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Hong Kong proceeds with Jimmy Lai trial despite medical emergency and Trump pressure
Hong Kong, Aug 18 — Hong Kong prosecutors on Monday began closing arguments in the trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, saying the septuagenarian was fit to attend hearings after an adjournment last week to equip him with a
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Myanmar junta schedules election amid opposition boycott, international criticism
YANGON, Aug 18 — Myanmar’s junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a
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New Zealand soldier convicted in historic first espionage case amid Christchurch massacre links
WELLINGTON, Aug 18 — A military court found a New Zealand soldier guilty of attempted espionage for a foreign power on Monday — the first spying conviction in the country’s history. The soldier was caught offering to pass military base
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European leaders rush to Washington in urgent bid to save Ukraine from territorial losses
LONDON, Aug 18 — European leaders will join Volodymyr Zelenskiy to meet Donald Trump in Washington, they said on Sunday, seeking to shore up Zelenskiy’s position as the US president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace deal to end
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Syrian president says unifying country ‘should not be with blood’
DAMASCUS, Aug 17 — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said the battle to unify his country after years of civil war “should not be with blood”, rejecting any partition and accusing Israel of meddling in the south. His remarks, released
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Northern China flash flood kills eight
BEIJING, Aug 17 — At least eight people have died in a flash flood in northern China, state media reported today, with four others still missing, as the East Asian monsoon continues to unleash atmospheric chaos across the world’s second-largest
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Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of Ukraine, urges Kyiv to make a deal
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 — President Donald Trump said yesterday that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not”, after a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to
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Canadian government moves to end Air Canada strike, seeks binding arbitration
OTTAWA, Aug 17 —The Canadian government today today to end a strike by Air Canada’s cabin crews and require binding arbitration to break their contract impasse, an action that the country’s largest carrier had sought but unionised flight attendants fiercely
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Assassins in Alaska? From fake flags to fictional snipers, disinformation frenzy clouds Trump-Putin summit
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 — From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin
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Japan marks WWII defeat as minister visits contentious Yasukuni Shrine
TOKYO, Aug 15 — Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands of visitors at a shrine that Japan’s Asian neighbours view as a symbol of its
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