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Hong Kong protesters burn flag, police fire pepper spray

6:59 pm September 21, 2019

HONG KONG: Protesters in Hong Kong burned a Chinese flag and police fired pepper spray Saturday in renewed clashes over anti-government grievances. Police accused some protesters of throwing gasoline bombs after a march by several thousand people in Tuen Mun, an outlying district in the Chinese territory’s northwest. The event was relatively small compared with […]

Demonstrators march in Hong Kong in new weekend of protest

3:58 pm September 21, 2019

Hong Kong: Protesters marched through an outlying district of Hong Kong on Saturday in a renewed outpouring of grievances against the Chinese territory’s government. The march by several thousand people in Tuen Mun on Hong Kong’s northwest was relatively small compared with previous weekends. There was no violence, in contrast to previous protests that included […]

Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north

Biden flexes 2020 muscle with new Black Caucus endorsements

2:57 am September 20, 2019

Joe Biden sought to demonstrate a broad appeal to Democrats on Thursday with new endorsements from leading African American lawmakers and a former governor of a pivotal swing state. The backing from Reps. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina, Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri and Charlie Crist of Florida reflects Biden’s play both for the party establishment […]

House Speaker Pelosi welcomes Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to Capitol

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi welcomes Hong Kong activists to Capitol

2:24 am September 19, 2019

WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday welcomed Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to the U.S. Capitol, sending a message to Beijing that Congress supports the protesters in their months-long campaign for human rights. Pelosi thanked the activists for “challenging the conscience,” not only of the Chinese government, but the worldwide community with their mass protests […]

Determined Hong Kong protesters head home before tense anniversaries

Hong Kong activists appeal to US lawmakers to help movement

9:12 am September 18, 2019

Washington: Activists involved in the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have appealed to US lawmakers to support their fight by banning the export of American police equipment that is used against demonstrators and by more closely monitoring Chinese efforts to undermine civil liberties in the city. The activists, including several young people who have emerged […]