NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) – Asian stocks were due to follow an optimistic Wall Street session on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at very low levels, while the US dollar fell to a low of two years. The Fed on Wednesday repeated a promise to use …
Read More »Hong Kong police arrest four under new security law in move closed by rights group
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police have arrested four people aged 16-21 for alleged crimes under the city’s new national security law, the first of those arrests outside of street protests since the legislation entered effective a month ago. Reporters take photos and videos of a police vehicle driving …
Read More »Hong Kong students arrested for the first time under new security law | Hong Kong protests News
Hong Kong Police arrested four people, the youngest at just 16, for alleged crimes under the city’s new national security law, the first arrests outside of street protests since the legislation took effect a month ago. At a press conference shortly before midnight Wednesday, a police spokesman said the three …
Read More »EU watchdog tells UK banks to prepare for full Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Banks using Britain as a gateway to the European Union must fully implement their plans to serve EU customers before the end of the Brexit transition period in December, it said on Wednesday. EU banking watchdog. FILE PHOTO: British Union Jack and EU flags are displayed at …
Read More »Hong Kong students arrested on suspicion of incitement to secession in first police operation under new security law
Four students were reportedly arrested in Hong Kong in the first police operation to enforce China’s new “national security” law. Arrests have previously been made under the new law for banners and slogans displayed in protests. “Three men and a woman, aged 16-21, who claimed to be students, were arrested …
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