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Tue, August 20, 2019 | 14:11

Pence urges China to respect Hong Kong laws amid protest

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged China on Monday to respect the integrity of Hong Kong's laws and repeated President Donald Trump's warning that it would be harder for Washington to make a trade deal with Beijing if there was violence in the former British territory. "For the United States to make a deal with China, Beijing needs to honor its commitments - beginning with ...

2019-08-20 10:05

Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

Twitter said Monday it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong. The company also said it will ban ads from state-backed media companies, expanding a prohibition it first applied in 2017 to two Russian entities.

2019-08-20 09:40

Pence urges China to respect Hong Kong laws amid protest

Germany expects China to respect Hong Kong law

Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Friday that Hong Kong's 1997 Basic Law ``is a Chinese law, and as such we naturally expect that the People's Republic of China, too, won't call into question the peaceful exercise of these rights.''

2019-08-18 11:47

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

China police exercises across from Hong Kong seen as threat

Members of China's paramilitary People's Armed Police marched and practiced crowd control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across from Hong Kong on Friday, in what some interpreted as a threat against pro-democracy protesters in the semiautonomous territory.

2019-08-18 11:45

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

EU calls for 'inclusive dialogue' over Hong Kong tensions

The European Union on Saturday called for "inclusive dialogue" to calm tensions in Hong Kong, where ten weeks of protests have plunged the city into crisis and prompted mainland China to take a more hardline tone.

2019-08-18 11:43

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

China condemns US lawmakers' support for Hong Kong protests

A spokesman for China's ceremonial legislature has condemned statements from U.S. lawmakers supportive of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.

2019-08-18 11:41

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats [PHOTOS]

Hong Kong democracy activists are hoping to get out a huge crowd later Sunday in a bid to show the city's leaders that their protest movement remains defiant despite increasingly stark warnings from Beijing.

2019-08-18 11:40

Australian tourist killed in New Zealand after attack on van

A manhunt was underway in New Zealand on Friday after an Australian tourist was killed following what police believe was a random attack on the van that he and his partner were sleeping inside. Police said the couple was parked at a scenic spot near the coastal town of Raglan when a suspect approached their van just after 3 a.m. on Friday.

2019-08-16 15:13

Sinking city: Indonesia's capital on brink of disaster

Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts warn that one third of it could be submerged by 2050 if current rates continue. Decades of uncontrolled and excessive depletion of groundwater reserves, rising sea-levels, and increasingly volatile weather patterns mean swathes of it have already started to disappear.

2019-08-16 13:53

Indonesia president formally proposes relocating capital to Borneo

Indonesia president formally proposes relocating capital to Borneo

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday formally proposed to parliament a plan to move the country's capital from Jakarta, on the crowded island of Java, to Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. Widodo made the proposal during his state of the union speech at parliament, a day before the country celebrates its 74th independence anniversary.

2019-08-16 13:53

Sinking city: Indonesia's capital on brink of disaster

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