NBA Rockets general manager apologizes for Hong Kong protest tweet
The general manager of the Houston Rockets basketball team apologized on Monday for a tweet in support of Hong Kong protests, saying he did not intend to offend fans of the NBA team in China.
Hong Kong metro partially reopens, city struggles after violent weekend
Hong Kong struggled to recover on Monday, with the metro only partially functioning and infrastructure extensively damaged, after scores of protesters were arrested in violent clashes overnight that drew the first warning from the Chinese military.
North Korea fishing boat, Japan patrol boat collide in Sea of Japan: Coast Guard
A Japanese patrol boat and a large North Korean fishing vessel collided, flooding the latter and leaving about 20 of its crew adrift in the Sea of Japan, Japan’s Coast Guard said on Monday.
Malaysia probing 80 individuals, companies in 1MDB case: anti-graft chief
Malaysia has begun investigating about 80 individuals and entities for allegedly receiving money from 1MDB, which is under scrutiny for corruption and money laundering, the country’s anti-graft chief said on Monday.
Portugal’s ruling Socialists win election but fall short of outright majority
Portugal’s ruling Socialists won Sunday’s parliamentary election but fell short of an outright majority, meaning Prime Minister Antonio Costa will need to negotiate a new deal with one or both of his far-left allies in the previous legislature.
Portugal’s ruling Socialists win election without outright majority
Portugal’s ruling Socialists (PS) won Sunday’s parliamentary election but fell short of an outright majority, meaning Prime Minister Antonio Costa will need to negotiate a new deal with one or both of his far-left allies in the previous legislature.
Portugal’s ruling Socialists win election without outright majority
Portugal’s ruling Socialists won Sunday’s parliamentary election without an outright majority, official results showed early on Monday.
Portugal’s PM Costa says won election, to stick to pact with far-left
Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa said his Socialist party had won Sunday’s parliamentary election and that Portuguese voters had shown they wanted to stick to the past four years’ pact with far-left parties.
Portugal’s ruling Socialists claim election victory, likely fall short of majority
Portugal’s ruling Socialists scored “a great victory” in Sunday’s parliamentary election and will seek to form a stable government, senior Socialist lawmaker Ana Catarina Mendes said as preliminary results pointed to a win without an outright majority….
Kosovo voters flock to opposition parties in parliamentary poll
The opposition leftist Vetevendosje party was set to come in first in Kosovo’s parliamentary poll, but it will have to negotiate a coalition to form a government.
