China to ‘perfect’ HK system as water cannon breaks up Guy Fawkes protest
The Chinese Communist Party said on Tuesday it would “perfect” the system for choosing the leader of Hong Kong after months of anti-government protests, as police in the ex-British colony fired water cannon to break up a Guy Fawkes-themed march.
Abu Dhabi groups UAE defense firms under one roof to cut costs
Abu Dhabi plans to group more than 25 state-owned and private entities in the UAE defense sector, with combined annual revenues of $5 billion, into a single defense company.
Iran bans cooperation with British Council, warns of prosecution
Iran’s intelligence ministry on Tuesday said any cooperation with the British Council was banned and would result in prosecution, the ministry’s website reported.
Labour’s Corbyn brands UK PM Johnson’s Brexit plans ‘Thatcherism on steroids’
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday of seeking to hijack Brexit to unleash a Thatcherite bonfire of regulation that would usher in what he cast as a much harsher brand of American-style capitalism.
Hong Kong police fire water cannon at Guy Fawkes protesters
Hong Kong police fired water cannon at protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks and crowding the tourist streets of Tsim Sha Tsui where at least one restaurant was vandalized.
U.S. ingenuity can tackle climate threat, fossil energy chief says
The United States can tackle threats to the climate through technological advances as fossil fuels will remain a priority for the U.S. government and business, the assistant secretary for fossil energy said on Tuesday.
Malaysia detains two Cambodian dissidents en-route to Thailand
Malaysian authorities have detained two Cambodian opposition activists while they were waiting to board a flight to Thailand in what is seen as part of a crackdown on exiled dissidents in Southeast Asia, rights groups said on Tuesday,
Iran further violates 2015 deal by injecting gas into Fordow centrifuges
Iran will start injecting gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordow enrichment facility, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, complicating European efforts to salvage the country’s 2015 nuclear deal.
‘Richer will get more’: Poorer states say EU spending proposals unfair
The European Union’s eastern and southern countries on Tuesday rejected efforts to cap aid they receive from the EU budget and attach conditions, fearing “the poorer will get less and the richer will get more”.
At least 13 killed as Iraq resumes live gunfire against protesters
Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 13 protesters in the past 24 hours, abandoning weeks of comparative restraint to unleash live gunfire in a bid to crush demonstrations against the political parties that control the government.
