Wealthy entrepreneurs and media moguls also named on membership list for influential Council for National PolicyA leaked document has revealed the membership list of the secretive Council for National Policy (CNP), showing how it provides opportunities…
Hong Kong seeks to resurrect legislation to further crush dissent
Article 23, shelved in 2003, may target foreign organisations and bans ‘subversion’ against Chinese governmentThe Hong Kong government is pushing ahead with its own national security legislation to “fill gaps” around the Beijing-imposed law already bei…
‘Someone lied’: French foreign minister accuses Australia of submarine betrayal in latest broadside
Jean-Yves Le Drian says Australia reassured France everything was fine right up to the day the Aukus pact was announcedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFrance has accused Australia of lying shortly before Canberra cancelled a major …
‘I’ll never go back’: Uganda’s schools at risk as teachers find new work during Covid
Many private schools may not reopen after staff laid off during lockdown say they will not return to the professionThe last message Mary Namitala received from the private school in which she taught was in March last year, the day all schools in Uganda…
Cutting methane should be a key Cop26 aim, research suggests
Oil and gas producers could reduce emissions at low cost or even at a profit by staunching leaks, says thinktankSharp cuts in methane from leaking gas drilling platforms and production sites could play a major role in the greenhouse gas emissions reduc…
Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleads guilty to 6 January riot felony
Keller wore his Team USA jacket when he entered the Capitol building where he shouted vulgarities at Democratic party leadersKlete Keller, a former Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals for the United States, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a felony c…
UK drug laws used as tool of systemic racism, says ex-No 10 adviser
Simon Woolley says failure of drugs legislation is having a devastating impact on public healthBritain’s drug laws are racist and cause “high levels of mental health harm” among black people, a former No 10 race adviser has said.Simon Woolley said drug…
More bodies found in Ecuador prison as death toll from gang battle tops 100
Police and military help regain control of prison in Guayaquil after violence caused by dispute between Los Lobos and Los ChonerosThe death toll in a gang battle in a penitentiary in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil has risen to more than 100 as author…
France warns UK of ‘retaliation’ as Jersey braces for blockade in fishing row
Channel island’s government rejected third of French boats and ordered them out of its waters within 30 daysJersey’s government is bracing itself for a blockade of its main port by angry fishers and France said it would look at “retaliation measures” a…
Indigenous children set to receive billions after judge rejects Trudeau challenges
First Nations children entitled to government compensationCanada ‘wilfully and recklessly’ discriminated against themA federal court in Canada has paved they way for billions in compensation to First Nations children who suffered discrimination in the …