Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy union for educators has announced it will boycott classes on Thursday and Friday.

Teachers’ union in Hong Kong calls for class boycott over extradition clashes
Professional Teachers’ Union announced it would skip classes on Thursday and Friday. Education Bureau opposes the call, saying politics should be kept off school campu...

Hong Kong’s education authority says there are safer and less disruptive ways of expressing views than striking.

Education chief condemns teachers and students for plotting extradition strike
Largest teachers’ union in city calls for suspension of classes so staff and pupils can join mass protest, but senior officials urge them not to disrupt learning.

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Chinese users are beating the censors to talk about Hong Kong
Chinese netizens can only discuss the Hong Kong protests on two Weibo posts, but they make it count

Chinese netizens get creative to find ways to comment on the protests in Hong Kong. (via Abacus)



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China slams US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for condemning Hong Kong extradition bill

Beijing demands Washington stop interfering in China’s internal affairs after US POLITICIAN SAYS CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO REASSESS WHETHER HONG KONG HAS ‘SUFFICIENT AUTONOMY

“The affairs of Hong Kong are purely the internal affairs of China. No other nation, organisation and individual can intervene.”

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Hong Kong protesters back with a vengeance amid all-out chaos

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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in violent clashes that leave more than 70 injured.

The debate of the extradition bill was postponed as Hong Kong descended into chaos. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, many of whom were prepared with umbrellas, goggles and masks.
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THEY ARE CALLED RIOT COPS BECAUSE WHENEVER THEY SHOW UP A RIOT OCCURS

The Hong Kong police’s operation was criticized by the force’s own officers, as some brand the handling of protesters as “a total failure”.

Police force defends operation after violent clashes in Hong Kong
Commissioner of Police Stephen Lo says officers adopted restrained and tolerant attitude that allowed protesters to express their opinions but critics say force failed...

Carrie Lam accuses anti-extradition bill protesters of ‘organising a riot’

In video released by government news service on Wednesday evening, Lam said demonstrators ‘used arson, sharpened iron bars and bricks’ to attack police.

Lam says she understands there are different views about the extradition bill, but urged people to remain calm.

CROCODILE TEARS

Through tears, Carrie Lam says that she did not sell out Hong Kong and that she believes the government has been doing the right thing all along.

“We are locally born Hongkongers who love the city and our country. We urge the chief executive to withdraw the bill... to create room for rational discussion”.

Ex-minister calls on Lam to withdraw extradition bill after unrest
Former labour and welfare secretary Stephen Sui joins six other ex-senior officials in urging city’s chief executive to change course.

Some stores were forced to shut their doors, but other shops and restaurants were emptied of stock.
Early closing for some, bonanza for others – how protests affected businesses
Large crowds and blocked roads around government buildings in Admiralty frustrate some shops and restaurants, who were forced to close. Heavy footfall was money-spinne...

Fear Emotion on Hong Kong extradition bill

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Fear Emotion on Hong Kong extradition bill

In Pictures: Tens of thousands of masked protesters clash with police in Hong Kong over the government’s contentious extradition bill.

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HONG KONG PROTESTS

The clashes have now been declared a "riot" by the police chief. This carries serious implications for anyone arrested.

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Why thousands of Hong Kong-born people are returning to Canada
The Hong Kong-born population of Canada has increased for the first time since 1996, upending a process that had resulted in 300,000 Canadians living in the autonomous...
Political upheaval, personal factors and the ageing of Canadians in Hong Kong are said to be behind the new phenomenon of double-reverse migration.



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For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless

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Where is the world's most expensive painting?

Art dealer says he knows where Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" went after it was bought for $450 million -- it's on the yacht of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Canada bans capture and breeding of dolphins and whales

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Giants of the deep. AFP Graphics lists the conservation status, size and distribution of selected whale species

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Chris Selley: In Canada, whatever politicians might say, free speech wins

‪Amazingly, the pro-Israel National Post has published an op-ed about free speech and Toronto’s Al Quds Day rally in which columnist Chris Selley acknowledges that calling Israel a racist, apartheid or genocidal state is ‘a million miles from criminal hate speech’.