Hong Kong’s government said judges should have followed the wishes of the city’s leader and banned a controversial protest song from the internet, raising questions about the future of judicial independence in the financial hub.
The leaders of Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will meet in the central African nation this month for the first trilateral summit on the preservation of the world’s three major tropical forests.
China has accused the British government of failing to meet its diplomatic obligations, after a plan to relocate its embassy to an historic building in east London appeared on the verge of collapse.
Typhoon Khanun made landfall in the southern part of South Korea early Thursday, heading on a path that could bring lashing winds and torrential rains to Seoul and then large parts of North Korea.
Pakistan dissolved the national parliament as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif moves to hand over power to a caretaker government in the leadup to elections while his rival Imran Khan seeks a court review on his jail sentence that’s barring him from contesting in the polls.
China hit back at Canada over accusations it was probably behind a disinformation campaign aimed at a lawmaker who has taken a hard line against Beijing, renewing tensions between the nations.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense shot down two Ukrainian drones bound for Moscow, leading authorities to close briefly two international airports near the capital. Officials in the western Ukrainian region of Rivne reported a drone attack overnight that damaged an oil depot.
Ecuador’s president declared a 60-day state of emergency in the Andean nation after the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, calling it an assault on the country’s democracy.
A populist Thai political party leading efforts to form a government sought to allay central bank concerns that its pre-election pledges of billions of dollars in cash handouts will undermine the nation’s fiscal stability.
The US and Saudi Arabia continue to work on a framework aimed at Saudi recognition of Israel in exchange for US security guarantees for Riyadh — though the Biden administration signaled Wednesday there’s still a long way to go.
