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Indian Consulate issues travel advisory over flight disruptions in Hong Kong

Hong Kong airport says flights cancelled due to protests

3:19 pm August 12, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong airport authorities cancelled all remaining departing and arriving flights at the major travel hub on Monday after thousands of protesters entered the arrivals hall to stage a demonstration. “Other than the departure flights that have completed the check-in process and the arrival flights that are already heading to Hong Kong, all […]

Hong Kong police demonstrate water cannon as protests linger

12:42 pm August 12, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong police showed off water cannons Monday as pro-democracy street protests stretched into their 10th week with no sign of either side backing down. The demonstration of specially equipped armored cars came after another weekend of protests at Hong Kong’s bustling international airport and on the streets of one of the city’s […]

Would China risk another Tiananmen in Hong Kong?

9:53 am August 12, 2019

Beijing: While China might be exploiting fears of a bloody “Tiananmen” crackdown on Hong Kong’s protest movement, analysts say the potentially catastrophic economic and political consequences will deter Beijing from any overt boots-on-the ground intervention. As the clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police in the former British colony have grown increasingly violent, Beijing’s condemnation has […]

Stop ‘meddling’ in Hong Kong, China warns Britain

4:08 am August 12, 2019

Beijing: China warned Britain to stop “meddling” in Hong Kong, after a top British official called the international financial hub’s leader to voice concern about protests that have rocked the city for two months. The pro-democracy protests, which are partly fuelled by widespread anger at an erosion of liberties in Hong Kong, have become the […]

UK economy shrinks for first time since 2012 as Brexit bites

6:40 pm August 9, 2019

London: The British economy shrank in the second quarter of the year for the first time in six and a half years largely because Brexit uncertainties weighed heavily on business investment, official figures showed Friday. The decline, the first since the fourth quarter of 2012, was unexpected. Most economists thought that the economy would be […]