Hong Kong’s Best Mart 360 to keep stores open despite attacks
Best Mart 360’s chairman said on Monday he would keep every one of the popular Hong Kong snack food chain’s stores open, despite them being repeatedly damaged during anti-government protests.
WikiLeaks founder Assange has unsuitable computer in jail, court told
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is struggling to prepare for his case fighting extradition to the United States because he has been given an unsuitable computer in prison, his lawyer told a British court on Monday.
Police round up students in India’s capital as fee protests grow
Indian police said they briefly detained around 50 students in New Delhi on Monday as protests against proposed fee hikes at a prestigious public university entered a second week and degenerated into clashes.
Lebanese broadcaster LBCI: banks will return to work on Tuesday
Banks in Lebanon will reopen on Tuesday after a week-long closure, local broadcaster LBCI reported on Monday, following a bank employee union’s revision of new security measures.
British PM Johnson steers clear of Prince Andrew scandal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused on Monday to get dragged into a scandal surrounding Prince Andrew, who has faced a backlash after an interview in which he denied having sex with a teenage girl and spoke of his relationship with U.S. financ…
China attacks Western reporting on Xinjiang as ‘pure fabrication’
China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom on Monday dismissed reporting by Western media on the Chinese government’s policies in Xinjiang as “pure fabrication” and “fake news”.
Protesters block Iraq port as strikes take hold
Protesters blocked entry to Iraq’s main commodities port again on Monday while schools and government offices in many southern cities were shut in response to calls for a general strike.
Belarus election did not comply with democratic standards: international observers
The parliamentary election in Belarus at the weekend did not comply with democratic standards and was marred by curbs on fundamental freedoms and concerns over procedural integrity, international observers said on Monday.
Maldives lawmakers dismiss Chief Justice and senior judge
Maldives lawmakers voted on Monday to dismiss the Chief Justice and a Supreme Court judge – a move the government said was part of an overhaul of the judiciary, but the opposition branded an attack on the independence of the courts.
China accuses Britain of taking sides in Hong Kong protests
China’s ambassador to London on Monday accused the British government of taking sides in the Hong Kong protests by criticising the police and government.
