HONG KONG (Reuters) – Six weeks after China imposed sweeping national security laws in Hong Kong, police cracked down on media tycoon Jimmy Lai, one of Beijing’s most outspoken critics in the city. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is being held under national security law after a Hong Kong police officer …
Read More »
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese air force planes briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait midline on Monday and were tracked down by Taiwanese rockets, the Taiwanese government said as US health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer support to President Donald Trump . Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, the …
Read More »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Monday became the highest-profile detainee under a new national security law, arrested over suspected collusion with foreign troops as scores of police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper. Lai, 71, was one of the most prominent democracy …
Read More »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign troops under the new national security law, his top assistant said on Twitter, in what is the highest-profile arrest still under the law. PHOTO PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder …
Read More »
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Motorcycle gunmen killed six French aid workers, a Nigerian guide and a driver at a wildlife park in Niger on Sunday, officials said. PHILO PHOTO: Men resting on the banks of the Niger River in Niamey, Niger, February 20, 2016. REUTERS / Joe Penney The group was …
Read More »