Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once a powerful opposition force in the city’s political landscape, is a step closer to disbanding after nearly all of the members attending an extraordinary meeting authorised the leadership to go ahead with the plan. Chairman Lo Kin-hei said on Sunday that more than 110 people attended the 1½-hour meeting, with…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once a powerful opposition force in the city’s political landscape, is a step closer to disbanding after nearly all of the members attending an extraordinary meeting authorised the leadership to go ahead with the plan. Chairman Lo Kin-hei said on Sunday that more than 110 people attended the 1½-hour meeting, with…
What is the I.C.C.? The I.C.C., established under a 1998 treaty, is the world’s highest criminal court. It has the jurisdiction to investigate and try people for what it describes as “the gravest crimes of concern” to the world: war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. But the court cannot enforce…
Funds for vital health programs around the world remain frozen and their work has not been able to resume, despite a federal judge’s order that temporarily halted the Trump administration’s dismantling of the government’s main foreign aid agency. Interviews with people working on health initiatives in Africa and Asia found that parents in Kenya whose…
Beijing has sanctioned two Canadian institutes and several individuals concerned with Tibet and Xinjiang issues as tensions with Ottawa continue to worsen. The Uygur Rights Advocacy Project, the Canada Tibet Committee and 20 people from the two organisations had been placed on the sanctions list, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Sunday, citing China’s anti-sanctions…