Topic: Carrie Lam

The U.S. government on Friday sanctioned Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and 10 others for complying with Chinese policies it says restrict the island's freedoms.

Hong Kong will postpone its September legislative elections for one year because of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the region, leader Carrie Lam said Friday.

The coronavirus outbreak, which began in mainland China and spread to Europe, has become most deadly in the Western Hemisphere.

Police in Hong Kong said Wednesday they have arrested a man for holding a black flag calling for the city's independence from China, making him the first person to be detained under a controversial new law.

China's legislature on Saturday proposed a law that would set up a national security agency to crack down on dissent in the semi-autonomous zone.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will overhaul the country's visa system creating a possible path to citizenship for some 3 million Hong Kong residents if China implements its new national security law.

China's legislature on Thursday approved to impose a highly controversial national security law upon Hong Kong that critics say will deteriorate the rights and freedoms of the semi-autonomous region.

Police in Hong Kong arrested at least 180 people and fired non-lethal pepper balls at protesters on Wednesday as people took to the streets to demonstrate against a China-proposed national security law.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended a controversial China-proposed national security law from criticism that it will strip Hong Kong of its autonomy, stating it will "only target a handful of people."

Fifteen prominent Hong Kong activists appeared in court Monday to face charges stemming from months of anti-government demonstrations last year.

China reported no new local infections of COVID-19 in the original epicenter of Hubei province for a fifth consecutive day Monday as the World Health Organization warned its spread was accelerating elsewhere.

Hong Kong announced mandatory quarantines Tuesday for anyone entering from abroad, and Iran released thousands of prisoners Tuesday to halt the spread of coronavirus.

Chinese health officials said Thursday morning the death toll for mainland China from a mysterious new virus surged to 562 in the past 24 hours after 70 people in the outbreak's epicenter of Hubei province died.

Chinese health officials reported early Wednesday that 26 people have died since the day previous, increasing the death toll from an outbreak of a deadly coronavirus to 132 as Hong Kong officials clampdown on its border.

China's President Xi Jinping said Saturday his nation is facing a "grave situation" as the death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 56 with nearly 2,000 cases of infection.