ICE officer charged with lying to investigators in shooting of Venezuelan man
Federal prosecutors have charged a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up…
US lawmakers target China, birth tourism as citizenship fight intensifies
US lawmakers targeted China and birth tourism on Wednesday for the second time this week during hearings on birthright citizenship,…
3 key belt and road connectivities that Hong Kong drives
Recently, I joined Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau Ying-wah in Malaysia for the official opening of the…
Trump ‘happy’ Prince Harry and Meghan left US: ‘I was not a fan’
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was “happy” Prince Harry and his family left the US and…
Dutch shift 86 tonnes of gold from US and Canada to UK over ‘geopolitical unrest’
The Dutch central bank said Wednesday it had moved 86 tonnes of its gold reserves out of the US and…
Iran war: Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz as ‘Trump Strait’
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as “Trump Strait”, asserting US control of the…
Vietnam arrests deputy minister over probe into huge bribes
Vietnamese police arrested a deputy health minister on Wednesday for allegedly accepting huge bribes, part of an investigation into a…
US Congress seeks to identify foreign countries behind scam calls
US lawmakers are trying to identify which foreign countries are the biggest sources of unlawful robocalls targeting Americans, as Congress…
Mainland China stepping up preparations for Taiwan blockade, report says
Taiwan’s defence ministry has warned that the People’s Liberation Army is stepping up its preparations for a blockade of the…
Nepal-China floods highlight a growing front of the climate change crisis
On August 26, a section of glacier collapsed at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres on the Nepalese side…