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A brick building partially destroyed by fire, with a blackened wall and smoke still rising. Several people stand nearby, observing the scene, and a man in the foreground holds a hose, indicating efforts to extinguish the fire.
Details emerge about strike on sports complex in southern Iran that killed children
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49:21
Hong Kong police can now demand passwords to search phones
8:16
Jimmy Lai, fierce critic of Beijing, receives 20-year sentence
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Jimmy Lai, fierce critic of Beijing, receives 20-year sentence
8:31
Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai convicted on conspiracy charges
2:26
Inside China’s plan to create a new super-metropolis
5:18
A man in a military uniform and cap speaks into a microphone while gesturing with both hands during a ceremony. He stands in front of a group of uniformed military personnel seated behind him. A ceremonial sword is displayed on a glass podium to his left.
As US pressure mounts, Venezuela’s president cracks down on dissent
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Searching for the cause of a deadly Hong Kong fire
6:24
Hong Kong film ‘Ten Years’ 10 years on
7:16
Hong Kong revokes passports of activists
0:40
Barbecue from around the globe
8:17
4 former Hong Kong lawmakers released from prison
5:21
US State Department delegation visits Damascus
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48:54
Hong Kong’s Consumer Council may regulate claw machines
1:53
Syrian rebels overtake Aleppo in surprise offensive
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Pandas take over Hong Kong
0:43
China sentences 45 Hong Kong democracy activists
0:58
New Hong Kong bill aims to improve conditions in cramped housing
3:51
Hong Kong court finds journalists guilty of sedition
6:54
Typhoon Gaemi causes flooding and landslides in the Philippines
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48:40
Can Hong Kong get its mojo back?
4:54
Hong Kong helps regimes evade sanctions
4:22
Foreign judges at the top of Hong Kong’s judiciary resign
4:36
‘A very sad day for Hong Kong’
6:21
Hong Kong bans popular protest song
1:09
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is shown walking into a room and holding a blue folder.
Top of The World
Hong Kong election postponed for one year; Eurozone economy down more than 12%; Isaias now a hurricane heading toward Bahamas
A close-up photograph of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam who is shown wearing a face mask and glasses.
Hong Kong politics
Hong Kong postpones elections by a year, citing coronavirus
A helmeted head is blurry in the foreground, behind it, a line of protesters on a balcony
Global Politics
The problem with offers of citizenship to those fleeing Hong Kong
S3 E5 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Democracy! (Yawn)
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Incumbent Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, right, and Vice President-elect William Lai wave to their supporters after their election victory at a rally, outside the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, on January 11, 2020.
Analysis: Taiwan’s election shows youth resistance to China
Protesters in Hong Kong wearing gas masks.
Is there hope for a Hong Kong revolution?
protest
Hong Kong politics
China’s internal suppression troops have plans for Hong Kong
protest
Why Hong Kong’s secret societies are attacking protesters
A traffic light reading "Free HK" across the red and yellow lights.
Conflict & Justice
How close are Hong Kong’s protests to China’s ‘red line’?
People attend a rally in support of demonstrators protesting against proposed extradition bill with China, in Hong Kong, China, June 14, 2019.
Global Politics
Hongkongers wield ‘people power’ to protest extradition to mainland
Thousand of people are shown in the streets of Hong Kong with several holding placards.
Justice
Hong Kong pushes bill allowing extraditions to China despite biggest protest since handover
A young woman writing on a notepad
Global Nation Education
I am from Hong Kong, not China
A man stands in the middle of Grand Central Terminal as he speaks on a cell phone.
If you get a robocall in Mandarin, just hang up
Arts, Culture & Media
Hong Kong Cinema
Arts, Culture & Media
Hong Kong Cinema
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
Two police in yellow vests hold the arms of another man, who is yelling as he is being dragged by police.
Global Politics
Hong Kong democrats seek to recapture lost ground in by-elections
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks
Global Politics
In a visit, China’s Xi warns Hong Kongers not to cross a ‘red line’ over independence
Competitors in action during the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival that features three days of races and parties.
Culture
What do sticky rice dumplings have to do with dragon boat races?
Student leader Joshua Wong (C) greets candidate Nathan Law (2nd R) as supporters share their joy after Law won in the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong, China September 5, 2016.
Global Politics
Hong Kong’s anti-China activists are celebrating their victory
A campaigner carries a former colonial Hong Kong flag during a Hong Kong-UK reunification demonstration outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong on July 1, 2016, the 19th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to Chinese sovereignty from British rule.
Global Politics
There’s a movement to turn Hong Kong back into a British colony
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying looks on as he meets journalists in Hong Kong.
Technology
Facebook’s new ‘angry’ emoji has become a powerful weapon for Hong Kong activists
Remains of a 23,000 year old woolly mammoth with tusks, virtually intact, still frozen and now excavated from Siberian permafrost.
Science
Mammoth tusks are serving as a cover for illegal traffic in modern day elephant ivory
A pro-democracy protester carries a yellow umbrella, symbol of the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement, while gathering with other protesters at Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong on November 27, 2014.
Justice
Hong Kong’s leaderless protests may mark a new evolution in leadership
A protester throws an umbrella at riot police as fellow demonstrators blocked the main street to the central financial district outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 29, 2014.
Justice
Peaceful protests in Hong Kong become violent clashes with police
A participant in the inaugural Shanghai International Debate Open 2014. Motions ranged from whether police should bear arms to whether ransoms should be paid to terrorists for the release of hostages.
Culture
Parliamentary-style debates take off in China — even if some topics are off limits
A Great White Shark was killed just months after being tagged. Now scientists want to know how.
Global Scan
The search is on for the ‘super predator’ that snacks on Great White Sharks
A Great White Shark was killed just months after being tagged. Now scientists want to know how.
Global Scan
The search is on for the ‘super predator’ that snacks on Great White Sharks
Arts, Culture & Media
A missing Chinese painting is just the latest example of artworks accidentally thrown away — or worse
Cantopop singer Corinna Chamberlain, aka Chan Ming Yan.
Arts, Culture & Media
This blond and blue-eyed singer wows Hong Kongers with her flawless Cantopop
Seth Leslie's 100 square foot "man cave" in Hong Kong.
Lifestyle & Belief
One man’s Hong Kong man cave, at 100 square feet
Development & Education
Seemingly simple choice of colleges can make all the difference for Chinese students