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Carrie Lam vowed to heal divisions when she became Hong Kong's leader, but her tenure has thrust the financial hub into unprecedented turmoil, sparking huge protests that saw parliament ransacked and leaving the city more divided than ever.

Oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday even as leading crude exporters extended a supply agreement, while global equities mostly nudged higher in the aftermath of the weekend's US-China trade detente.

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned China on Tuesday of "serious consequences" if it breaches a bilateral agreement to preserve Hong Kong's freedoms, after an unprecedented night of anti-government protests.

Once dubbed "Asia's Finest", Hong Kong's police are fighting allegations of using excessive violence against protesters, their headquarters besieged twice in the last week as calls for an independent inquiry into their tactics swell.

Tonnes of Canadian garbage left in the Philippines for years arrived back home Saturday, putting an end to a festering diplomatic row that highlighted how Asian nations have grown tired of being the world's trash dump.

To see what China's one-child policy has done to the most populous country on Earth, you just have to look around you, said acclaimed filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai. "There is often one child now to six grown-ups.

European and US stocks climbed on Friday as investors kept a watch on developments at a Group of 20 summit in Japan, where US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due for a high-stakes discussion on trade.

The Chinese military received official ownership of a piece of prime Hong Kong waterfront land on Saturday, even as the city is rocked by anti-Beijing protests just days before the anniversary of its return to China.

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei said Wednesday that its 5G business has not been impacted by the recent U.S. sanctions amid a prolonged trade war between the world's two largest economies.

Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang saw his misconduct conviction quashed by the city's top court on Wednesday; the final twist to one of the financial hub's most high-profile corruption cases.