Newswrap

The Civil Human Rights Front – which has organised major rallies against the extradition bill – is planning another march this Sunday. This one is protesting against the actions of police, who've been accused of using excessive force towards protesters...

The Jockey Club Charities Trust and the NGO CarbonCare InnoLab have launched a programme to promote the use of renewable energy. The SolarCare Programme has partnered with 10 other NGOs to install solar panels and have them connected to the Feed-in-Tar...

The student unions of 11 universities and tertiary institutions have called for Hong Kong residents to go on strike until police officers who have abused their powers are brought to justice. In a joint statement, the unions also urged people to stage d...

A strict curfew keeping residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir in their homes for a fifth day was eased for Friday prayers, even as tensions remain high over the ending of the disputed region's autonomy. But the massive Jama Masjid mosque in Srinagar –...

Thousands of protesters once again packed into the airport on Friday to try to rally international support for their anti-extradition movement, on day one of a planned three-day protest. Passengers and tourists arrived to a huge crowd of people dressed...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, is warning that months of nonstop protests may hurt Hong Kong's economy worse than SARS did in 2003, and an economic downturn is now hitting the city "like a tsunami." Lam gave no concrete figures to back up her asserti...

China has rebuked an Australian lawmaker for saying that Beijing threatens to diminish Australia's sovereignty and freedoms. In a newspaper column, Andrew Hastie likened the attitude of western governments towards China to that of France towards Nazi G...