Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 - 128km E of Bitung, Indonesia
1 year agoBarricades are being cleared at Renfrew Road outside Baptist University. Reports state that a group of men have emerged out of the nearby Chinese army barracks to help the clearing. Photo: HKFP.
1 year agoDozens of what appear to be PLA soldiers are out on the streets of Kowloon Tong - running around with buckets and picking up bricks left in the streets by protesters
1 year agoCrowds clear barricades erected by Hong Kong protesters at the University of Hong Kong at Pok Fu Lam
1 year agoThe HKU operation was led by a woman who initially told Apple Daily she was a Southern District resident organising a group of mothers. She later admitted she was District Council candidate Maxine Yao, from Executive Councillor Ronny Tong's Path of Democracy party.
1 year agoOutside @HKUniversity those barriers are coming down and roads cleared by local residents and supporters rallies by local pro-BJ politicians
1 year agoTaliban attack Kabul government forces bases in Kunar
1 year agoHong Kong pride parade, actually a rally and carnival, kicks off in Edinburgh Place. "Equal justice, equal rights" are the theme
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 120km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 136km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 176km SE of Katsuura, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 4km NE of Liliongan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 126km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 135km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
1 year agoThis part of PolyU overlooking the cross harbor tunnel being strategically manned with various barricades and makeshift weapons, also they have very comfy sofas here, comfortable view of the blocked tunnel
1 year agoProtesters are extending the blockade on Nathan Road in Mong Kok. A spray-paint message on a wood board reads: "When the system is changed, I will love China."
The MTR Corporation said services will end at 10pm on Saturday. The rail giant says University station is closed "due to severe damage", and a train there was previously set on fire
As of 10pm, 14 people have been injured amid the protests and sent to hospitals. Among them, one man is in critical condition. Sources say he suffered a head injury after being hit by bricks
1 year agoTaliban claimed 'missile attack' against Bagram Air Base. Parwan Afghanistan
1 year ago3 FC Jawans killed, 4 injured in an IED blast that targeted their vehicle in Quetta minutes ago
1 year ago[Fire at Mong Kok] There is a fire on the street in Nathan Road. (10:35 PM)
1 year agoAfter protesters left, citizens entered CUHK to collect and remove usable materials
1 year agoFirefighters extinguish the fire on Nathan road after a third explosion is heard from the flames. Video: SCMP/Karen Zhang
1 year agoIn their daily press conference, the police said 58 people were arrested in relation to the protests on Thursday - including two German nationals in Tuen Mun. 194 tear gas cannisters were fired, as well as 81 other projectiles of different kinds. Photo: Stand News.
Some Chinese University protesters say they are heading to Polytechnic University in Hung Hom. Another small group say they will head to other districts in the city
1 year agoAfter police leave Nathan road, hundreds of protesters began building barricades again near Shantung Street. They put bricks under fences to make it hard for water cannon trucks and armoured vehicles to pass, according to one protester. Video: SCMP/Karen Zhang
1 year agoThe view from the ground in Mong Kok, where police have fired tear gas
1 year agoTear gas is fired on Nathan Road as dozens of riot police charge towards protesters near Shantung Street. Video: SCMP/Karen Zhang
1 year agoA car in the sealed-off area on no 2 bridge is set on fire and serious of blasts are going on, causing and growing fire that's beyond five meters high.
1 year agoA car is set on fire on other end of bridge, and explosions heard. Protesters retreating
1 year agoCUHK: Police cars left where they were on Tolo Highway, while the last bus was letting its passengers alight
1 year agoAfter creating a rather strong flaming barricade under no 2 bridge on Tolo Highway, some protesters left for Four Pillars, another CUHK landmark uphill
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 136km E of Bitung, Indonesia
1 year agoPetrol bombs were thrown on Tolo Highway while protesters on no 2 bridge of CUHK apologised and begged cars not to force through, after one car speeded up and crash its way through a roadblock
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 114km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
1 year agoDebate about leaving or not more heated upon police's arrival. "leave now or fight to death" "you can leave. I will stay to cover you because I don't fear death" "what's the point of staying when there are so few of us"
1 year agoA number of police vehicles came in sight from no 2 bridge in CUHK soon after Tolo Highway was blocked again. Only around 30 protesters remain on the bridge. Info about CU sending students and staff away or closing dorms at 9:30pm was spread
There's a very high probability US and China will reach a trade deal, @SecretaryRoss says on @FoxBusiness
1 year agoAmid an indecisive discussion of leaving or staying in CUHK while most of the students and protesters had left, a small number of protesters remaining on no 2 bridge blocked the Tolo Highway again as HK's no 2 official refused to meet their demands
Protesters in CUHK will occupy Tolo Highway again, after Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung refused to express to protesters last demand.
1 year agoCUHK: Volunteers are in retreat mode though, starting to pack stuffs and centralise supplies
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 133km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
1 year agoThere are notably fewer protesters guarding. There are barely five guards in Chung Chi College, a main entrance to campus. Only two in No 1 bridge
British police are investigating the alleged assault on Hong Kong's Justice Minister while in London
Hong Kong expects its first annual recession since the great financial crisis as unrest continues to grip the city
1 year agoPeople walk across the usually busy lanes of the Hung Hom Cross-Harbour Tunnel, as a protester on the footbridge above warns of nail traps on the ground Video: SCMP/Kathleen Magramo
Mohammad Afzal, police chief of Takhar's Warsaj district, and three bodyguards were killed in a Taliban ambush on the Takhar-Baghlan highway on Friday morning while heading to Kabul, Baghlan police officials confirmed.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 126km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 92km SW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
1 year agoSome of the Central protesters are gathered in front of Exchange Square, where the HK Stock Exchange is headquartered. Just a couple of days ago, police aggressively beat up and arrested protesters here
1 year agoBricks dot Kings Road in Tai Koo
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 139km E of Bitung, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 130km E of Bitung, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 128km E of Bitung, Indonesia
1 year agoProtest in Central, fifth this week, and sixth weekday in a row
1 year agoLunch time protest in Central continues
1 year ago12:45 Numbers not big yet, but growing at Wong Chuk MTR by the Dai Wong Ye temple.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 124km E of Bitung, Indonesia
1 year agoCentral. Peddar Street.
1 year agoIn Prince Edward MTR HKPolice cries out "Citizens are now on our side." and everybody on the platform did a "lolwuuut..?" in unison.
1 year agoAt Central, protesters and their fellow supporters in suits and ties gathered in the past four days to bring traffic at the commercial hub to a standstill. It seems the battleground will not be here today
1 year agoPolice have opened Tolo Highway southbound to traffic, and vehicles are driving the one land that protesters opened this morning. From No.2 Bridge at CUHK, still no sign of northbound traffic from
HongKong police say they are treating the case of the 70-year-old man who died after being hit by a brick as a murder case.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 139km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
1 year agoDAB politicians helped clear roads in Mong Kok this morning
1 year agoMore blockades and lunchtime protests set for Friday.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 133km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia