As Carrie Lam spoke, groups of officers in riot gear conducted stop-and-search operations along an expected protest marching route.

In his remarks, Pompeo echoed the Trump administration's harsh criticism of Beijing, which increased after the coronavirus was first detected in China, and as the U.S. Nov. 3 presidential election neared.

One child died and 24 fell ill after eating the poisoned porridge at school last year.

Crown prosecutors said an extradition hearing is not a trial and accused Meng's lawyers of trying to introduce evidence that would be more appropriate for a U.S. jury to hear.

The Maine lobster industry is in the midst of a multi-year boom, and fishermen have caught more than 100 million pounds for a record nine years in a row.

Hundreds of thousands essential workers and other limited groups of people considered at high risk of infection have been given the vaccine.

Perhaps it's time for someone in an official capacity to question Beijing's COVID-19 data, Roy Green says.

The zoo says international permit approvals are now underway and it's cautiously optimistic it will be able to confirm a flight to China for the pandas soon.

Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, vowed to apply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell CoronaVac in the United States if it passes its third and final round of testing in humans.

The committee was specially created last year and has been examining hot topic questions.