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China mulls curbing Opposition's influence in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 22 (ANI): Beijing authorities are working to scrap 117 seats in Hong Kong which are likely to be controlled by opposition district councillors in the 2022 elections.
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Fitch assigns TCS first-time A-minus IDR with negative outlook
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 22 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has assigned Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer default ratings (IDRs) of A-minus with a negative outlook.
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Hong Kong court dismisses petition seeking to label police treatment of sc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], December 21 (ANI): Hong Kong's High Court on Monday threw out a bid from the area's oldest journalists' union which sought to formally label the police force's treatment of industry workers during last year's anti-government protests as unconstitutional.
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Taiwan building submarine fleet to mitigate Chinese threat
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 20 (ANI): In order to bolster its defensive capabilities, Taiwan is building a submarine fleet to mitigate Chinese nefarious designs to invade the island or install a naval blockade.
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 244 km SE of Katsuura, Japan - USGS
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 244 km SE of Katsuura, Japan at 0154 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Hong Kong lambasts Pompeo over calling for release of 12 Hong Kongers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 20 (ANI): Hong Kong has slammed the United States Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo and accused him of "totally disregarding the facts" while backing the case of 12 Hong Kongers arrested while they were trying to flee to Taiwan.
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US Govt advises citizens to reconsider travel to Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has expressed deep concern over the conditions in Hong Kong since the imposition of the authoritarian National Security Law by the Chinese Communist Party saying that Americans must reconsider travel to Hong Kong.
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CCP turning Hong Kong into East Berlin of yesteryear: Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in China for fleeing to Taiwan in order to escape Beijing's exercise of the draconian National Security Law, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo sai
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Quad member states meet to review strategic developments in Indo-Pacific
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): Senior officials from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan met virtually on Friday (local time) and reviewed recent strategic developments throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including the South China Sea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Mekong sub-re
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India, China hold 20th WMCC meeting; agree to work towards complete diseng
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): India and China on Friday agreed to continue to work towards ensuring complete disengagement in all friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Western Sector at the earliest, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
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UK top choice for Hongkongers fleeing amid Beijing's draconian security la
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 18 (ANI): As the Chinese Communist Party continues to impose the draconian National Security Law (NSL), the UK comes across as an easy path to citizenship, according to Midland Immigration Consultancy.
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Research says, Kangaroos can communicate with humans
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kowloon [Hong Kong], December 18 (ANI): A recent study by the City University of Hong Kong in collaboration with the University of Sydney has found that unlike other domesticated animals like dogs, horses, or goats; Kangaroos, which have never been domesticated can intentionally, communicate
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