John Bolton: White House makes last gasp bid to stop book's release
The Trump administration is making a last-ditch effort to stop the publication of a damaging new book by a former national security adviser.
Among several allegations, John Bolton says Donald Trump "pleaded" for help from China to win re-election in 2020.
The Justice Department has filed an emergency order seeking to block the release on national security grounds.
Constitutional experts say the move is unlikely to succeed and US media have already published extracts.
China tables draft Hong Kong security law in sign it intends to rush legislation
State media organisation Xinhua reports draft clarifying four major offences put before top lawmaking body
Beijing has tabled a draft of the Hong Kong national security laws before its top lawmaking body, indicating it intends to rush through the contentious legislation which promises to drastically increase Chinese control over the semi-autonomous region.
State media reported on Thursday the draft law was put before the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), charged with drafting the law, for a three-day session beginning Thursday. Typically bills should go through three readings by the NPC committee, which meets every two months, but officials said last month the laws would be implemented “without delay”. The committee could potentially pass the laws as early as this week.
Australian PM promise to ‘upgrade highway’ in response to question about mothers having to give birth on side of road
Scott Morrison accused of turning ‘highly stressful and risky issue of roadside births into a joke’
Australia’s prime minister has been criticised for replying to a question about mothers giving birth on the side of the road by boasting of upgrades being done to the highway.
Scott Morrison was asked in parliament about some pregnant women in New South Wales having to travel an hour to get to the nearest maternity ward – with MP Alicia Payne saying “a number” have been forced to give birth on the way.
“I’m pleased to let the member know that is why we have committed $150m (£82.6m) dollars to upgrade the Barton Highway,” the Australian PM replied.
Hungary NGO law breaches basic rights, top EU court rules
A law requiring civil organizations to disclose foreign donors contravenes rules that protect the EU's fundamental rights, the bloc's top court says. Critics say the legislation is intended to silence opposition.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that a Hungarian law concerning the foreign funding of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was illegal.
"Hungary's restrictions on the funding of civil organisations by persons established outside that member state do not comply with the Union law," the Luxembourg-based court said in a statement.
The law was passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's conservative government in 2017. It states that NGOs receiving donations above a certain amount that come from abroad must register with the Hungarian authorities. The information is published online.
India says China's Galwan Valley claims 'untenable, exaggerated'
India warns China against claiming sovereignty of disputed Ladakh area even as both nations try to end border standoff.
India has cautioned China against making "exaggerated and untenable claims" on the sovereignty of the Galwan Valley area even as both nations tried to end a standoff in the high Himalayan region where their armies engaged in a deadly clash.
Twenty Indian troops were killed in the confrontation on Monday night - the deadliest conflict between the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours in 45 years. China has not disclosed whether its forces suffered any casualties.
Siberia's prolonged unusually warm weather is an 'alarming sign': scientist
Updated 0827 GMT (1627 HKT) June 18, 2020
Siberia's prolonged period of unusually warm weather is an "alarming sign," according to climate change scientists.
Surface temperatures in Siberia were up to 10 degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than average last month, making it the vast Russian region's hottest May since records began in 1979, according to research by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), a program affiliated with the European Commission. Siberia's warmer weather came as the world experienced its hottest May on record, the C3S findings show.
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