The United States announcement about the Confucius Institutes is the latest sign of the deteriorating relationship between Washington and Beijing.

Lai, who was arrested Monday under China's new security law, said pro-democracy activists had to play a long game.

Readers queued from the early hours to get copies of the pro-democracy tabloid a day after police raided its offices and took Lai into detention, the highest-profile arrest so far under China's national security law.

Hong Kong police said seven people between 39 and 72 years old had been arrested on suspicion of violating the new security law, but the statement did not reveal the names of those arrested.

Plague can be fatal in up to 90% of people infected if not treated, primarily with several types of antibiotics.

Peter Navarro, director of trade and manufacturing policy at the White House, initially told Fox News "it's over,'' when asked a question that was focused on the China trade deal

Pompeo and his deputy Stephen Biegun held closed-door talks with the Chinese Communist Party's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu.

U.K. considering path to citizenship for 3 million Hong Kong residents as China cracks down.

With restrictions now lifted, Hubei's provincial capital embarks on another experiment: resuming business and ordinary life while seeking to keep the number of new cases down.

Thirty-four confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada to date, with 20 cases reported in Ontario, 13 in British Columbia and one in Quebec.