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Hong Kong upgraded the storm warning to the highest for the first time in five years and canceled its morning trading session as Severe Typhoon Hato drew closer to the financial center. At 9 a.m., Severe Typhoon Hato was centered about 80 kilometers south ... ( read original story ...)

Up to 150 extra flights were expected to come in and out of Hong Kong on Thursday, as the airport battled to get back on track after the disruption brought by Typhoon Hato. Those arrivals were expected to ease the plight of travellers stranded and camping ... ( read original story ...)

In the neighboring southern Chinese province of Guangdong, at least four people died and 26,817 were evacuated to temporary shelters, the official Xinhua news agency said. Nearly two million households were briefly without power. Hong Kong and the ... ( read original story ...)

Typhoon Hato killed at least 12 people and left a wave of destruction in Macau and Hong Kong on Wednesday. A man died in Macau when he was swept into a wall, while another man was hit by a truck and another fell from the 11th floor in Macau, the Macau ... ( read original ...

Severe Typhoon Hato made landfall in China after it lashed Hong Kong with heavy winds and rain, forcing the city to issue the highest storm warning and its stock exchange to cancel trading for the day. Severe Typhoon Hato has made landfall over Zhuhai of ... ( read original story ...)

Typhoon Hato came within 37 miles within Hong Kong, as the city braced for the hurricane threat which was set at to the highest level. Broadcast on Sky News a weatherman was seen whipped off his feet by the powerful typhoon. In the footage, the waves can ... ( read original story ...)

Streets and village laneways in areas near the sea were submerged by waves crashing ashore, according to local TV news footage. Hato was skirting south of Hong Kong and was expected to make landfall in China's Guangdong province. Thousands of people were ... ( read original story ...)

In Hong Kong, Hato forced the closure of businesses ... Streets and village laneways in areas near the sea were submerged by waves crashing ashore, according to local TV news footage. ( read original story ...)

Streets and village laneways in areas near the sea were submerged by waves crashing ashore, according to local TV news footage. Hato was skirting south of Hong Kong and was expected to make landfall in China's Guangdong province. Thousands of people were ... ( read original story ...)

It continues the very disturbing trend of the politicization of Hong Kong's court system, with the government pushing the courts to serve Beijing's political agenda. This is bad news for the future of the rule of law in Hong Kong, and will ultimately have ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Less than a week after being jailed for unlawful assembly, Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong was summoned again to court on Tuesday for an ongoing contempt of court charge related to the 2014 "Occupy" pro-democracy protests. ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI, Aug 21 (Reuters) - China stocks rose on Monday, led by telecoms group China Unicom which shot up by its daily limit after the securities regulator said its $11.7 billion ownership reform plan does not violate rules. The CSI300 index rose 0.3 ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong on Sunday in support of young activists who were sentenced to prison after a Hong Kong court overturned an earlier sentence for their roles in the massive demonstrations of 2014. Student leaders Joshua Wong ... ( read original story ...)

When journalists working for Hong Kong's fledgling Factwire news agency hit the streets of Mong Kok last week, they were looking for evidence to support a shocking story of abduction and torture. Just hours before, Howard Lam, a veteran activist and a ... ( read original story ...)