Vienna’s Hotel Sacher turns suites into pop-up restaurants
Secret love affairs, tricky business deals and political negotiations – Vienna’s opulent five-star Hotel Sacher has been a popular spot for delicate missions since it opened in 1876.
Hong Kong media tycoon vows to stay and ‘fight’ China, backs U.S. pressure
Embattled Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai – one of the financial hub’s most prominent democracy activists – said on Friday he would fight till the last against Beijing’s imposition of national security laws and keep publishing.
Twitter hides Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’
Twitter hid a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump behind a warning for the first time on Friday, accusing him of breaking its rules by “glorifying violence” in a message that said looters at protests in Minneapolis would be shot.
Ethiopian security forces committed 39 extrajudicial killings: Amnesty
Ethiopian security forces in the Oromiya region have executed 39 opposition supporters and arrested thousands of others accused of being members of an armed group, Amnesty International said on Friday.
Taiwan decriminalises adultery in landmark ruling
Taiwan’s constitutional court on Friday decriminalised adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding personal rights and privacy, scrapping a law that activists said discriminated against women.
No call between Trump and India’s Modi on China border tension: official source
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump about the south Asian nation’s military standoff with China, a government source said on Friday, after Trump suggested Modi was upset about border tension.
EU seeks tougher China policy ahead of possible summits
European Union foreign ministers sought to toughen their strategy on China on Friday to counter Beijing’s increasingly assertive diplomacy and accelerate efforts to end unfettered access for Chinese business in Europe.
Malaysia reports 103 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Malaysia reported 103 cases of new coronavirus infections on Friday, mostly involving foreigners, the health ministry said, raising the country’s cumulative total to 7,732 cases.
Indonesia reports 678 new coronavirus cases, 24 deaths
Indonesia reported on Friday 678 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 25,216, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto.
Twitter attaches disclaimer to Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’
Twitter hid a tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday and accused him of breaking its rules by “glorifying violence”, after he tweeted that looters at protests in Minneapolis would be shot.
