Taiwan warns of counter measures if new Hong Kong law causes ‘damage’
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-gwen on Tuesday warned of "counter measures" should a sweeping security law China…
6 years ago
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TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong after new security law
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- The wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok will no longer work in Hong Kong, its…
6 years ago
Malawi’s new president inaugurated, calls for national sacrifice
LILONGWE, Malawi (AFP) -- Malawi's new president Lazarus Chakwera called for national sacrifice to transform his country as he was…
6 years ago
China clashes with US over new Hong Kong security law
by Jerome TAYLOR HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- China promised Thursday to take "strong countermeasures" if the US presses ahead…
6 years ago
Mexican police arrest 3 over rehab center attack that left 27 dead
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican police have arrested three men over a bloody gun attack on a drug rehabilitation…
6 years ago
New French PM to unveil reshuffled cabinet
by Laurence BENHAMOU and Stuart WILLIAMS PARIS, France (AFP) -- France's new Prime Minister Jean Castex was on Monday expected…
6 years ago
China vows ‘corresponding measures’ if UK extends HK citizenship plan: embassy
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- China warned Britain on Thursday it could retaliate with "corresponding measures" for London's decision to…
6 years ago
Canada warns citizens new HK law poses risk of ‘arbitrary detention’
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada warned its citizens in Hong Kong on Wednesday that they faced a higher risk of…
6 years ago
Japan begins charging for plastic bags
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Retailers in Japan began charging for plastic bags Wednesday, a move aimed at curbing Japanese consumers'…
6 years ago
Jailed ex-Kyrgyz leader ‘hospitalized with pneumonia’
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) -- Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan's former president Almazbek Atambayev has been hospitalized with pneumonia but tested negative for the…
6 years ago
China passes feared Hong Kong security law
by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- China passed a sweeping national security law for Hong…
6 years ago
Maduro gives EU ambassador 72 hours to leave Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Monday gave the head of the European Union mission in Caracas,…
6 years ago
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