French yellow vests join global activists at G7 counter-summit
Anti-globalization and climate activists have teamed up with yellow vest protesters and Basque nationalists ahead of a G7 meeting in France this weekend to confront a rich-poor divide they say is growing due to the “cynicism” of world leaders.
Former Australian deputy prime minister Tim Fischer dies at 73
Former Australian deputy prime minister Tim Fischer, whose rural voter base was critical for the introduction of tough gun control laws in the aftermath of the country’s worst mass shooting in 1996, has died aged 73.
Banks in Hong Kong condemn violence, urge restoration of ‘harmony’
Some of Hong Kong’s biggest banks published full-page newspaper advertisements on Thursday calling for the preservation of law and order in the Chinese territory and condemning violence, as weeks of pro-democracy protests show no sign of abating.
Captain of migrant rescue vessel refuses honor from Paris
The German captain of rescue ships that saved hundreds of migrants’ lives in the Mediterranean has turned down Paris’s highest civilian award, accusing the city of hypocrisy over the treatment of migrants.
Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov unable to get U.S. visa, friend says
Russian chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov has been unable for several months to obtain a visa to travel to the United States, his friend, the owner of a chess academy in New York who invited him to teach a summer camp there, said on Wednesday.
Russia, China seek U.N. Security Council meeting on U.S. missile developments
Russia and China have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday over “statements by U.S. officials on their plans to develop and deploy medium-range missiles,” according to the request seen by Reuters.
Argentine presidential front-runner seeks alternatives to austerity: advisers
Economic advisers to Argentina’s presidential front-runner and opposition leader Alberto Fernandez said he would seek alternatives to the current administration’s austerity measures in a meeting with the new Treasury Minister on Wednesday.
Trump calls Danish PM’s rebuff of Greenland idea ‘nasty’ as trip cancellation stuns Danes
President Donald Trump declared Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s dismissal of his idea to buy Greenland “nasty” and an affront to the United States on Wednesday, a day after shocking Danes by canceling a Copenhagen visit over the rebuff.
Frontline view: Making the case for violence in Hong Kong protests
Pun sees himself as a peaceful, middle-class Hong Kong student. Yet since the beginning of June, he has been building barricades and throwing bricks at police, risking his own liberty to fight, as he sees it, for the city’s freedoms.
Postcard from HK frontline: Why a student throws bricks at police
Pun, 22, was still at the Hong Kong airport on the morning of Aug. 14 after a night of clashes with police, when protesters also controversially harassed two mainland Chinese and caused all flights to be canceled for the day.
