UK government intervenes in foreign takeover of defence firm Cobham
The government has put the brakes on the sale of British defence giant Cobham to a US private equity firm, ordering an investigation into the £4bn takeover on national security…
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8 injured as train derails during rush hour in Hong Kong
Eight people were injured as a result of metro train derailment in Hong Kong. Report informs citing RIA Novosti that the incident occurred on Tuesday morning near the station Hung…
World sleepwalking into total nuclear war as callous elites fear no bloodshed – Russian scholar
Limiting nuclear arsenals doesn’t make the world safer – not while the elites, who have never seen a big war, complacently believe they never will. This dangerous illusion invites apocalyptic…
WATCH anti-govt protesters fight with Beijing supporters in Hong Kong mall
Massive brawls erupted inside a Hong Kong mall after anti-Beijing protesters came to confront government supporters who staged a demonstration there. Riot police were deployed to quell the fighting. Intense…
Hong Kong protesters plan shopping mall sit-ins after hill-top human chains
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists plan sit-ins at shopping malls on Saturday after a night in which protesters took to the hills to form lantern-carrying human chains, the latest demonstrations in…
Hong Kong protest leader calls on Trump to add ‘human rights clause’ to China trade talks
A Hong Kong protest figurehead has called on Washington to make the Hong Kong unrest a part of trade negotiations with Beijing, suggesting the US use ‘human rights’ as a…
Mozilla wants tales of YouTube ‘radicalization’ to censor unwanted clips. What, you don’t have one?
Firefox maker Mozilla is trying to shame YouTube into “fixing” its recommendation algorithm, soliciting horror stories from users sent down radicalizing “rabbit holes.” Trouble is, most users don’t want more…
London Stock Exchange rejects Hong Kong’s unsolicited buyout bid
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group has rejected a takeover bid from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) in a hard-hitting letter to the Asian exchange’s board. HKEX on Wednesday…
Edward Snowden says could return to US, calls for fair and open trial
Washington accused the former intelligence staffer of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and stealing government property, which is carries a jail sentence of at least 30 years combined. Ex-NSA…
Why China believes the World needs the new Silk Road
China’s trillion-dollar “One Belt, One Road” initiative (BRI) is an attempt to revive the Silk Road, an ancient trade route that for hundreds of years connected the East and West…