HK cardinal and activists on trial over protest fund
HONG KONG—A 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal went on trial alongside five fellow democracy supporters on Monday over their role in ...
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Iraqis head to early vote with little hope for change
Iraqis headed to the polls Sunday for an early election billed as a concession to anti-government protests but expected to ...
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2 HK opposition lawmakers arrested
Hong Kong—Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were arrested on Wednesday in a police operation focused on last year’s huge ...
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US, China escalate word war over HK
Washington—The United States and China have stepped up an increasingly harsh war of words over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.