Several newly elected Hong Kong lawmakers have not fully disclosed their unpaid directorships and those held at subsidiaries, the Post has found, prompting calls from the legislature’s House Committee chairman for greater transparency. Andrew Yao Cho-fai and Lothair Lam Ming-fung were among the Legislative Council newcomers who did not register dozens of unpaid directorships, according…
It’s been three weeks since House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers back to their districts, and Republicans are getting seriously sick of his WFH strategy. During a private conference call with House Republicans Thursday, at least three lawmakers raised concerns about keeping the House out of session after it passed a stopgap funding bill that…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives will make an official trip to China later this month, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing comments from the lawmakers. It would mark the first such official visit by members of the House of Representatives since 2019, NBC News reported. The…
Three Republican House lawmakers have questioned major U.S. technology companies about their safeguards regarding submarine communications cables that may be serviced by Chinese and Russian entities, News.az reports citing Investing. Representatives led by John Moolenaar, who chairs a House panel on China, sent a letter Monday to the chief executives of Alphabet (NASDAQ:), Meta (NASDAQ:),…
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives committee on China on Tuesday sent a letter to the directors of the FBI and national intelligence, renewing its concerns about GenScript Biotechnology’s work with U.S. companies, given its ties to China. In the letter, which was seen by Reuters, committee chair John Moolenaar and ranking…
The number of child sexual abuse cases in Hong Kong has nearly doubled over the past decade, reaching more than 500 last year, with over one in five of the perpetrators aged 16 and below, authorities have said amid a rise in harmful incidents targeting youngsters. Lawmakers on Wednesday called for the government to urgently…
The number of child sexual abuse cases in Hong Kong has nearly doubled over the past decade, reaching more than 500 last year, with over one in five of the perpetrators aged 16 and below, authorities have said amid a rise in harmful incidents targeting youngsters. Lawmakers on Wednesday called for the government to urgently…
Vance Boelter has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, and the FBI says that he visited the homes of multiple other elected officials the night he killed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounded Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife separately. Boelter, 57, is charged with…