Protesters in Hong Kong have vowed to push ahead with a rally on Sunday, despite the government’s decision to suspend its controversial bill to allow extradition to mainland China. Protest leaders urged Chief Executive Carrie Lam to resign and permanently scrap the plan. The proposed bill led to mass demonstrations and sparked some of the […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will impose higher retaliatory tariffs on 28 U.S. products including almonds, apples and walnuts from Sunday, following Washington’s withdrawal of key trade privileges for New Delhi. The new duties take effect from Sunday, a government notificatihere;jsessionid=05BB93EF9871E631DCA5475F5330BC4E said, in the latest trade row since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in […]
HONG KONG — Before the mass street protests, the tear gas and the clashes with the police, before the government went all out for legislation that could threaten Hong Kong’s special status in China, and then abruptly backed down, a pregnant young woman went on a romantic getaway to Taiwan. Poon Hiu-wing, 20, never returned […]
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian retail veteran Michael Klein and his family on Friday gained control of appliance retailer Via Varejo SA from retailer GPA SA in an auction. Klein bought a smaller than anticipated additional stake in the company, but other investors pitched in and GPA ended by selling its entire stake at a […]
TAIPEI (DPA) – The Taiwan government on Saturday (June 15) said Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s use of Taiwan as an excuse to suspend a controversial extradition Bill is unacceptable. “Blaming Taiwan is immoral, shameful and unacceptable. Embrace democracy and stand on the right side of history!” Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu tweeted late Saturday. […]
HONG KONG – A pro-democracy coalition in Hong Kong said a protest march will continue on Sunday (June 16) in spite of the suspension of a divisive extradition Bill. Following large-scale protests across the city this week, which saw police firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announced at a […]
SINGAPORE – The police are investigating 80 people who are believed to have scammed victims of over $150,400. In a statement on Saturday (June 15), the police said that officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and seven police divisions conducted a five-day enforcement operation that ended on Friday. They said that 53 men and 27 […]
MANILA – It was midnight on June 9. Mr Junel Insigne had already claimed his small corner on the 14-tonne, wooden outrigger boat that had taken him and his crew of 21 fishermen more than 150km from their seaside town in Occidental Mindoro province, in the Philippines. As he began to doze off, he heard […]
NEW DELHI (AFP) – India has decided to raise tariffs on imports of 29 goods from the United States after having deferred the move several times since announcing it last year, media reported Saturday (June 15). The government had said last June it would raise import taxes on a slew of US goods including almonds […]
HONG Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam has said she will suspend a proposed extradition bill indefinitely. Ms Lam said in a press conference that she took the decision in response to widespread public unhappiness over the measure, which would enable authorities to send some suspects to stand trial in mainland China. Many in the former […]