Hong Kong leader says China to offer economic support to embattled city
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday she had briefed China’s leader Xi Jinping on the city’s protests, and said China would continue to support and offer favorable economic policies for the financial hub.
China’s Xi vows support for Hong Kong leader during ‘most difficult’ time
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered his support for Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Monday, praising her courage in governing the Chinese-ruled financial hub in these “most difficult” times after months of often violent anti-government protests.
France pensions reform tsar resigns: source
The French government’s High Commissioner for Pensions Jean-Paul Delevoye has resigned, a source close to him said on Monday.
UK Brexit laws to be put before parliament on Friday
The laws needed to enact Britain’s exit from the European Union will be put before parliament on Friday, Prime Minster Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Monday.
Burglars nab jewelry worth $64 million from British celeb Tamara Ecclestone
Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, has had an estimated 50 million pounds ($64 million)-worth of jewelry stolen from her home on a London street known as Billionaire Row.
Qatar FM says early talks with Saudi Arabia have broken stalemate
Qatar’s foreign minister said recent talks have broken a protracted stalemate with Saudi Arabia and that Doha would study demands by its Gulf rivals but not turn its back on ally Turkey.
Indian court finds lawmaker from Modi’s party guilty of rape
An Indian court found a former state lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party guilty on Monday of raping a teenager, the politician’s lawyer said, in a high profile case that had helped fuel public anger over sexual violence against women.
Arsenal kit still on sale in China despite Ozil Uighur backlash
Stores in China said on Monday they were still selling Arsenal kit even after Mesut Ozil’s Uighur comments, in a sign the soccer club may not be as heavily punished commercially as the National Basketball Association was over a pro-Hong Kong tweet.
Turkish drone lands on Turkish Cyprus for energy exploration: official
A Turkish drone meant to help seek hydrocarbons in the eastern Mediterranean landed at an airport on the divided island of Cyprus on Monday, a Turkish official said, in a move that could further stoke tensions between Turkey and Greece.
China says Arsenal’s Ozil ‘deceived by fake news’ after Uighur comments
China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil “had been completely deceived by fake news and false statements” after the midfielder criticized the country’s policy toward its Muslim Uighur minority.
