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Russia is closing in on a key city in Ukraine’s East in one of the fastest advances for its military since the early days of the war. If Russia captures the city, Pokrovsk, it would gain a big strategic advantage in seizing the rest of the Donbas region. Source: Institute for the Study of War…
The Hong Kong High Court granted detained activist Chow Hang-tung leave on Tuesday to challenge a prison policy on the grounds of alleged sex discrimination. A date for the substantive judicial review hearing has yet to be scheduled. According to local media outlet The Witness, the challenge focuses on the differences in dress code requirements…
In Brussels, Günther Oettinger has earned the nickname “Mr. Revolving Door.” Oettinger, a three-time European commissioner following a career in the ranks of Angela Merkel’s conservative German CDU party, was already the talk of the corridors of the European institutions when he switched to lobbying. But at the end of August, unease set in when…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices rose marginally in August, but underlying inflation showed some stickiness, which could discourage the Federal Reserve from delivering a half-point interest rate cut next week. The consumer price index increased 0.2% last month after climbing 0.2% in July, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday. In…
Vietjet is increasing the frequency of its flights to Taiwan and Hong Kong from 27 October 2024 for the winter season. The airline is increasing daily flights from one to two roundtrips per day from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Taipei in Taiwan, and is adding more flights to the Hanoi, Ho Chi…
Taipei, Taiwan — As China is set to host bilateral talks with the Philippines this month, their South China Sea dispute is expanding from sea to air, increasing the risk of military confrontation, analysts warn. The Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily newspaper on Monday published an article warning that “China-Philippines relations stand at a crossroads”…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Stanislawa Wasilewska was 42 when she was captured by Nazi German troops on Aug. 31, 1944 in Warsaw and sent to the women’s concentration camp at Ravensbrück. From there, she was sent to the Neuengamme forced labor camp, where she was given prisoner number 7257 and had her valuables seized. Eighty…
Two directors of Hong Kong gym chain Physical have been arrested on suspicion of unfair trade practices, sources have said. The Post learned that Luk Ngai-keung was taken into custody after surrendering to customs, while his wife, Ho Yuk-wah, was apprehended police and customs officers raided her home on Wednesday morning. Customs and police officers…
The US House of Representatives is pursuing a string of bills aimed at reducing US reliance on Chinese tech and companies. Among the first to pass was The Biosecure Act aimed at protecting the US medical supply chain by restricting federal governments from using several Chinese biotech firms within their contracts. A vote is also…
Every week, The Sacramento Bee publishes restaurant inspection reports. This year, Sacramento County health inspectors have identified and shut down numerous local restaurants and markets for severe health infractions including the presence of pests and significant sanitation problems. Numerous facilities received yellow placards signifying critical yet addressable issues, while red placards indicated immediate threats to…