Top Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong called on the international community Monday to "stand with" the restless city, as authorities ordered schools to remove books for review under a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Chinese ambassador warns UK over ‘interference’
Image caption China has warned the UK not to interfere with Hong Kong following the imposition of a new securi ... ( read original story ...)
Facebook pauses sharing WhatsApp user info with Hong Kong authorities
Facebook and its popular WhatsApp messaging service are putting a hold on what information they share with Hong Kong law enforcement, as the company reviews a sweeping new security law from Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activists skirt security curbs with coded slogans and blank walls
From blank post-it notes to coded slogans hidden in murals, Hong Kong activists are coming up with creative ways to skirt Beijing's new national security law. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Denies Bail to First Defendant Under China’s New Security Law
The first person arrested under Hong Kong’s new security law was denied bail Monday. Tong Ying-kit, 23, was arrested last week carrying a sign that read “Liberate Hong Kong” and allegedly drove his ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong speaks out on national security law amid reports his book is ‘under review’ at libraries
While Hong Kong’s new national security law may have caused some well-known activists to flee the city or censor what they say, Joshua Wong appears to be standing his ground. "We will never give up ... ( read original story ...)
Coconut oil production threatens five times more species than palm oil – new findings
That coconut was among my early disappointments, but it taught me to look beyond an enticing shell. Years later, working as a conservation scientist studying orangutans in Indonesia, one thing started ... ( read original story ...)
What’s Behind China’s Expansion of Its Territorial Dispute With Bhutan?
Meanwhile, earlier in the year, a dispute between Nepal and India over the Lipulekh border area boiled over. Now, China is apparently expanding the scope of its border dispute with the small Himalayan ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain sets up a new strategic security agency
Bahrain’s Bin Isa Al Khalifa has decreed the establishment of a new security body, officially named the Strategic Security Agency. The new body is affiliated with Bahrain’s Supreme Defence Council, ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds makes ‘substantial’ investment in UAE-based Shorooq
Shorooq Partners focus on early-stage tech startups in the FinTech, software and tech-enabled business services subsectors ... ( read original story ...)