1 year agoThe crowd at Science Museum Path 7:30 pm
Police says officers will enter PolyU campus with social workers and uni officials to try to get protestors to leave. Promises not to arrest them on the spot,but will likely follow up, similar to how underaged protestors were treated
1 year agoA few hundreds are at the border of the besieged HK Polytechnic University where there are reports that some are still inside
Terror strike averted, 3 arrested with IED: Delhi Police
1 year agoSome 200 people are on Science Museum Road in standstill with riot police outside PolyU . Not much tension but also no sign of leaving any time soon
1 year agoA stand off between @hkpoliceforce and demonstrators in HongKongProtests outside the cordon line at @HongKongPolyU is taking place after some newly-elected pan-democrat members want to go inside to support the ppl there. It has been encircled by the force over a week
1 year agoStandoff near PolyU, where estimated 30 are still stuck inside after police besieged it more than a week ago, after some marched there demanding police to release them
1 year agoA large crowd of people, many wearing masks, are gathering in front of a police cordon near PolyU, calling on officers to let them enter the univerisity to bring out the trapped people
Any attempts to destabilize HongKong or damage its prosperity and stability are doomed to fail, Chinese State Councilor and FM Wang Yi said on Monday commenting on the results of #HKDCElections
1 year agoHundreds of democrats District Councilor-Elect marching to Poly University demanding the police to stop the siege
1 year agoPro-democracy district councillors, LegCo members and supporters have gather in Tsim Sha Tsui to address the PolyU standoff
1 year agoJimmy Sham, district councillor elected for Lek Yuen, Sha Tin, said votes and people's opinions should not be viewed as pressure on government but guidance for administration, and the very first greetings he got after winning was asking him to save those in PolyU
Taliban Shadow District Governor Killed in Faryab
China: We support Hong Kong's leader despite her deadlock in the election
Pyongyang's artillery drill near sea border violates inter-Korean agreement: Seoul
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 33km NNW of Laiwui, Indonesia
1 year agoElection is still not concluded at J19 Lam Tin's Fei Ngan Kindergarten polling station. Many HongKong riot Police have surrounded & entered the station now. Officer has announced pro-Beijing candidate won by 50 votes, but there are 71 votes that are missing.
Concerns about a crackdown on cryptocurrency operations by China drives Bitcoin to a six-month low
1 year agoFlash mob in central HK chanting '5 Demands, not one less', after opposition's stunning victory in local elections
1 year agoPro-Beijing lawmaker Regina Ip being besieged and hounded as a dog with tail between her legs through the streets of Central. "Traitor of HongKong."
The Democratic Party says its election wins are thanks to HongKong's protesters and its district councillors will head to PolyU today to demand an end to the police siege there
1 year agoCarrieLam's cabinet member Regina Ip showed up in Central and has to be escorted away from the heckling crowd by riot police. Ip's New People's Party gained 0 seat in DC election
Hong Kong leader says will 'listen humbly' to voters after stunning poll result
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 44km S of Dzuyl, Mongolia
South Korea's Ministry of Defence confirms that North Korea carried out artillery fire drills near the sea border. This is a violation of the military agreement signed between the two divided nations. Seoul's Defence Ministry described the actions as "regretful"
South Korea expresses regret over North Korea's artillery fire drills near sea border
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 43km SE of Xinjing, China
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 297km NNW of Manokwari, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - Papua region, Indonesia
1 year agoHong Kong elections: At 2am, pan-democratic (89) vs pro-Beijing (9) #HKDCElection
Democratic Party legislator Roy Kwong - popular in recent months for his assistance to protesters - has won in the North District Council. Pro-Beijing legislator Horace Cheung has lost his seat in the Central and Western District Council. hongkong
Democrat Andrew Chiu - whose ear was bitten off by an assailant with a knife last month - has won in Taikoo Shing on Hong Kong Island
The Democratic Party's Lo Kin-hei has retained his seat in Lei Tung (II) constituency in Hong Kong Island South
1 year agoPro-democracy supporters are celebrating Junius Ho's defeat on the streets of Tuen Mun. One opened a bottle of champagne. Photo: Galileo Cheng
Jocelyn Chau - who was previously arrested and attacked during the extradition bill protests - has won in North Point's City Gardens, a constituency previously uncontested by any pro-democracy challenger
Moderate pro-Beijing legislator Michael Tien has lost his Tsuen Wan District Council seat to a pro-democracy challenger
1 year agoPro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker Junius Ho loses re-election bid. He was reviled by the opposition and seen shaking hands with alleged triad gangs. This is the celebration on social media after the news hit.
At HKU, newcomer democrat and former HKU student council member Camille Yam has beaten Stephen Chan — who has been in his seat for 28 years
1 year ago23:20HKT Netizens posted saying no citizens was allowed to monitor to vote counting at Q24 Fu Nam station in Tseung Kwan O
1 year agoIn Tsuen Wan's Tak Wah constituency, videos are circulating that a similar outside box of votes has been carried inside by riot police officers. The electoral officer said these were votes from hospitals or prisons. Photo: Telegram.
US launches new Mandarin network as Washington and Beijing battle for global influence
1 year agoCrowds are angry at the Kennedy Town / Mount Davis polling station after police were seen bringing two new box of votes inside after it closed at 10:30pm. The returning officer said wheelchair users requested a change of polling station, and voted elsewhere. Photo: Screenshot
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 62km SE of Molibagu, Indonesia
1 year agoEarlier on Sunday evening, pro-democracy candidate Tam Tak-chi, running in Kwun Tong's Kwong Tak constituency, claimed to have been punched by supporters of pro-Beijing rival Wilson Or. Riot police arrived and used pepper spray to separate the crowds. Photo: Apple Daily
1 year agoOne killed, five wounded in an IED explosion that targeted a UN vehicle in Kabul's PD9, Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi confirmed
With polling stations for HKDCElection starting to close, the latest available turnout figures show that 2.85 million people (69% of the electorate) had voted by 9:30pm
1 year agoPolls have officially closed for the 2019 District Council election at 10:30pm. Vote counting will begin shortly
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - Off the west coast of northern Sumatra
Moments ago an explosion occurred in Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi says the blast occurred near the Makkurian block in the 9th district of Kabul.
Hong Kong enters final hour of polling for record-breaking district council elections
1 year agoPolice officer Habib Rahman was gunned down in Lashkargah last night Helmand
Taliban militants storm a checkpoint in a central Daykundi province, killing at least eight Afghan soldiers - AP citing an official
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 111km SE of Amahai, Indonesia
1830 #HKDCElections turnout 60.36%, near 2.5M voted. Highest record of all elections
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 126km E of Bitung, Indonesia
Clashes between Kashmiri youth and government forces reported from Karimabad, Pulwama where counterinsurgency ops took place. Kashmir
First after August 5: Clashes broke out between residents and government forces during an anti-militancy cordon and search operation in Kareemabad area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. A few minor injuries reported. No militant found in the area or may have escaped
1 year agoDamage from artillery shell on the house in Dasht e Archi. According to local account district center is overran by Taliban although Govt. sources denies this. Kunduz
1 year agoIn Tuen Mun's Sam Shing constituency where candidate Michael Mo earlier alleged irregularities and possible intimidation, there is a moderate riot police presence. Photo: Galileo Cheng. hongkong
1 year ago"Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong." Hundreds of South Koreans took to the streets of Seoul this weekend in support of #HongKongProtests
1 year agoTwo protesters at PolyU have just held a press con describing the situation there on Day 7 of the police siege. They've also encouraged people to vote in DC elections today while lamenting police have deprived them of that right.
1 year agoA long queue remains in the polling station of Hoi Bun at around 4pm, where OccupyHK activist Lester Shum is running against DAB's Mok Yuen-kwan and Chow Ping-tim
Iranian security forces have managed to apprehend members of a major criminal network that has been earning profits by tax evasion and money laundering, the head of the Judiciary in the northern province of Golestan said
1 year agoAs of 3:30pm, Tsuen Wan is the closest among the 18 HongKong districts to reaching a 50 percent aggregate turnout rate. Unsurprisingly, the vast and sparsely-populated Outlying Islands is the district with the lowest turnout so far
1 year agoAt 3:30pm, the 2019 District Council election turnout reached 47.26 percent. This means the turnout has exceeded that of 2015, with seven hours of voting still to go. Nearly two million people have voted
A woman in Shatin's Kwong Yuen Estate told RTHK that when she went to vote at 9am, polling station staff told her she had already voted, and any further attempt to vote would not be counted. She has since filled a complaint to electoral authorities.
1 year ago1.5 million people have voted in Hong Kong as of 1:30pm. There's only 4.1 million total registered voters. and the polls are still open until 10:30pm.
