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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s legislature suspended ... according to an official news release. A group of opposition lawmakers attempted to visit Lam’s residence to protest against the ... ( read original story ...)

Violent clashes have broken out in Hong Kong amid protests against a controversial extradition bill. Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray to disperse protesters who tried to storm ... ( read original story ...)

Officials gave no indication of when that would be and Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam cancelled a scheduled news briefing. The delay appeared to have been at least a temporary victory for the bill's ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong delayed a legislative session on a contentious extradition bill as thousands of protesters amassed to block entry to the building Wednesday out of concern the measure signalled greater ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong‘s government has postponed a council meeting initially scheduled for Wednesday amid protests that have seen tens of thousands demonstrate against a proposed extradition bill that would ... ( read original story ...)

Andrew Leung, the president of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, was interrupted by protesters in Hong Kong as he attempted to deliver a press conference on the city’s proposed extradition law. ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong residents braced for further political turmoil as the territory’s government prepared to send the legislature a widely opposed bill that would allow criminal ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Opponents of legislation in Hong Kong that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China are planning more protests and labour strikes in an attempt to block the move, ... ( read original story ...)

All later appeared in detention in China, and some appeared in apparent forced confessions broadcast in Hong Kong. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing that ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam remained defiant on Tuesday, pledging to push ahead with a proposed extradition bill that would allow fugitives captured in Hong ... ( read original story ...)

“That’s just the number we have at the moment, and it’s still rising,” he said. China’s Xinhua news agency described the Hong Kong protest, the largest in the city in decades, as “a public procession. ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's leader says a highly controversial extradition bill will proceed to the territory's legislature. Carrie Lam's comments on Tuesday came after hundreds of thousands of people took to the ... ( read original story ...)

Candidates to become the new Conservative leader have until 17:00 BST to enter the race. Some of the 11 are having trouble getting the support of eight of the party's MPs, which they need to be ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's leader has signalled that her government will go ahead with proposed amendments to its extradition laws after a massive protest against them. Chief Executive Carrie Lam told the media ... ( read original story ...)