Topic: Carrie Lam

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.

Hong Kong returned to chaos Christmas Eve after weeks of relative calm as riot police fired tear gas and clashed with pro-democracy protesters in busy shopping districts Tuesday night.

A double decker bus ran into a tree -- slicing off part of the vehicle's upper level -- in Hong Kong Wednesday and six passengers were killed in the crash, authorities said.

Chinese authorities claim they have arrested a "missing Hong Kong man," according to a Hong Kong-based news service.

Hong Kong voters came out in record numbers and sent a stunning rebuke to the city's government, with results coming in on Monday showing that pro-democracy candidates won over 85 percent of the seats up for grabs.

Hong Kong came out to the polls in record-shattering numbers on Sunday, voting in municipal elections widely viewed as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has roiled the city through almost six months of prot

A 12-year-old Hong Kong boy has become the youngest protester convicted in connection with ongoing anti-government protests after pleading guilty to vandalism charges.

Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam called for a peaceful resolution Tuesday to a standoff between police and pro-democracy protesters still trapped within a university.

The Hong Kong High Court ruled Monday that a government ban on wearing face masks in public is unconstitutional.

A government report Friday projected a recession for the Hong Kong economy in 2019, which would be its first in a decade.

Riot police in Hong Kong on Tuesday fired tear gas at protesters who built street barricades, set fires and threw gas bombs at officers on a second straight day of violence.

A police officer shot a pro-democracy protester and a pro-Beijing man was set on fire by demonstrators in Hong Kong on Monday, as protesters clashed with police in one of the most violent days of the monthslong protest.

Hundreds of protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks clashed with Hong Kong police Tuesday evening in a demonstration marking one month since the government implemented a ban on protesters wearing masks.