1 year agoSuddenly about a half dozen people try to flee & apprehended by a large number of police near the fence to the Cross-Harbor Tunnel
1 year agoAt least 7 protestors in @HongKongPolyU sneaked out to escape during lawmaker Ip Kin-yuen leading First Aider to evacuate from campus. They failed.
1 year agoSeveral Rangers and lots of weapons, ammo and other equipment was captured by Taliban in Zabul
1 year agoMore than 10 walked out from PolyU campus accompanied by medics, under the heavy guard by riot police. HongKongProstest Protests to Continue as Hundreds Hospitalized
1 year agoMedical evacuations currently underway at PolyU. Some can walk, some cannot
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the importance of the country's security ties with neighboring Pakistan and said Tehran and Islamabad can easily defeat militants in the region
1 year agoAfghanistan President Ghani declares end of Daesh in Nangarhar
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 25km ENE of Dipayal, Nepal
1 year agoAll pretty quiet at the entrance to HongKong's Polytechnic University as riot teams wait for the remaining student activists to run out of supplies and come out to be arrested. Can't be too many protestors left now.
1 year agoU.S. breaks off defense cost talks, as South Korea balks at $5 billion demand
A 26yo reporter in Hong Kong is charged with unlawful possession of ammunition for collected used tear gas canisters, tear gas grenades, sponge grenade and rubber bullet. He was denied bail and has to be in custody till next hearing on January 14
1 year agoHK teachers demonstrating at Tsim Sha Tsui harborfront in support of PolyU protesters & to express concern for all their students on the frontlines
The Taliban in a statement said they have "successfully completed" the release of both professors—American and Australian—along with 10 members of the Afghan forces, calling it an act of "good faith and confidence-building" which could help the "peace process."
Swarms of locusts land in Larkana after other districts of Sindh
1 year agoNangarhar : Taliban Source Says Atleast 14 ANA Soldiers were killed , One Humvee Torched and Another Captured from ANSF Operation Forces in Nukurkhel Area of Khogyani District. Screenshot From Video Released an Hour Ago
Libya exports one million barrels of oil to China
Former Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho was attacked by black clad stalkers outside Tin Hau station this evening. His head and back were wounded, and he went to hospital on his own
A witness tells RTHK that riot police ignored people's cries for help after a "stampede" in Yau Ma Tei last night, as firefighters confirm they saw the aftermath.
The New York Times reports that the Taliban has freed kidnapped professors Kevin King, American, and Timothy Weeks, Australian.
Police said they found 3,900 petrol bombs in CUHK and the university found 100L of sulfuric acid and nitric acid missing. "How many are 3,900 petrol bombs If you throw one every 10 seconds, it will take you 11 hours to throw them all out." Police PR head Kwok Ka-chuen said
1 year agoHongKong legislator Ted Hui told reporters that protestors and students who're still at PolyU campus said they are not involved in any illegal activists but worried about Hong Kong Police brutality, they will leave the campus in peace accompanied by Hui.
1 year ago49 senators cosponsored the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - including @senatemajldr
Among all the arrests made near PolyU included a Japanese tourist in his 20s, who has been taken away by police on Sunday, the Japanese consulate confirmed
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 241km N of Chichi-shima, Japan
1 year agoHKPolice seen carrying an MP5 and an M16 in Central where office workers are protesting during their lunch break.
1 year agoA large number of firefighters and medics went inside the PolyU campus at around 10am on Tuesday to treat the injured, with some having suffered from hypothermia since being repeatedly doused with water cannon on Sunday. Photo: Stand News screeenshot.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 219km W of Abepura, Indonesia
1 year agoChina's legislature: Hong Kong courts have no power to rule on constitutionality of the city's legislation with regards to Basic Law, after HK High Court nullified face mask ban. A major contradiction of common-law judicial review in HK
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 21km NNW of Manokwari, Indonesia
[email protected]: Just finished a very good & cordial meeting at the White House with Jay Powell of the Federal Reserve. Everything was discussed including interest rates, negative interest, low inflation, easing, Dollar strength & its effect on manufacturing, trade with China, E.U. & others, etc
[email protected]: Just finished a very good & cordial meeting at the White House with Jay Powell of the Federal Reserve. Everything was discused including interest rates, negative interest, low inflation, easing, Dollar strength & its effect on manufacturing, trade with China, E.U. & others, etc
1 year agoMore than 40 volunteers from Protect the Children are on PolyU campus, alongside dozens of youngsters. One member explains: "The reason we are staying here is that police are not letting us out."
1 year agoGreat escape from PolyU police lockdown
Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 - 1km WNW of Dancagan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 35km WSW of Tilamuta, Indonesia
1 year agoInfo: Two live feeds from HongKong's Jordan district (near PolyU) now. The visuals and the non-stop loud bangs of firing speak for themselves, even if you don't speak Cantonese. TV: RTHK
1 year agoA group appearing to be first-aiders are arrested by police near PolyU. Video: Supplied.
1 year agoAbout a 100 secondary school students are trapped inside PolyU. More than 30 school principals are requesting the police's permission to let them enter the PolyU campus to accompany students to leave peacefully
1 year agoAs of 8pm, many riot police are present in Tsim Sha Tsui East, where a large group of protesters have gathered to show support to those stuck inside the besieged campus PolyU. Photo: InMedia screenshot
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 138km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 144km NW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
China's ambassador to UK Liu Xiaoming is giving 3rd v strongly worded press briefing on Hong Kong crisis. He's not holding back. He warns Hong Kong risks "sliding into an abyss of chaos". He says territory's future would be "unimaginably dreadful" & says "violence must end"
1 year agoA police armoured vehicle pushes through Chatham Road South near the Urban Council Cetenary Garden where protesters are massed. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
1 year agoCarrieLam updated her FB praising the police officer shot by an arrow in back of his left lower leg and urging "rioters" in PolyU to follow police's instructions
Police have deployed an armoured vehicle and water cannon on Chatham Road South, firing tear gas at protesters on the road. The road, in east Tsim Sha Tsui, is just to the south of the PolyU campus
1 year agoMore armored vehicle action and firing on Chatham Rd S
1 year agoOn Nathan Road, protesters have formed a human supply chain, passing glass bottles, umbrellas, water to the frontlines outside PolyU - where hundreds continue to be blockaded inside the campus
At a police press conference, a commander says the force has arrested 51 people wearing "reporter" or "first aid" vests, citing intelligence that "some rioters would disguise themselves as fake reporters or first-aiders"
1 year agoPakistan successfully conducted training launch of SSBM Shaheen-1 capable of delivering all types of warheads upto range of 650 KMs. Launch was aimed at testing operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC) ensuring Pakistan's credible minimum deterrence
Derek Liu Kin-kwan, president of the PolyU student union, estimates about 600 people are still trapped on the PolyU campus
1 year ago#hkpolice fired beanbag rounds squarely on reporters in hostile manner a when they were still livestreaming.
The government confirms that the emergency anti-mask law imposed last month will no longer be enforced the High Court has ruled it is unconstitutional.
1 year agoProtesters on Chatham are dismantling their barricades and advancing mortars toward the riot police lines
1 year agoAn injured protester is carried off the front lines in Jordan
1 year agoAnd the inevitable teargas attack, Gascoigne Rd 16.00. Protesters have lots of fire extinguishers & have gotten really good at putting out teargas canisters with them
Russia will deliver S-400 systems to India by 2025 - Rostec head Sergei Chemezov
1 year agoPolyU student chanting "Liberate Hongkong" before being arrested
1 year agoA tearful mother is seen crying in Tsim Sha Tsui as she fears she may lose her children, who are in PolyU. But one police officer questioned: "isn't throwing bricks also hurting people" Video: SCMP/Alvin Lum
1 year agoKowloon Union Church in Jordan has become a place of refuge for tired protesters and volunteer medics. Two nurses help to escort an injured person into the church
Protesters in Tsim Sha Tsui have returned to Chatham Road South yet again, setting up roadblocks in front of a police cordon. Earlier, tear gas and sponge grenades were fired to disperse them
1 year agoJordan is turning into a beach as black-clad protesters tear bricks from paved sidewalks on Gascoigne Road and Nathan, break them into fragments and toss them into roads
Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station is closed after petrol bombs are thrown into it
1 year agoNOW: Protestors fired upon by tear gas while fleeing the rooftop of the overpass at the Polytechnic University
1 year agoLong supply chain lines are forming to pass bricks to the front line where they're building a new frontline on Cameron Rd
1 year agoOrange flag in TST
