guilty to taking party in an unauthorized rally that resulted in violence ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing, which can’t afford to let its attack on civil liberties scare away global banks and financiers, is offering them a big tax break and other perks. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong should consider halting its order for AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shots and focus instead on securing supplies of second-generation jabs that protect against mutated virus strains, according to a ... ( read original story ...)