Hong Kong media owner Jimmy Lai jailed for fraud
Apple Daily founder, who recently completed sentence over territory’s pro-democracy protests, convicted in contract dispute involving newspaper offices Hong Kong pro-democracy media owner Jimmy Lai...
Month : December 2022
Economists hail end to zero Covid in China but huge human toll is feared
Low rate of vaccination of elderly and a lack of natural immunity mean country may be in for a bumpy ride Beijing’s abrupt dismantling of...
Peru’s new president swears in her cabinet with anti-corruption pledge
Dina Boluarte, Peru’s first female head of state, seeks to steady nation after turbulent 17-month rule of ousted Pedro Castillo Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte,...
German aid worker freed after kidnapping in Niger four years ago
63-year-old Joerg Lange’s employer, humanitarian organisation Help, did not say how release secured A 63-year-old German aid worker, Joerg Lange, has been freed more than...
Activists appeal for rescue of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea in leaking boat
Vessel thought to have embarked from Bangladesh is reportedly near Malaysia with 160 people onboard who have no food or water Activists have called for...
Guatemala: former president sentenced to 16 years for corruption
Otto Pérez Molina and his vice-president found guilty seven years after they were forced from office but culture of impunity persists A Guatemalan court has...
Alberta ‘sovereignty act’ sets province on collision course with Justin Trudeau
Bill that could allow province to ignore federal laws criticized by constitutional scholars and Indigenous leaders Alberta has passed a controversial “sovereignty act” that could...
Weather tracker: Heatwave sweeps South America as Argentina hits 43C
Weather warnings issued as worshippers brave temperatures to celebrate Catholic holy day A heatwave has hit parts of central South America this week, coinciding with...
Canada: hopes rise for landfill search where Indigenous bodies believed to be buried
Manitoba site pauses operations, raising prospect that search for bodies of Long Plain First Nation women could be possible Operations have paused at a Canadian...
Pakistani journalist’s killing in Kenya ‘a pre-meditated murder’
Fact-finding team sent by Pakistani government finds contradictions in reports on Arshad Sharif’s death A team set up by the Pakistani government to investigate the...
