A midnight photographic stroll through heart of Hong Kong’s waning protest

When I landed in Hong Kong last week, I barely recognized parts of the city. The Hong Kong I knew from childhood was obsessed with efficiency and order (cashiers shaking their heads if you spent more than two seconds digging for change, little packets of tissue paper that were carried at all times just in […]

















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Watch: When a ‘triad’ mob attacked Hong Kong’s protesters

The YouTube video above, published by supporters of Hong Kong's pro-democracy student movement, provides a useful synopsis of eve nts on Friday, when a mob of counter-protesters descended on a student-run Occupy site in the district of Mong Kok. The scuffles and violence that broke out horrified the city and led to student leaders pulling […]

















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A violent death in Venezuela, this one close to home for President Maduro

A young Venezuelan lawmaker close to President Nicolas Maduro was found dead in his Caracas home Wednesday night, though it was not clear if his apparent killing was politically motivated.

















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Ex-Obama adviser on Hong Kong: ‘We have to focus on reality’

"Beijing is not going to lose. They're just not willing to, and they have the power to make that will stick."

















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9 attempts to explain the crazy complexity of the Middle East

The Middle East is complicated. The religious, social and political cleavages of the region are myriad and hard to succinctly sum up. How do you untangle the Israeli-Palestinian situation, or explain the divide between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam, or square those who favor political Islam with those who favor secular government? Where do other […]

















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