Hong Kong

External forces are involved in pro-democracy protests that have occupied parts of the financial capital for more than three weeks, Hong Kong’s chief executive has claimed.

Riot police cleared a Hong Kong pro-democracy protest zone in a dawn raid, taking down barricades, tents and canopies that have blocked key streets for more than two weeks.

Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers have moved in to clear pro-democracy protesters out of a tunnel outside the city’s government headquarters.

Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers have moved in to clear pro-democracy protesters out of a tunnel outside the city’s government headquarters.

Dozens of pro-democracy protesters are engaged in a tense stand-off with riot police near Hong Kong’s government headquarters.

Hong Kong’s embattled leader Leung Chun-ying yesterday vowed to stay in office, warning students demanding his resignation that their pro-democracy movement was out of control.

In an apparent concession to authorities warning pro-democracy protesters to clear Hong Kong’s streets by the beginning of the work week, students occupying the area outside city government headquarters agreed yesterday to remove some barricades that have blocked the building’s entrance during the week-long demonstrations.

Pro-democracy protesters have been defiant in the face of attacks by opponents and warnings by the Hong Kong government to clear the streets, staging a massive rally in the downtown business district they have occupied for a week.

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters have shelved plans for talks with the government on electoral reforms after mobs of people tried to drive them from the streets they have occupied for a week.

Clashes have broken out at the site of one of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests as local residents and pro-Beijing supporters tried to evict activists from the street they are occupying.

Hong Kong protesters have welcomed an offer of talks by the territory’s leader to defuse the ongoing crisis over demonstrations seeking democratic reforms.

Hong Kong’s embattled leader has defied demands by pro-democracy protesters to step down.

Hong Kong police have warned of serious consequences if pro-democracy protesters try to occupy government buildings, as they have threatened to do if the territory’s leader does not resign by today.

Chinese officials have warned of “chaos” and thrown their weight behind Hong Kong’s embattled leader in his face-off with pro-democracy protesters who have threatened to occupy government offices unless he steps down today.

Student leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have warned that if the territory’s leader does not resign by the end of today they will step up their actions, including occupying several important government buildings.

Chinese state media has indicated that the central government may be losing patience with the protests, and urged support for decisive action to end them.

Hong Kong's embattled leader has attended a ceremony to mark China's National Day after refusing to meet pro-democracy demonstrators.

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have set a Wednesday deadline for a response from the government to meet their demands for reforms after spending another night blocking streets in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience.

Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have escalated, a day after demonstrators upset over Beijing’s decision to limit political reforms defied onslaughts of tear gas and appeals from the territory’s top leader to go home.

A passenger on board a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight, armed only with a Toblerone chocolate bar, demanded the plane fly to Sochi so he could watch the Winter Olympics, a court heard.

Tens of thousands marched in Hong Kong on the first day of 2013 to call for the city’s Beijing-backed leader to step down over claims that he lied about illegal renovations at his mansion and to press for full democracy.

Thousands protested against Hong Kong’s leader Leung Chun-ying as pressure mounts against the Beijing-backed politician who has been embroiled in an illegal construction scandal since taking office in July.

Thousands of people have marched in Hong Kong on the first day of 2013 to call for the city’s Beijing-backed leader to step down.

Google’s profit and sales are under pressure as the operator of the largest search engine struggles to wring advertising revenue from the growing number of people surfing the web on tablets and smartphones.

At least 37 people have died after a ferry collided with a party boat off Hong Kong.

A boat packed with revellers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, authorities said.

Hong Kong’s central bank has tightened mortgage lending after saying a third round of quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve risks pushing up home prices that have already surpassed their 1997 peak.

Two pilots and 11 passengers on board a helicopter travelling to the southern Chinese gambling enclave Macau survived an emergency landing into Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour minutes after takeoff today.

A WOMAN who faked her own pregnancy has pleaded guilty to cutting open the belly of a pregnant woman and trying to remove her baby, it has been reported.

A woman who faked her own pregnancy has pleaded guilty to cutting open the belly of a pregnant woman and trying to remove her baby, it was reported today. The infant later died.

A bottle of acid thrown into a crowd in one of Hong Kong’s most densely populated shopping districts injured 24 pedestrians, police said today, the third in a series of attacks that have injured nearly 100 people.

Hong Kong Football Association chairman Brian Leung has revealed that the former British colony is “very interested” in staging English Premier League games in the future.

Daniel Radcliffe admitted he relishes his heartthrob status as dozens of young girls braved the rain outside the European premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE relishes his heartthrob status, he admitted last night at the European premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Harry Potter star Katie Leung loved getting up to mischief on the set of the fantasy movie - because the crew never reprimanded the young stars.

Hong Kong will become a mostly smoke-free city tomorrow when a ban on lighting up inside restaurants, workplaces, schools, karaoke lounges and public areas comes into force.

Cathay Pacific Airways suspended four of its 10 Boeing 777-300 jets today after an engine part fell off one of them and smashed onto a car as the plane flew over Thailand.

When Adam and Larry come into an underground bathroom and chained to the wall, with no idea how they got there, you know you are at the start of a horror story.

The alleged kingpin of an international drug syndicate suspected of operating one of the world’s biggest drug-manufacturing laboratories has been arrested, customs officials said today.

Pro-democracy opposition figures scored three new seats in Hong Kong’s parliament, but fell short of expectations, official results showed today, as critics attacked problems with the voting and the count.

HONG Kong’s pro-democracy candidates scored some significant wins in yesterday’s legislative election, according to television exit polls.

Pro-democracy candidates scored some significant wins in today’s legislative election, according to television exit polls.

Unknown Scottish actress Katie Leung has beaten thousands of young oriental actresses to win the role of Harry Potter’s first girlfriend in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.