Chinese ‘rumors’ and ‘cyber armies’ – Taiwan fights election ‘fake news’
Taiwan is ramping up efforts ahead of a Jan. 11 election to combat fake news and disinformation that the government says China is bombarding the island with to undermine its democracy.
U.S. Congress pressures Trump to renew Russia arms control pact
U.S. lawmakers of both parties are pressuring the White House to extend the last remaining restraints on U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons deployments by demanding intelligence assessments on the costs of allowing the New START treaty to lapse.
In Australia’s outback town of Oodnadatta, it is just another very hot day
An outback town near Australia’s red-hot center barely paused on Wednesday for a heat wave that is gripping the country, fueling fires and prompting widespread health warnings as heat records get set to tumble.
Chinese leader Xi visits gambling hub Macau as nearby Hong Kong seethes
China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Macau on Wednesday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its handover to China, and is expected to announce economic perks as a reward for its stability and loyalty as protests rock nearby Hong Kong.
European rights watchdog: Greece needs to do more to counter bribery
Greece has toughened laws against bribery offences but more work is needed to restore the ability of its criminal justice system to counter corruption, Europe’s main rights watchdog said on Tuesday.
U.S. envoy for North Korea Biegun to visit China this week: State Department
U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun will visit Beijing on Thursday and Friday, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
Keir Starmer ‘seriously considering’ running for UK Labour leadership: Guardian
British Labour Party’s Keir Starmer is “seriously considering” running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as the party’s leader, the Guardian reported http://bit.ly/2M8B1cS on Tuesday.
Trudeau government planned ‘no conspiracy’ to get oil pipeline built: attorney
The Canadian government tried its best to consult indigenous groups about plans to expand its oil pipeline and undertook “no conspiracy” to ram it through the approval stage, a federal lawyer said in court on Tuesday.
Slain student caught in ‘web’ spun by Egyptian security services: Italian prosecutors
Giulio Regeni, an Italian student tortured and murdered in Cairo in 2016, was ensnared in a “spider’s web” spun by the Egyptian security services in the weeks leading up to his death, Rome prosecutors said on Tuesday.
No bond for former-Mexican official charged with bribery linked to Sinaloa cartel
A U.S. judge has ordered a former Mexican government official responsible for public security to remain held without bond on charges he accepted millions of dollars in bribes to help the Sinaloa drug cartel once run by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman operate…
