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HONG KONG — Politicians have staged sit-ins and exchanged blows in the legislature. Lawyers, high-school teachers and even anime fans have organized petitions. And the authorities are bracing for ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's top court Thursday ordered the government to grant spousal rights and benefits to the husband of a gay civil servant who married overseas, in a ruling hailed as a "huge step forward for ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a bid to block changes to the Chinese-ruled city’s extradition laws, which could ... ( read original story ...)

... two Hong Kong activists facing rioting charges in Hong Kong who have been granted refugee status by Germany. China’s Xinhua state news agency on May 25 said Beijing had made “solemn ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were preparing for a candlelight vigil Tuesday commemorating the 30th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen crackdown, underscoring concern for Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

Filipino women are paddling for gold in this year’s dragon boat races in Hong Kong, with one thing separating them from the competition - they are all domestic helpers, often taken for granted in the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Filipino women are paddling for gold in this year’s dragon boat races in Hong Kong, with one thing separating them from the competition - they are all maids, often taken for ... ( read original story ...)

The two vehicles, both heading west at the time, crashed outside the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Headquarters on Wang Chiu Road in Kowloon Bay at about 7.15am, according to police. Television news ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s No 2 official insisted on Saturday there was no hidden political agenda behind the government’s push to change the city’s extradition laws, even as opposition legislators submitted at ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will cull 4,700 pigs after African swine fever was detected in an animal at a slaughterhouse close to the border with China, the second such case in a month in the crowded financial hub. The ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong's latest release, "Is It a Crime," recorded with longtime musical partner Tats Lau, is finding an audience by doing just that. The two make up the group Tat Ming Pair ... ( read original story ...)

But freedom of expression and assembly - not protected in mainland China - were enshrined in Hong Kong’s mini-constitution when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Britain and ... ( read original story ...)

OTTAWA — The foreign ministers of Canada and the United Kingdom ministers warned that hundreds of thousands of citizens in Hong Kong could be in jeopardy due to a new law that would allow China ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong officials rejected on Wednesday warnings from the U.S. that the autonomous city could face sanctions if it does business with an oil tanker carrying Iranian oil in breach of the U.S ... ( read original story ...)