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  • The body of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, was found by rescue personnel in southern Lebanon.
  • A day before the previous ceasefire was about to expire, US President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that the Iranian regime was "seriously fractured" as part of his justification for extending the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely.
  • US President Trump has not given Iran a "firm deadline" to submit its most recent proposal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
  • As part of the embargo against Iran, U.S. forces have ordered 29 vessels to turn around or return to port, according to U.S. Central Command.
  • Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has warned that Lebanon urgently needs €500 million to handle the aftermath of weeks of fighting as the country rushes to contain a worsening humanitarian disaster.

Tag: Hong Kong

September 27, 2022

Hong Kong Press Freedom Index Hits...

Press freedom in Hong Kong has declined for yet another year, with most local outlets now hesitant to criticize the Chinese government, according to a recent survey by the city’s journalists

August 11, 2022

Hong Kong Police Arrest Four Over...

Hong Kong police arrested four people for “seditious” social media posts in connection with a Facebook page titled “Civil servant secrets,” after the page was denounced by a newspaper backed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for “inciting civil servants” and “smearing government policies and operations”

July 28, 2022

Independent Audit of Hong Kong COVID...

An independent audit of the Hong Kong government’s digital COVID-19 contact-tracing apps found significant security issues with the software but said the flaws weren’t necessarily intentionally added to allow for unauthorized tracking

July 23, 2022

Taiwan’s ‘Time Machine’ House Recreates, Preserves...

A small exhibit down an alleyway off Hsin-Yi Street in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan is offering Hongkongers in exile and others with keen memories of the city to leave them in a “time machine” house for others to see

June 25, 2022

Former Journalists For Hong Kong’s Folded...

One year after the paper was forced to shut down and several senior editors arrested by national security police, former reporters at Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper are still writing the stories the paper might have run, and posting them to social media

May 4, 2022

Hong Kong Falls to a New...

Hong Kong has plummeted to 148th on a global press freedom index, as authorities in the city took the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper to court for “fraud”

April 30, 2022

Rights Groups Call on China to...

Human rights groups have hit out at China over ongoing restrictions being imposed on Taiwan businessman Lee Meng-chu, also known as Morrison Lee, following his release from jail

April 13, 2022

Hong Kong Police Are ‘Weaponizing’ the...

Lawyers for jailed pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai, who is awaiting trial under a draconian national security law, have called on the United Nations to investigate the multiple criminal cases against him

March 29, 2022

Sisters ‘Cooking for Ukraine’ Overwhelmed by...

The Ukrainian owners of an Eastern European restaurant in Hong Kong have started selling snacks and dishes from their hometowns to fund their country’s humanitarian efforts after the Russian invasion, they told RFA’s Cantonese Service

March 11, 2022

Former Hong Kong Healthcare Union Founder...

Authorities in Hong Kong have revoked bail for former healthcare union chief and democracy activist Winnie Yu, putting her back behind bars on International Women’s Day

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