A major tech conference scheduled to take place in Hong Kong in March has been cancelled and will return in 2023, organisers said Thursday, in a fresh blow to an international business hub that has embraced China’s “zero-Covid” strategy. The annual RISE Conference brings together CEOs, startups and investors and has been held in Hong …
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The West and its allies need to be united against authoritarianism, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Saturday, as she hosted G7 counterparts with concern about threats from Russia and China. The two-day gathering of foreign ministers from the world’s richest nations in Liverpool, northwest England, is the last in-person gathering of Britain’s year-long …
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A senior Chinese diplomat called on Ottawa Tuesday to ignore national security risks that had been “invented” by the United States concerning telecoms giant Huawei, as Canada weighs the company’s possible exclusion from its 5G mobile networks rollout. The idea that the company is a threat to national security “is invented by the United States” …
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Pope Francis on Sunday returned to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, calling the neglect of migrants the “shipwreck of civilisation”. The pope has long championed the cause of migrants and his visit comes a day after he delivered a stinging rebuke to Europe which he said was “torn …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called for direct talks with Moscow as tensions mounted over claims that Russia is laying the groundwork for an invasion. Zelensky’s call came as NATO looks to counter what it says is a build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine, with US diplomatic chief Antony Blinken set …
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Prince Charles’ office dismissed Monday claims that he was the unnamed British royal who made racist comments about the potential skin colour of his grandson. In an explosive March interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey, Charles’ youngest son Prince Harry and his wife Meghan said an unnamed royal asked how dark their unborn …
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Cuban opposition group Archipelago on Tuesday hit out at the government’s “repression” of a planned protest and called on its supporters to keep demonstrating for another 10 days. A planned protest on Monday was thwarted as opposition leaders were detained and security forces flooded the streets to prevent people from gathering. Archipelago blasted “the extreme …
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi said he was unhurt and appealed for “calm and restraint” after a drone attack on his residence early Sunday heightened political tensions in the war-scarred country. The attack in Baghdad’s Green Zone was the first to target the residence of Kadhemi, who has been in power since May 2020. It …
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi said he was unhurt and appealed for “calm and restraint” after a drone attack on his residence early Sunday that heightened political tensions in the war-scarred country. The attack in Baghdad’s Green Zone was the first to target the residence of Kadhemi, who has been in power since May 2020. …
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi said he was unhurt and appealed for “calm and restraint” after a drone attack on his residence early Sunday as political tensions mounted in the country. The attack in Baghdad’s Green Zone was the first to target the residence of Kadhemi, who has been in power since May 2020, and …
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