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Hong Kong’s leader has cut taxes for some homebuyers and stock traders to boost markets as the city seeks to maintain its reputation as a global financial hub.

Israel has stepped up its offensive on the Gaza Strip in response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas.

Hong Kong’s leader says the territory will scrutinize the regulation of digital assets after police arrested eight people over allegations of fraud at an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange that impacted more than 1,600 investors and over $150 million in assets.

Hong Kong has closed schools and halted trading on the stock exchange as torrential rain lashed the city overnight, flooding streets in parts of the city and an underground subway station.

China has demanded that the United States invite Hong Kong’s leader to an economic conference following a news report that Chief Executive John Lee would be barred due to his role in crushing the city’s pro-democracy movement.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticized Hong Kong authorities over their pursuit of two pro-democracy activists who live in Australia.

Hong Kong’s leader says eight pro-democracy activists who now live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia will be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses.

China’s Foreign Ministry has condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament concerning Hong Kong's shrinking rights to free speech.

As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is condemning an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal requests to the city's organ donation system, saying police will investigate suspicious cases.

Hong Kong's leader says the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies” to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and certain political figures.

Hong Kong’s leader says the sentencing on spying charges of a U.S. citizen in China who was also a permanent resident of the semi-autonomous city illustrates that the territory should stay vigilant to hidden national security risks.

Hong Kong’s leader has unveiled plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies chosen by the public.

Hong Kong's leader says the city is planning to overhaul its last major political representative body that is mostly comprised of popularly elected seats.

Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate on Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hong Kong's leader says the city will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 starting Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return to normalcy.

Hong Kong will start to reopen its border with mainland China on Sunday and allow tens of thousands of people to cross from each side every day without quarantine.

Hong Kong's leader will have the power to decide whether foreign lawyers can be involved in national security cases in the city.

Hong Kong’s leader says China has agreed to a reopening of the city’s border with the mainland, which has been largely closed by pandemic restrictions.

Hong Kong’s leader says its government will push Google to display China’s national anthem as the top result in searches for the city’s anthem instead of a protest song.

A Hong Kong court has postponed a pro-democracy newspaper publisher's trial.

With police out in force, there was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures Tuesday in Beijing, as temperatures fell well below freezing.

The Hong Kong government says leader John Lee tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Thailand.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after stocks shook off an early bout of unsettled trading and ended higher on Wall Street.

Hong Kong police have confirmed that Chinese president Xi Jinping will visit the city this week for the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule.

Primary voters on Tuesday will decide the fate of two South Carolina Republicans who are clinging to their seats in the U.S. House after defying Donald Trump.

John Lee has received his official letter of appointment from Beijing a month before he takes over as leader of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Chinese patriots are now firmly in charge of the city following the election of its new leader, who ran unopposed in a process controlled by Beijing.

A Hong Kong committee stacked with mostly pro-Beijing members has almost unanimously voted for John Lee to become the city's next leader.

John Lee, a hard-line security chief who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, has been elected as the city’s next leader in a vote cast by a largely pro-Beijing committee.

China is installing a career security official as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted any opposition in the Asian financial center and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing’s control.

YouTube has taken down the campaign channel of Hong Kong’s sole candidate to become its next leader, John Lee, citing compliance with U.S. sanctions imposed against the former No. 2 official.

Hong Kong’s former No. 2 official John Lee has formally registered his candidacy in the election for the top job after securing 786 nominations to enter the race.

Hong Kong’s former No. 2 official John Lee has formally declared his candidacy for the upcoming leadership election, entering the race for chief executive viewed by many as Beijing’s preferred candidate.

Hong Kong’s No. 2 official has submitted his resignation and plans to seek the top job in a sign of Beijing further tightening its grip on the city and its politics.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she won’t seek a second term after five rocky years marked by huge protests, a security crackdown and an overwhelming COVID-19 wave.

A Las Vegas city councilwoman who gained national attention for her support of anti-government militia members who clashed with federal law officers during armed standoffs last decade is running for governor of Nevada.

Republican Dean Heller says he is running for governor of Nevada.

Family and friends in Minnesota broke into cheers and screams for Sunisa Lee.

China has promoted Hong Kong's top security official to the territory's No. 2 spot as Beijing clamps down on free speech and political opposition.

The Hong Kong stock exchange has halted trading of Next Digital shares at the media company's request after assets belonging to its founder, Jimmy Lai, were frozen.

(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)HONG KONG – Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territory's legislature last year. The security law criminalizes acts of subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign powers to intervene in the city’s affairs. “The Biden-Harris administration will stand with the people of Hong Kong and against Beijing’s crackdown on democracy,” Blinken wrote in his tweet. The security law is being used “to crush dissent and stifle the exercise of human rights and political freedoms.”Human Rights Watch senior China researcher Maya Wang said the national security law is a blanket law that allows the government to arrest people for exercising their rights. “Hong Kong is looking more like mainland China but where one ends and the other begins is hard to discern,” she said.