Chinese defector gives Australia details of Beijing espionage: paper
An apparent Chinese intelligence service agent is seeking asylum in Australia after providing details on Beijing’s political interference in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia, the Age newspaper said on Saturday.
Campus siege nears end as Hong Kong gears up for election
A Hong Kong university campus under siege for more than a week was a deserted wasteland on Saturday, with a handful of protesters holed up in hidden refuges across the trashed grounds, as the city’s focus turned to local elections.
All King Bibi’s men: Netanyahu’s inner circle key to criminal cases
Secret recordings, powerful media moguls, illicit gifts of cigars and champagne, betrayals by trusted aides. The three corruption cases against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have all the makings of a political thriller.
Three Colombia police killed in bombing after thousands gather for renewed protests
Three police were killed in a bomb blast late on Friday at a police station in Colombia, after thousands gathered for renewed protests and sporadic looting erupted in the capital Bogota.
Pope departs Thailand for Japan, bringing anti-nuclear message
Pope Francis left Thailand on Saturday after a three-day visit and headed to Japan, where he is to visit the ground zeros of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part of his campaign against nuclear weapons.
Amid singing and dancing, PNG’s Bougainville starts independence vote
Amid singing, dancing and the beat of drums, John Momis, the president of Papua New Guinea’s region of Bougainville, was one of the first to cast his ballot early on Saturday in a referendum on whether to become the world’s newest nation.
University campus siege nears end as Hong Kong gears up for election
A Hong Kong university campus under siege for more than a week was a deserted wasteland on Saturday, with a handful of protesters holed up in hidden refuges across the trashed grounds, as the city’s focus turned to local elections.
Nicaraguan mothers who waged hunger strike in church taken to hospital
A group of nine Nicaraguan mothers whose hunger strike became emblematic of protests roiling the Central American country were transported on Friday to a hospital in stable condition, according to a doctor treating the group and a Reuters witness.
Thousands gather for renewed Colombia protests, curfew called in Bogota
Thousands of Colombians gathered for renewed protests on Friday and sporadic looting erupted in several parts of the capital Bogota, after mass marches on Thursday ended in three deaths.
Cuba acknowledges ‘vestiges’ of racism, launches program to fight it
Cuba’s government has launched a program to combat racism, acknowledging that a problem that Fidel Castro tried to eliminate after the 1959 leftist revolution remains unresolved.
