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Hong Kong jails former editor for sedition
Published on 26/09/2024
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court on Thursday night sentenced a former editor to jail for 21 months and released another after they had earlier been found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles in a ruling that has prompted an international outcry.
Japan sends first warship through Taiwan Strait, defying China
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/09/2024
» TAIPEI - Three United States allies sent warships through the Taiwan Strait in a rare defiance of China in those waters, on the same day Beijing fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean in 44 years.
Russia has ‘secret war drones project in China’
Published on 25/09/2024
» Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents reviewed by Reuters.
China giving rare cash handouts to the poor
Published on 25/09/2024
» China is preparing to give one-off cash handouts to people in extreme poverty before Tuesday, in a rare announcement of direct aid just a day after announcing a sweeping programme to stimulate its sluggish economy.
Israeli defence firm woos Philippines
Published on 25/09/2024
» One of Israel’s major defence companies aims to clinch contracts under the Philippines’ ambitious military upgrade to bolster the country’s defences in the disputed South China Sea.
Julian Assange returning to public life
Published on 25/09/2024
» LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to make his first public appearance since being freed from a British jail when he gives evidence to the Council of Europe next week, his organisation said on Wednesday.
Rights groups decry Myanmar executions
Published on 24/09/2024
» Human rights groups have condemned the reported executions of a husband and wife in Myanmar, and have called for international action to prevent what they say are the imminent hangings of five more pro-democracy activists.
Pope asks for liberation of Myanmar's Suu Kyi
Published on 24/09/2024
» ROME - Pope Francis has called for the liberation of Myanmar's detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and offered the Vatican as a safe haven, the pontiff said in a recent conversation with Jesuits in Asia.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill nearly 500, injure 1,600
New York Times, Published on 24/09/2024
» JERUSALEM — Dozens of Israeli fighter jets bombed Hezbollah targets in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, killing hundreds and wounding more than a thousand others, Lebanese officials said, in the deadliest attacks in the country since 2006, when Israel and Hezbollah fought their last all-out war.
Singapore ex-minister pleads guilty to bribery
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/09/2024
» Singapore’s former transport minister has pleaded guilty to bribery charges after the city-state's prosecution amended the indictment against him, a surprising twist to the biggest political scandal in nearly four decades.