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Hong Kong police step up surveillance to 'tame' activists
Sep 29, 2023 (AFP)
He cannot reveal what led to the change of heart, a result of a confidentiality clause in a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in 2020 ...
Top US military officer steps down with 'dictator' swipe at Trump
Sep 29, 2023 (AFP)
The stunning rebuke from Milley on his last day as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff illustrated the way the US military has been dragged into the increasin...
India-China power play dominates Maldives runoff vote
Sep 28, 2023 (AFP)
The atoll nation of nearly 1,200 coral islets is a prestige tourism hotspot and favourite beach holiday destination for the world's rich and famous. It also sit...
Musk guts X's election integrity teams ahead of major votes
Sep 28, 2023 (AFP)
"Oh you mean the 'Election Integrity' Team that was undermining election integrity? Yeah, they're gone," Musk wrote in a post on Wednesday, in response to a rep...
Hong Kong journalist union head found guilty of obstructing police
Sep 25, 2023 (AFP)
Hong Kong police have broad stop-and-search powers and residents have limited legal recourse to object to an ID check. Ronson Chan, chair of the Hong Kong Journ...
Ex-Australia PM says Murdoch leaves legacy of division
Sep 22, 2023 (AFP)
Turnbull, a renowned News Corp critic, said he expected the 92-year-old Australian-born media boss to remain "extremely influential" despite his announcement th...
France seeks EU funding trial for Le Pen's far-right party
Sep 22, 2023 (AFP)
The fake jobs inquiry began in 2015 and hung over Le Pen as she sought the French presidency in 2017 and 2022, losing out both times to centrist Emmanuel Macron...
Ukraine slams 'fake elections' as Russia launches deadly strikes
Sep 08, 2023 (AFP)
Russia said voting for local officials was open in the four Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson -- none of which Moscow fully contro...
Canada to probe alleged China election interference
Sep 07, 2023 (AFP)
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Marie-Josee Hogue's appointment follows the sudden resignation in June of another official tapped to investigate the claims in a ...
Myanmar junta condemns 'one-sided' ASEAN statement on violence
Sep 06, 2023 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the 2021 military coup that sparked mass protests and a bloody military crackdown. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...
Awkwardness abounds for Lula, army on Brazil's national day
Sep 06, 2023 (AFP)
Things are awkward between the commander-in-chief and the armed forces, which were heavily involved in the government of Lula's predecessor and nemesis, far-rig...
White House race overshadows Biden visit to Florida hurricane zone
Sep 02, 2023 (AFP)
"I don't know. He's not going to be there," Biden said when asked what happened to a meeting with DeSantis that the president had previously confirmed to report...
Former Hong Kong Cantopop star jailed for sedition
Aug 31, 2023 (AFP)
Tommy Yuen, a former member of the Cantopop boyband "E-Kids", became an outspoken supporter of the Chinese city's democracy protests in 2019, before Beijing cra...
UK foreign secretary says raised human rights on China visit
Aug 30, 2023 (AFP)
Cleverly, the first UK foreign minister to visit China in five years, held talks with Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng and top diplomat Wang Yi. The foreign off...
Two arrested in Hong Kong for 'foreign collusion'
Aug 29, 2023 (AFP)
China in 2020 enacted a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong after the finance hub saw months of huge and sometimes violent protests calling for greater ...
Comeback king Lula gets delayed honeymoon in Brazil
Aug 28, 2023 (AFP)
Once called "the most popular politician on Earth" by no less than Barack Obama, veteran leftist Lula got off to a bit of a rough start when he returned to offi...
Hong Kong top court affirms mandatory sentences under security law
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
The national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in 2020 after months of democracy protests sets out minimum jail terms for serious offences, a feature ra...
Last of Hong Kong's speedboat fugitives returns
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
Dubbed "The Hong Kong 12", the group made a break for Taiwan in August 2020 to escape serious charges -- including attempted arson and making explosives -- rela...
Wanted Hong Kong activists in Britain decry 'harassment'
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
Last month, Hong Kong police announced bounties of HK$1 million ($128,000) on eight democratic activists living abroad, encouraging the public to pass on inform...
Taiwan's election not for 'bully next door' China to decide: FM
Aug 19, 2023 (AFP)
"The PRC has made it clear it wants to shape Taiwan's coming national election," said foreign minister Joseph Wu on the ministry's official X account. "Well, it...
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