Xi makes high-stakes power play in move to subdue Hong Kong
For Chinese leader Xi Jinping it is a high-stakes power play. His move to impose tough national security laws on Hong Kong risks reigniting pro-democracy protests that plunged the city into chaos last year, increasing tensions in an already fraught rel…
Portuguese soak up the sun on first state-sanctioned beach weekend
Surfboards, beach buckets and picnic baskets in tow, Portuguese flocked to the ocean in droves on Saturday for their first state-sanctioned beach weekend of the year.
Spain to reopen to international tourism from July: PM Sanchez
Spain will reopen to international tourism from July, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.
Rouhani says Iran to retaliate over any U.S. ‘trouble’ for Venezuela-bound tankers
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned on Saturday of retaliatory measures against the United States if Washington caused problems for tankers carrying Iranian fuel to Venezuela, the semi-official news agency Mehr reported.
Death toll from Pakistan airliner crash 97, black box found
The flight data recorder from the Pakistani airliner that crashed into a residential neighbourhood of Karachi has been found, an official said on Saturday, as the death toll rose to 97.
UK PM Johnson resists calls to sack Cummings over 400 km lockdown drive
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls on Saturday from opposition parties to sack adviser Dominic Cummings after he traveled 400 km (250 miles) to northern England while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms.
Far-right protests erupt in Spain against coronavirus lockdowns
Thousands of cars and motor-bikes honking horns and waving Spanish flags drove in procession through Madrid on Saturday as part of a nationwide protest called by the far-right Vox party against the country’s coronavirus lockdown.
Criticising ‘meddling’, Beijing says HK security laws won’t harm investors
China’s foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong hit back on Saturday at “meddling” countries and said proposed national security laws would not harm the interests of foreign investors in the city.
China could set up Hong Kong intelligence agency under security law -former leader
China’s new national security legislation may be used to establish a domestic intelligence agency in Hong Kong similar to the colonial-era Special Branch, the territory’s former leader, Leung Chun-ying, said on Saturday.
China’s Wuhan says conducted 1,470,950 COVID-19 tests on Friday
The city of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, conducted 1,470,950 nucleic acid tests for the virus on Friday, the local health authority said on Saturday, compared with 1,000,729 tests the previous day.
