Chinese courts are systematically weaponizing vague national security and public order laws to silence human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today in a new report exposing the judiciary’s central role in sustaining the Beijing authorities’ crackdown on fundamental freedoms. The research briefing, How could this verdict be ‘legal’?, published on China’s National Day, analyses more…
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More affluent buyers are likely to snap up luxury homes in Hong Kong in the coming months, according to agents, as the city’s booming stock market and government policies that attract well-heeled investors boost the outlook for the high-end property segment. “Some ultra-wealthy buyers have earned substantial profits from the stock market over the past…
The prime minister says he’s “concerned” by reports that China has banned iron ore imports from mining giant BHP in the midst of a pricing dispute, saying he wants the issue resolved “quickly”. Bloomberg reported yesterday that China’s state iron ore buyer had ordered steelmakers to pause purchases of iron ore shipments from the company…
By Melanie Burton and Renju Jose MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday he was concerned about a report that China’s state iron ore buyer had taken steps to pause purchases of iron ore cargoes from miner BHP. Bloomberg News, citing people familiar with the matter, reported on Tuesday that state-owned China…
ORANGE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – For nearly three decades, Cameron Gibson and his father have farmed the same plot of land in Orange County. 1,400 acres of which, Gibson said, grow soybeans. Throughout his career, Gibson said, he has weathered many storms in the agriculture business. Now, farmers like Gibson face the challenge of uncertainty…
An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 31 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power, officials said. The epicenter of the earthquake, which was set off by…
Biomap, a biotechnology start-up co-established by Baidu founder Robin Li Yanhong and backed by the Hong Kong government, says it has surpassed Alphabet subsidiary AlphaFold in commercialising artificial intelligence foundation models for drug discovery. Multinational pharmaceutical companies were seeing a “reverse” in the technological gap between Biomap and AlphaFold, Wei Liu, co-founder and CEO of…
A professor at Michigan State University says he’s concerned the rapid loss of market share to South America could impact the future of U.S. soybean exports. David Ortega says China still has not made any new crop soybean purchases for the current marketing year. “China likes stability when it comes to trade policy,” he says….
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Classes were canceled or moved online this week in more than half of the departments at Mexico ’s National Autonomous University over security concerns following the recent killing of a student at a university feeder school and a spate of threats. The rector of the country’s leading university committed Tuesday to…