Taiwan's foreign minister says 'we need to prepare' for military conflict with China
Updated 0733 GMT (1533 HKT) June 24, 2021
China's escalating military intimidation of Taiwan shows the self-governed island "needs to prepare" for a possible military conflict, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an exclusive interview with CNN.
‘Painful farewell’: Hongkongers queue for hours to buy final Apple Daily edition
Million copies printed of last issue as journalists at newspaper that was forced to close mourn ‘historical moment’
Across Hong Kong on Thursday morning the queues stretched for hundreds of metres, wrapping around corner after corner. Starting before dawn, crowds in the city of 7.5 million people lined up for hours to buy the final print edition of the Apple Daily newspaper, forced to close by authorities which had accused it of national security offences.
Normally selling 80,000 copies a day, they printed a million. It was in such hot demand that by mid morning Hongkongers were crowdsourcing an online spreadsheet of convenience stores that still had copies for sale.
Greek priest arrested for acid attacks on bishops
One of the bishops at first thought the acid was holy water
A priest has been arrested for throwing acid on seven bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church, authorities say.
The priest had been attending a disciplinary hearing at the Petraki Monastery in Athens on Wednesday, where bishops were deciding whether he should be stripped of his religious authority over his 2018 arrest for the possession of 1.8 grams of cocaine that he allegedly hid under his cassock.
Local newspaperTa Nea reported that after the bishops informed the priest that he would be defrocked, the priest stood up, took out two bottles from his bag and began spraying the bishops with a caustic liquid.
Japan proposes four-day working week to improve work-life balance
The Japanese government has just unveiled its annual economic policy guidelines, which include new recommendations that companies permit their staff to opt to work four days a week instead of the typical five.
Japan's famously hard-working salarymen — and, increasingly, salarywomen — are to be encouraged to reduce the amount of time they spend in the office environment as part of the government's initiative to improve the nation's work-life balance.
The recently unveiled annual economic policy guidelines include new recommendations that companies permit their staff to opt to work four days a week instead of the typical five.
US to evacuate some Afghan interpreters ahead of withdrawal: official
The United States plans to evacuate at least some Afghan interpreters who have worked with US forces before the full withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, a senior official said Thursday.
The move would keep the interpreters, facing violent reprisal from Taliban forces, safe as their immigration visas are processed, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
"We have identified a group of SIV applicants who have served as interpreters and translators to be relocated to another location outside of Afghanistan before we complete our military drawdown by September, in order to complete the visa application process," the official said.
UK, Russia escalate war of words over Black Sea warship incident
London dismisses Moscow’s version of events as ‘predictably inaccurate’, while Russia summons UK ambassador.
A war of words between Moscow and London escalated on Thursday as both sides accused one another of giving inaccurate accounts of an incident involving a British warship and Russian forces in the Black Sea.
Russia said it fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of HMS Defender on Wednesday as it sailed off the coast of the Crimea peninsula, accusing the Royal Navy destroyer of breaching its territorial waters.
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