Officers mobilised to break up the once-traditional events to mark the brutal crackdown against dissent in China 32 years ago Hong Kong police have arrested a prominent barrister for allegedly promoting an unauthorised assembly on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, as thousands of officers were deployed to enforce […]
Year: 2021
The former vice-president was speaking at a New Hampshire Republican dinner as he considers his own 2024 White House run Mike Pence has said he isn’t sure that he and Donald Trump will ever see “eye to eye” over what happened on 6 January, when a mob of the president’s […]
UN says pause in fight against rebels would enable aid to reach province where 90% of people risk starvation The Ethiopian government has defiantly brushed aside international calls for a ceasefire in the northern province of Tigray, saying its forces are close to “finalising operations” and will soon eliminate all […]
Under terms of Yair Lapid’s proposed deal, far-right politician Naftali Bennett would replace Benjamin Netanyahu as PM The Israeli opposition leader has told the country’s president that he can form a government, a critical step that places Benjamin Netanyahu in his most precarious political position for more than a decade. […]
Six people have been arrested following death of Dea-John Reid on Monday evening A 14-year-old boy was subjected to racist abuse before being chased and stabbed to death in Birmingham, police have said, as he was named as Dea-John Reid. Six people, four men in their 30s and two boys […]
China must tell the world a better story about itself, says president, as he seeks stronger ‘international voice’ China needs to improve the way it tells the world stories about itself, and convince people the ruling party is striving for the happiness of all Chinese people, Xi Jinping has said. […]
The project in Wyoming – the country’s top coal-producing state – is a small advanced reactor that runs on different fuels to traditional ones Power companies run by billionaire friends Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have chosen Wyoming to launch the first Natrium nuclear reactor project on the site of […]
Commons revolt led by former international development secretary Andrew Mitchell includes senior Tories and ex-ministers Boris Johnson could face a shock Commons defeat over plans to cut foreign aid after dozens of his own MPs backed an amendment to reverse the cuts, in a rebellion led by the former international […]
Government’s £1.4bn programme of tutoring courses won’t be enough, warns its education recovery tsar Pupils will be offered an extra 100m hours of tuition under post-pandemic catch-up plans unveiled today – but the government faced immediate criticism of the £1.4bn programme, with its own tsar warning “more will be needed”. […]
Yair Lapid’s 28-day mandate to forge majority and end Netanyahu’s time as PM ends on Wednesday Israeli opposition politicians have until midnight on Wednesday to hash out final negotiations to build a coalition government that would end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year run as prime minister. Under the country’s election laws, opposition […]