Hong Kong: Anger as face masks banned after months of protests
Hong Kong leader invokes emergency powers to quell escalating violence
Carrie Lam
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Hong Kong leader says extradition bill is dead, but critics unconvinced
Hong Kong: Carrie Lam says extradition bill is 'dead' but will not withdraw it. Leader calls legislation ‘total failure’ but will not give in to demands for formal withdrawal.
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Hong Kong protesters storm legislature as thousands rally to mark handover
Hong Kong protesters stormed the Legislative Council on the anniversary of the city’s 1997 return to Chinese rule on Monday amid widespread anger over planned laws that would allow extraditions to China, plunging the city deeper into chaos.
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Bowing to pressure, Hong Kong leader suspends extradition bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday indefinitely delayed a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after anger over the bill triggered the city’s biggest and most violent street protests in decades.
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