The top U.S. general in Europe told Congress on Wednesday that Ukraine will run out of artillery shells and air defense interceptors "in fairly short order" without U.S. support, leaving them vulnerable to a partial or total defeat. In a sign of how scarce some weapons were, General Christopher Cavoli,
Commissioner’s office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong says advisories defame city’s national security laws and tarnish human rights situation in city.
The Hong Kong government will step up national security education through activities organised by disciplinary forces, schools and community groups, Chief Secretary Eric Chan has said, as he warned the city to be cautious about “soft resistance.” Challenges to national security in Hong Kong were “constantly changing,” and “anti-China forces” would not “give up easily,” […]
Academic freedom in Hong Kong experienced a “substantial” decline between 2013 and 2023, a study which reviewed research freedom, institutional autonomy and other indicators in more than 170 countries and regions has found. Hong Kong ranked in the bottom 10 to 20 per cent among 179 countries and regions in the latest Academic Freedom Index […]
The Hong Kong government has neither invested in nor offered “additional policy benefits or financial support” to any family offices, a spokesperson has said, after news that a Dubai sheikh planned to set up a family office in the city triggered suspicion surrounding his identity and source of wealth. Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al […]
"While its growth has slowed in recent years, China is likely to expand at twice the rate of the United States in the years ahead."
Hong Kong has a “bright future” after the enactment of a new national security law, Beijing’s top man on the city’s affairs has said, as he hit back at criticism of the law. Xia Baolong, the director of Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO), on Monday hailed the recent legislation of the new […]
After Iran's attack on Israel was stopped with major help from the U.S. and other allies, Netanyahu has to heed them going forward.
PANMUNJOM, South Korea — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged Russia and China on Tuesday to reverse course, and stop rewarding North Korea’s bad behavior and blocking U.N. scrutiny of the isolated country’s efforts to evade sanctions over its weapons programs. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the remarks during a visit to the Demilitarized Zone, a heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, which remain technically at war. Her trip to South Korea came after Russia...
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HONG KONG — A representative of Reporters Without Borders was deported from Hong Kong upon arrival Wednesday, the advocacy group said, in what it called a “new decline” in press freedom in the Chinese territory. Aleksandra Bielakowska, an advocacy officer for Reporters Without Borders who is based in Taiwan, was detained for six hours at Hong Kong International Airport, the Paris-based group said in a statement. She was questioned and her belongings were searched three times before she was...
At least six of the injured were in serious condition, the hospital authority said, with one critical