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Recent vaccination rise may ease pandemic risks in Asia: Fitch
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 9 (ANI): The recent acceleration of vaccinations in parts of Asia can reduce risk of setbacks to economic recoveries and public finances associated with further waves of Covid-19 pandemic provided that it is sustained, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.
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NATO chief says China 'does not share our values', calls for rules-based i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that China "does not share our values", which was seen in their crackdown in Hong Kong and Xinjiang and their threatening moves on Taiwan.
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Chinese spin doctors to push the revolution
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): The 30th collective study of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Political Bureau was addressed by Chairman Xi Jinping on 31 May. One takeaway from that session was the need for the party to improve its "international communication work". However, this in no way equa
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80 pc of Hong Kong schools say guidelines under national security law hard
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): Nearly 80 per cent of schools in Hong Kong have said new guidelines for "instilling patriotism" in children, under the city's national security law, were "very difficult" to implement, according to a survey.
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Asia's oil giants will be key to global climate fight: S&P
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): Asia's carbon cutting will be critical to the effort to reduce global warming as the region releases more carbon dioxide than rest of the world combined, S&P Global Ratings said on Monday.
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Leaders across Europe, N America push for 'diplomatic boycott' of Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): Amid the growing calls for shunning 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, a group of politicians from countries across Europe and North America launched coordinated legislative actions on Monday, calling for a diplomatic boycott of games citing “gross violations of
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Thousands gather at Chinese Embassy in London to mark June 4th massacre at
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 5 (ANI): Thousands of protestors gathered at the Chinese Embassy in London to mark June 4th massacre at Tiananmen Square.
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Tiananmen Square Massacre: Hong Kongers hold protests as authorities ban a
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI): Hong Kongers have staged small protests across the city on Friday evening to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown after authorities banned the annual vigil at Victoria Park.
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Two arrested in Hong Kong for 'promoting' banned Tiananmen Square vigil
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Honk Kong police have arrested a prominent barrister and member of the group behind the special administrative region's annual vigil to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 4, 1989, along with a delivery person, on suspicion of p
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Ahead of Tiananmen crackdown anniversary, Hong Kong police arrests vigil o
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI): Ahead of the annual candlelight vigil marking the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, police have arrested the vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China on suspicion of promoting the banned assembly, according to a law enfo
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US condemns closure of Tiananmen Square museum in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 3 (ANI): The United States has condemned the move by Hong Kong authorities that prompted organizers to close the June 4th Museum that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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'Uyghur Martyrs' Road', 'Free Hong Kong Road': Budapest streets renamed in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], June 3 (ANI): The Budapest authorities have decided to rename the streets in the Hungarian capital near a planned campus of a Chinese university to commemorate human rights abuses by China.
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