EU measures to ‘tighten thumbscrews’ on Belarus
LUXEMBOURG – The European Union (EU) will impose travel bans and asset freezes on 86 Belarusian individuals and companies on Monday and is preparing...
First transgender athlete to compete at Olympics
WELLINGTON – New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard became the first-ever transgender athlete picked to compete at an Olympics, in a controversial decision.
Officials selected her for...
Gaza fire balloons draw renewed Israel air strikes
JERUSALEM – Israel's military carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight on Thursday after Palestinian militants there sent more incendiary balloons into...
UK’s Conservative Party suffers by-election defeat
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered defeat when his Conservative Party lost a parliamentary by-election on the outskirts of this city.
Since its...
HK newspaper increases print fivefold after arrests
HONG KONG – Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily increased its print run more than fivefold to 500,000 copies as residents lined up Friday...
First crew blasts off to new China space station
BEIJING – China has launched three astronauts into orbit to begin occupation of the country's new space station.
The three men – Nie Haisheng, Liu...
Apple Daily newsroom raided by 500 HK police
HONG KONG – Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters’ computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first...
‘North Korea faces food shortages’
PYONGYANG – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has formally acknowledged that his country is facing food shortages.
Addressing a meeting of senior leaders, Kim said:...
‘Record number’ of China jets in Taiwan’s air zone
TAIPEI – Some 28 Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan's air defense zone on Tuesday which is the largest reported incursion so far, according...
‘Nuclear deal must await new Iran gov’t’
MILAN – Reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear accord will have to await the formation of a new Iranian government, the head of the United...