HONG KONG (Reuters) – As soon as Hong Kong’s new national security law went into effect last week, Ivan Ng removed all protest-themed paintings, posters and flags from the list of items for sale at his print shop. Onestep. FILE PHOTO: Memo documents with protest slogans are seen outside a …
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Filipino lawyer groups and a senior congressman on Monday called on the Supreme Court to overturn the president’s controversial new anti-terrorism law, or parts of it, calling it unconstitutional for infringing on civil liberties. Three petitions filed by opposition Congressman Edcel Lagman and two groups of lawyers also called for …
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NEW DELHI / MUMBAI (Reuters) – India overtook Russia on Monday to register the world’s third-highest number of coronavirus infections at nearly 700,000, even as its worst-hit state said it will allow hotels to reopen this week. A healthcare worker wearing protective equipment transfers a resident’s blood sample to a …
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BERLIN / FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested the head of a Dubai-based Wirecard subsidiary, widening the circle of suspects in a multi-million dollar fraud investigation into the collapse of the payment company. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are conducting drills in the disputed South China Sea in full view of Chinese naval vessels seen near the flotilla, the commander of one of the aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz. FILE PHOTO: Sailors drive the rails as the USS Nimitz aircraft …
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