, including Ming Pao and The South China Morning Post, said the legislation had not gone to a vote on

HONG KONG — The protesters wanted to surround the city’s government offices, but a smothering police presence forced them to abandon that plan.... Grievances over the use of force by the police continue to burn.... Wednesday’s protests followed a march on Sunday that drew thousands of people on to the streets in defiance of social-distancing orders in the city’s largest demonstration in months....

storms that never came. Not long ago, China asserted its claims on the South China Sea by building

While its 120-day correlation with the US two-year yield is holding near zero, meaning they’re moving independently of each other, money managers caution against complacency. The dwindling correlation comes after Treasury yields softened in the past two months.... A reading of Colombian GDP tomorrow will likely show a decline in the second quarter from the previous three months amid protests and renewed lockdowns, according to Bloomberg Economics Chile will post its second-quarter GDP on Wednes

Basil Rajapaksa as finance minister, in a move that further tightened the family's grip over the

protesters denouncing the military’s tightening grip on the country, killing at least five and

The service continued to work, and prominent government officials were among the people still using it.... And from the other brother, Russia, which is a big, huge actor in our region, there is the export of legal approaches.... Putin’s allies plod along on state TV....

RAMPAGING Taliban militants stormed TV and radio stations as they tightened their grip on a key

essential jobs.... China’s Omicron surge comes just weeks before the Lunar New Year, a peak travel

HONG KONG( REUTERS)-As Beijing seeks to tighten its grip over Hong Kong, it has a new mandate for