Hong Kong’s largest national security trial will draw to a close on Tuesday, with dozens of the city’s most prominent democracy campaigners set to be sentenced for subversion, a charge which can carry up to life imprisonment.Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the financial hub in 2020, snuffing out months of massive, sometimes …
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The Kremlin accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of escalating the war in Ukraine, promising to respond to his decision to allow Kyiv to use long-range missiles supplied by Washington to strike targets inside Russia.Biden, who in January hands over the White House to Donald Trump, a sceptic of US support for Ukraine, urged …
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Dozens of suspects went on trial in Istanbul Monday over the deaths of at least 10 babies as part of a vast social security fraud scheme in Turkey’s worst health scandal in years. As the trial of the so-called “newborn baby gang” opened, the courtroom on the European side of Istanbul was packed with family members …
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The Kremlin accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of escalating the war in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use long-range missiles supplied by Washington to strike targets inside Russia.The comments came as Moscow unleashed a second missile attack in as many days on the UNESCO-listed Ukrainian city of Odesa on the Black Sea, killing …
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Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Monday the world faces “a new period of major changes” as G20 leaders met in Brazil two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House.US President Joe Biden was attending his last summit of the world’s leading economies, but as a lame duck eclipsed by Xi who has cast himself …
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The UN’s climate chief told countries at the deadlocked COP29 summit on Monday to “cut the theatrics” as pressure mounts on G20 leaders to deliver a breakthrough.As the UN climate talks limp into a second week in Azerbaijan, the world is no closer to a finance deal for poorer countries that will determine the success …
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Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after rare strikes on central districts of the Lebanese capital killed six people including Hezbollah’s spokesman, the latest senior figure slain by Israel.Israel escalated its bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds in late September, vowing to secure its northern border with Lebanon to allow Israelis displaced by cross-border fire to …
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G20 leaders began arriving for a summit in Brazil on Monday to try reignite deadlocked climate talks and overcome their differences on the Middle East and Ukraine wars ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.US President Joe Biden will attend his last summit of the world’s leading economies, but as a lame duck …
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The Kremlin accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of escalating the war in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use long-range missiles supplied by Washington to strike targets inside Russia.The comments from Moscow came as Ukraine said a fresh Russian strike on the Black Sea port city of Odesa had killed at least eight people …
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Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital killed six people including Hezbollah’s spokesman, the latest in a string of top militant targets slain in the war.Israel escalated its bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds in late September, vowing to secure its northern border with Lebanon to allow Israelis displaced by …
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