Israel-UN relations at historic low as secretary-general invokes rare diplomatic measure
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSecretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked a rarely used but powerful tool in his determined push...
U.S. sanctions officials from Afghanistan to China on declaration of human rights anniversary
Stamford Advocate· 2 days agoAhead of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the U.S. on Friday...
Hong Kong Holds First Council Elections Under New Rules That Shut Out Pro-Democracy Candidates
US News & World Report· 20 hours agoThe final turnout in the vote will be a barometer of public sentiment toward the “patriots”-only system, the new political order under the Hong Kong government's crackdown on dissidents following ...
Belarus Weekly: Lukashenko visits China, meets Xi Jinping
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLukashenko visits China for a second time this year amid growing isolation and meets China's leader,...
China's youth unemployment crisis has millennials quitting the city for the country and the farming...
Fortune· 6 days agoThe 30-year-old decided to move to the countryside after an attempt at finance blogging failed, and...
Australia pushes against China's Pacific influence through a security pact with Papua New Guinea
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 4 days agoPrime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papuan counterpart James Marape signed the agreement in...
Biden’s big trade bind
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Despite China jitters, Taiwan stocks soar as investors buy in before election
Reuters· 5 days agoTaiwan's stock market is soaring ahead of elections next month that will shape relations with China, which claims the island as its own, as investors look past political risk ...
Hong Kong's new election law thins the candidate pool, giving voters little option in Sunday's polls
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOne of the Hong Kong's longest-serving pro-democracy council members is organizing a farewell party...
At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
Chicago Tribune· 10 hours agoAt the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere you...