Hong Kong’s security minister has said the city currently faces four primary risks to its national security, with soft resistance being one of the most significant threats. Speaking on a radio programme on Saturday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also said the police national security hotline had drawn 1.1 million reports since its inception…
The new head of the International Bar Association (IBA) has said that the organisation will speak out if unjustified and illegal sanctions are imposed on legal professionals in Hong Kong. The remarks from IBA president Claudio Visco came during his visit to attend the ceremonial opening of the legal year on Monday, following calls from…
Welcoming it back into the world economy will make money for American investors and stabilize Moscow’s relationships with Ukraine and Europe, according to their public comments and people familiar with their thinking. They aren’t the first U.S. business people to view Russia as a land of bounty—nor the first to advocate for peace through profits….
On December 15, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was found guilty on two charges of conspiring to collude with external forces and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious materials by the High Court of Hong Kong. The verdict was welcomed in the city and, as expected, prompted another round of outcries from some Western countries. As…
The Valera vessel, which loaded a shipment from Gazprom PJSC’s Portovaya facility on the Baltic Sea, arrived at the Beihai import terminal in China today. (Gazprom pic) MOSCOW: A Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility delivered its first shipment to China since being sanctioned by the US in January, the latest sign of increased…
President Vladimir Putin has often proclaimed that Russia must lead the world in artificial intelligence. In reality, the country is stuck on the sidelines as others pull ahead. PREMIUM Russian President Vladimir Putin, in red tie, at an AI forum in Moscow with Sberbank CEO Herman Gref. The state-owned lender leads Russia’s AI efforts. As…
US President Donald Trump hinted at supporting the proposed Senate legislation to sanction countries conducting business with Russia, as he said that such a measure would be “okay with me,” amid a long-running push to cut Moscow’s access to funding. “The Republicans are putting in legislation that is very tough, sanctioning, etcetera, on any country…
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans are working on legislation that will impose sanctions on any country doing business with Russia. Newsweek contacted the Kremlin for comment by email outside of office hours. Why It Matters Trump has positioned himself as a “peacemaker,” determined to add the war in Ukraine to his list…
China announced on Monday that it would suspend sanctions against the US subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean, one of South Korea’s largest shipbuilding giants, as part of a fragile truce in the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China, News.Az reports, citing foreign media. The sanctions, which had been imposed in October, targeted five US-based…
US President Donald Trump said he may discuss a decline in Chinese purchases of Russian oil with Xi Jinping following US sanctions on two major oil companies and expressed disappointment with Vladimir Putin over his conduct of the war in Ukraine. Trump, speaking to reporters en route to Asia to meet world leaders, including Xi,…