Hongkong

A total of 55 suspects are expected to appear in the Harrismith Magistrates Court on Monday in connection with the recent violent protests on the N3 over the past few weeks. The latest court appearances are expected as life appeared to return to a semblance of normalcy in the region,…

The government on Monday announced a further relaxation of social distancing rules as Hong Kong recorded zero local coronavirus cases for 14 consecutive days, but the four-person cap on public gatherings is to remain in place. From Thursday, restaurants can run at full capacity as long as all their staff…

Farmer groups are planning to observe the anniversary of the Emergency imposed in 1975 as an “undeclared emergency” on June 26 by submitting a memorandum at the Raj Bhavans in all the states seeking repeal of the new farm laws and making MSP mandatory. A large number of farmer groups…

Sibongile Mkhabela, who is now the chief executive of Barloworld Empowerment Foundation, was secretary-general of the SA Students Movement and 18 years old in 1976. File picture: Cara VierecklBy Sihle Mavuso 17h ago Forty-five years after the protests that rocked the foundation of the apartheid regime, one of the leaders…

A former history museum worker has been jailed for six months for posting a photo of police officers online during the siege of the Polytechnic University in November 2019. Kowloon City Court on Friday convicted Chan Chi-wah, 44, of obstructing police. To go with the picture taken from the museum,…

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) on Friday appointed former government official Betty Fung as its CEO for the next three years. Fung, who has been the authority's acting CEO after it parted ways with former chief Duncan Pescod last year, will officially take the helm in October. During a…

Using the discharge of incendiary devices across the wall that hems in the Gaza Strip against the Mediterranean Sea as justification, Israel, under new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, launched a series of airstrikes in the besieged coastal enclave on Tuesday night. Since Gaza was pulverized by an 11-day-long Israeli bombardment…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As South Carolina nears its first execution in a decade, death penalty opponents are renewing calls for the state to toss out its capital punishment statute.Read More

Ho Ka-yan, 27, was found guilty on Wednesday of resisting police at Kowloon City Court. Photo: Jasmine Siu Ho Ka-yan, 27, found guilty on one count but cleared of resisting three other officers, as magistrate finds the trio’s use of pepper spray ‘inappropriate and unreasonable’ Officer tackling anti-government unrest in…

Security Secretary John Lee said it is apparent that Hongkongers are becoming increasingly supportive of the national security law that Beijing imposed on the city almost a year ago, saying many people have now taken a proactive role in safeguarding national security. In an interview with the official Xinhua news…