By Leo Sands BBC News The UK has announced that two of its Supreme Court judges will no longer be sitting on Hong Kong’s top court. The judges said the threat to civil liberties had made their role on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal untenable. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has responded with […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Arun Bakshi as an awardee of National & Global Awards, organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). “Arun Bakshi is an Indian film singer who has sung in numerous Bollywood films” https://journalist-association-of -india.business.site/ H K Sethi: Journalist […]
By Faisal Islam Economics editor Russia-Ukraine war The world’s biggest companies “have a choice to make” whether to do business in Russia or in Western allied nations, a top US politician has told the BBC. Wally Adeyemo, the US Deputy Treasury Secretary, said firms could “choose to help Russia” in its invasion of Ukraine […]
By Frances Mao BBC News, Sydney Late last week, a proposed security treaty between China and a tiny chain of islands in the Pacific sent shock waves across the ocean. The leaked draft signalled that China could deploy troops to the Solomon Islands – and potentially establish a naval base there. Nowhere was […]
By Anthony Zurcher North America reporter US Capitol stormed Official White House logs from 6 January, 2021 – the day the US Capitol was breached by a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters – show a seven hour and 37-minute gap in presidential phone activity while the assault was at its height. The bipartisan congressional […]
Russia-Ukraine war Russia has announced it will “drastically reduce” military combat operations in two key areas of Ukraine “to boost mutual trust” in peace talks. The decision to scale back operations around the capital, Kyiv, and the northern city of Chernihiv is the first sign of tangible progress in talks since Russia invaded on […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Arun Bakshi as an awardee of National & Global Awards, organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). “Arun Bakshi is an Indian film singer who has sung in numerous Bollywood films” https://journalist-association-of -india.business.site/ H K Sethi: Journalist […]
By Shruti Menon BBC Reality Check Russia-Ukraine war Russia is seeking new markets for its oil exports as Western sanctions tighten – and India has been taking advantage of discounted prices to ramp up imports from the country. The US has said that although these oil imports do not violate sanctions, “support for […]
By David Brown BBC News French elections 2022 Voters in France go to the polls in April to elect a president for the next five years. The election is likely to go to two rounds. Emmanuel Macron, the current president, is aiming to win a second term. The candidates There are 12 candidates, eight men and […]
Analysis Shingai Nyoka BBC News, Harare Zimbabwe’s opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change has won 19 out of 28 parliamentary seats in Saturday’s by-elections. The ruling Zanu-PF party won the remaining nine, seizing two opposition seats. Both parties are describing the results as wins. It’s particularly symbolic for the CCC though, whose leader described […]
