Hong Kong Protesters, Authorities Set for Talks

Hong Kong student leaders are set to meet senior government officials late Tuesday in an effort to resolve a political crisis that has led to more than three weeks of demonstrations. The talks will be broadcast live, a key demand of the protesters, and will be aired on several giant screens at demonstration sites in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. Protesters want Beijing to reverse an August decision to screen candidates for the territory's 2017 elections. They are also...

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