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A new Olympic stadium and a crocodile-inhabited rowing course unveiled in Brisbane 2032 overhaul
Read full article: A new Olympic stadium and a crocodile-inhabited rowing course unveiled in Brisbane 2032 overhaulA new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium in inner-city parkland and a rowing venue in a crocodile-inhabited river have been unveiled as part of a major overhaul of planning for the 2032 Brisbane Games.
Top Hong Kong court overturns convictions of 3 former organizers of Tiananmen vigils
Read full article: Top Hong Kong court overturns convictions of 3 former organizers of Tiananmen vigilsHong Kong’s top court has overturned the convictions of three former organizers of an annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown over their refusal to provide information to police, marking a rare victory for the city’s pro-democracy activists.
China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
Read full article: China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protestsChina has tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on the anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests.
Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban
Read full article: Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil banHeavy police force has patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
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Hundreds gather near Hong Kong park despite vigil ban
Read full article: Hundreds gather near Hong Kong park despite vigil banHundreds of people have gathered near a Hong Kong park despite a ban on an annual candlelight vigil to remember the deadly crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and the arrest earlier in the day of an organizer of previous vigils.
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Worrying over future, Hong Kong defies ban to mark Tiananmen
Read full article: Worrying over future, Hong Kong defies ban to mark TiananmenOn the anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown, Hong Kong continued debating a contentious law that makes it illegal to insult or abuse the Chinese national anthem. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)BEIJING –HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of people in Hong Kong defied a police ban Thursday evening, breaking through barricades to hold a candlelight vigil on the 31st anniversary of China's crushing of a democracy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Earlier Thursday, the Hong Kong legislature passed a law making it a crime to disrespect China’s national anthem. “The ban comes amid an alarming acceleration of attacks on the autonomy of Hong Kong and the undermining of the rights and freedoms of the Hong Kong people guaranteed under Hong Kong and international law,” Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China, said in a statement. Associated Press videojournalists Alice Fung and Katie Tam in Hong Kong and Taijing Wu in Taipei, Taiwan, contributed.

Hong Kong Tennis Open postponed amid ongoing protests
Read full article: Hong Kong Tennis Open postponed amid ongoing protestsPro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong barricade themselves in the Yuen Long train station following 11 straight weeks of protests. (CNN) - The 2019 Hong Kong Tennis Open (HKTO) has been postponed after organizers claimed they would be unable to guarantee "a smooth running of the tournament" amid ongoing protests in the city. Hong Kong has been disrupted for almost 15 weeks by increasingly violent demonstrations, which were initially sparked by an extradition bill. The HKTO's postponement is the second high-profile sporting event in Hong Kong to be affected by the civil unrest after the Hong Kong ASTC Sprint Triathlon Asian Cup and the Asian Aquathlon Championships was canceled earlier in September. The announcement comes ahead of another weekend of protests, which started in June after the Hong Kong parliament proposed the new extradition law.

Hong Kong protesters go to airport again
Read full article: Hong Kong protesters go to airport againProtestors gather during a rally at Victoria Park on Aug. 18, 2019, in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy protesters have continued rallies on the streets of Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill since June 9 as the city plunged into(CNN) - Hong Kong protesters have called for demonstrations at the city's international airport after a night of heated clashes with police in one of the world's most populated districts. The Airport Express train, which links Hong Kong island to the terminals, was running at reduced intervals on Saturday. "Such acts seriously endanger public safety," Hong Kong police said on their official Twitter. No further concessions are expected by the Hong Kong government in the near future.

Facebook: Chinese operation tries to undermine Hong Kong protesters
Read full article: Facebook: Chinese operation tries to undermine Hong Kong protestersProtestors gather during a rally at Victoria Park on Aug. 18, 2019, in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy protesters have continued rallies on the streets of Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill since June 9 as the city plunged intoHONG KONG (CNN) - A covert state-backed social media campaign run from China has sought to undermine ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, according to information released by Twitter and Facebook on Monday. This is the first time tech companies have pointed the finger at Beijing for covert efforts to influence messaging around the protests in Hong Kong, which have now involved 11 consecutive weekends of mass demonstrations. Facebook then identified about a dozen pages, accounts and groups on its platform that were tied to the operation. The Facebook pages were followed by about 15,000 accounts, the company said.