Hong Kong refuses entry to FT journalist Victor Mallet
Hong Kong has barred Financial Times' Asia news editor Victor Mallet from entering the territory.
He tried to enter as a tourist on Thursday but was turned away after questioning by immigration officials.
The denial comes just a month after the territory refused to renew his work visa without explanation.
In August Mr Mallet hosted an event at Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondent Club (FCC) that featured an independence activist, drawing anger from officials.
China's foreign ministry had urged the club to cancel the event featuring activist Andy Chan, founder of the Hong Kong National Party
Japanese TV show axes BTS performance over atomic bomb T-shirt
Top worn by K-pop band member Jimin appeared to celebrate Hiroshima attack
A TV network in Japan has cancelled an appearance by the popular K-pop band BTS, after a photo emerged of one of its members wearing a T-shirt that appeared to celebrate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
The seven-member boy band, who have built a huge international following since they formed in 2013, were due to appear on TV Asahi’s flagship Music Station show on Friday evening.
But the broadcaster withdrew its invitation this week after a photo of Jimin wearing the T-shirt went viral.
Melbourne attack: Knife-wielding man kills one person and leaves two others injured before being shot by police
Warning: Video below shows scenes of violence and gunshots can be heard
One person has been stabbed to death and two others are in hospital after they were attacked on a shopping street in Melbourne, Australia.
Police responded to reports a car was on fire but when they arrived discovered a man with a knife who lunged at the two officers several times.
Video posted to social media of the incident showed the attacker repeatedly swinging the knife at officers, while a member of the public pushes a trolley into the attacker, knocking him over. Towards the end of the video, gunshots can be heard.
Kristallnacht anniversary: Chemnitz riots show how pogroms start
Rioting in Chemnitz was reminiscent of how the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom unfolded in Nazi Germany, says historian Wolfgang Benz. Friday marks the 80th anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass violence against Jews.
As Germany on Friday remembers the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews, Wolfgang Benz, the author of many books documenting the Nazi era, said events in the eastern city of Chemnitz this year showed "how easily a pogrom can develop."
Unrest directed at persons perceived as foreign erupted in Chemnitz on August 26 after a fatal stabbing. One night later, suspected neo-Nazis threw stones and bottles at a Jewish restaurant in Chemnitz. Its proprietor said he was told to "vanish from Germany."
Fertility rates cut in half since 1950 -- but the population is still growing
Updated 0020 GMT (0820 HKT) November 9, 2018
The world's total fertility rate has been cut in half since 1950, but the population is still rising, according to a study published Thursday in The Lancet.
The total fertility rate -- or the average number of children a woman would have if she lived through all her reproductive years -- declined from 4.7 live births in 1950 to 2.4 in 2017.
Meanwhile, the global population has nearly tripled since 1950, from 2.6 billion people to 7.6 billion, the report says. An average of nearly 84 million people have been added to the Earth's population every year since 1985.
Australia under growing pressure over remote detention policy
Critics brand policy 'failure' that has destroyed lives as children airlifted to Australia for urgent medical treatment.
Opposition to Australia's policy of confining people on remote Pacific islands if they try to get to the country by boat is coming under increasing pressure as evidence grows of the toll it has taken on the health of those held.
Outrage in Australia at reports of vulnerable asylum seeker children suffering severe mental and physical illness as a result of being held on Nauru has forced the government into bringing the children to the country for treatment.
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