HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail Saturday after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai denied bail on ‘foreign collusion’ charge
The media tycoon could face life in prison after being charged with endangering national security, for tweets he made and interviews with foreign media. ( read original story ...)
Irresponsible drivers punished in Brunei for cigarette butt tossing
Brunei authority issued compound fines of 100 Brunei dollars (US$74.8 U.S. dollars) each to two drivers who were seen throwing cigarette butts from their cars. ( read original story ...)
Bhutan Becomes Latest Asian Nation to Dial Back Anti-Gay Laws
Lawmakers in the Himalayan country voted this week to amend a 2004 law that criminalizes “sexual conduct that is against the order of nature,” previously treated as a reference to gay sex. ( read original story ...)
Bahrain: Salmaniya Medical Complex employees on trial for stealing drugs worth BD38,000
Two employees at a major Bahraini state medical centre have been referred to a criminal trial on charges of seizing a large quantity of medical drugs worth about BD38,000, a prosecution official has ... ( read original story ...)
Priti Patel under fire over tour of Bahrain police station where human rights activists were tortured
Priti Patel was given a tour of a notorious police station in Bahrain where human rights activists have been tortured and sexually assaulted – including a man granted asylum in the UK. The Home ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 shots will be free, declares Bahrain
Bahrain has announced plans to give the public free coronavirus vaccines, as Saudi Arabia said it approved an inoculation by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech to fight the pandemic. The island ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain Bourse joins MEIRA Board of Directors
Bahrain Bourse announced the appointment of Mrs. Marwa AlMaskati, Director of Marketing & Business Development and Head of MEIRA Bahrain Chapter, as a Director in Board of Directors in the Middle East ... ( read original story ...)
hina-Mongolia border port sees surge in China-Europe freight trains
Europe freight trains passed through the border port of Erenhot in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the first 11 months of this ... ( read original story ...)
Hubei’s thank-you testing kits leave for Mongolia
A total of 30,000 testing kits donated by central China's Hubei Province, once hard hit by COVID-19, left for Mongolia on Saturday as gifts in appreciation of their previous donation of sheep in ... ( read original story ...)