Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s guilty verdict in the former media boss’ landmark national security trial in Hong Kong has become a political flashpoint between China and its Western opponents, as they demand his immediate release while Beijing strongly rejects their interference. But while the High Court’s ruling on Monday could send the businessman-turned-opposition activist to jail…
As sure as night follows day, you can always count on the big Western media outlets to politicise anything bad that happens in Hong Kong or on the mainland. So with the horrific Tai Po fire, you can be sure those platforms will go to town with that approach. The real cause of the fatal…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit China at the end of January, Sky News reported on Thursday, in what would be the first visit to the country by a British leader in seven years. Starmer’s Labour government has made improved relations with Beijing a priority as it seeks foreign investment to make good on…
London — Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland. Defense Secretary John Healey said the Russian vessel had directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring its activities. “This…
MARGARET THATCHER worried a lot about Britain’s reputation. “As I travel the world”, she said in a fiery speech in 1976, three years before she became prime minister, “I find people asking again and again: ‘What has happened to Britain?’” Britain held the undisputed title as “sick man of Europe”, crippled by industrial unrest, sky-high…
LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. ambassador to London on Wednesday attacked Britain’s approach to nuclear power in an unusually strong criticism on the eve of an expected decision on the development of a site in north Wales. Britain is expected on Thursday to announce its first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power station will be located…
US has launched lethal strikes against boats in the Carribean in September, killing 76 people. The United Kingdom has stopped sharing intelligence with the United States about suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, amid concerns that the information could be used to support US military strikes that London believes are unlawful, the CNN has reported….
Published on Nov 02, 2025 10:33 am IST At least 9 people were hospitalized, nine with life-threatening injuries, following a mass stabbing incident on a train in Cambridgeshire, England on Nov 1. The attack occurred on a London-bound train headed to Huntingdon, prompting a major emergency response and the arrest of two suspects. Counterterrorism officers…
China topped the world in knowledge and technology outputs this year in a leading innovation index, driven in large part by its scientific productivity, patent applications and hi-tech exports. Despite its strong showing in sci-tech output, China came in 10th overall in the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo)’s annual Global Innovation Index (GII) released last…
As China’s leadership meets this week to chart a policy course for the 15th five-year plan – China’s development blueprint for the rest of the decade – events that unfolded more than 70 years ago are echoing again. The growing external challenges of today have similarities to those the country faced in the 1950s –…