Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced the formal withdrawal of a bill that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited to mainland China for trials. The proposal sparked months of large-scale demonstrations that sometimes turned violent.
The bill would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China for trials.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday she has never tendered her resignation to China over the anti-government protests that have roiled the city for three months.
Four people died and another 29 are missing and feared dead after a dive boat caught fire and sank off the coast of Southern California. All five crew members survived by jumping in the water, but the Coast Guard is…
Anti-government protesters blocked roads near Hong Kong’s airport with burning barricades and damaged a train station Sunday after a night of violent clashes with police.
Hundreds of protesters gathered behind the fire, many pointing laser beams that streaked the night sky above them.
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail Friday after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June.
In our news wrap Thursday, the Justice Department’s inspector general says former FBI Director James Comey mishandled memos of his conversations with President Trump. A report concluded Comey “set a dangerous example” by arranging for a journalist to see a…
China called the rotation routine, but the move heightens speculation that the military might intervene in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests.
In our news wrap Monday, 19 states sued to stop rollback of limits on detaining migrant children. The 1997 Flores agreement generally limits that period to 20 days, but President Trump wants to be able to hold entire families longer.
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