LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday (local time) urged the international community to put “maximum pressure” on Russia, saying that Vladmir Putin’s response to the US-proposed 30-day ceasefire is “not good enough” Speaking at a press conference after the virtual meeting of the “coalition of willing” – a group of Western nations that…
Wounded Russian troops are being sent to North Korean medical facilities, per a Russian official. Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang, Alexander Matsegora, said the deal involved “hundreds” of troops. War analysts said it could give North Korea an opportunity to learn even more from the Ukraine war. Russia is sending soldiers who were wounded in the…
With Hong Kong’s annual budget in the works, we have been reminded of the many serious challenges facing the city. Our deficit is more than double the original forecast and the city’s gross domestic product last year was 2.5 per cent, a lower rate of growth than a forecast just months ago. Whether the worst…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has provided details about his knowledge of a prosecution witness on the seventh day of his oral testimony in his national security trial. Lai, 77, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the 2020 security law, and a third…
The Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong has hit out at a US travel advisory for the city over “slander” related to the national security law, urging Washington to revise its message to avoid hurting ties with the financial hub. The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong voiced its strong opposition…
The Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong has hit out at a US travel advisory for the city over “slander” related to the national security law, urging Washington to revise its message to avoid hurting ties with the financial hub. The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong voiced its strong opposition…