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Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years

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By 2014, Wong, who was then at the forefront of a civil disobedience movement known as the “Umbrella Movement”, had already become one of the most recognisable faces of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. In 2016, he co-founded Demosisto with Law and Agnes Chow, an activist who is now also in exile. But he often expressed discomfort at being labelled a “protest leader”. “We have a lot of facilitators in this movement and I’m one of them… Instead of having a top-down command, we now have a bottom-up command hub,” Wong told…

‘I worry people will forget Hong Kong’: Joshua Wong laments city’s fate from inside maximum security prison

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UK found to be ‘dangerously’ reliant on China for critical minerals needed for defence and AI

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The UK is “dangerously” dependent on China for critical raw materials needed for the military, renewable energy infrastructure and AI, a parliamentary investigation has found. MPs on the business select committee called for an urgent centralised policy and the creation of a “critical minerals finance facility” to help fund rare earth and other critical mineral mines, and deploy grants, equity and debt to accelerate a diversification programme. “Critical minerals are the alpha of the new economy,” said the committee’s chair, Liam Byrne. “We cannot rearm Britain, build AI or deliver…

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to “foreign collusion”, his second conviction under a national security law that critics say has been used to silence political opposition in the city. Wong, who rose to prominence as the teenage face of Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations, submitted his plea in September. He had been accused of working with the exiled Hong Kong activist Nathan Law to urge foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades or other hostile measures against China. In…

What Trump’s Midterm Defeat Means for Iran and Oil Prices

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Global leaders offered little public sympathy to President Trump after his party was blown out in the midterm elections, even as they wondered what the result might mean for trade, energy and wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Mr. Trump’s enemies abroad — and many of his more estranged frenemies, as well — could not hide their glee on Wednesday morning after Democrats seized the House and Senate. There were celebrations in Iran and China, in Spain and South Africa, and from some European officials in Brussels. From many…

BMW warns on profits as it counts cost of plan for 8,000 job cuts

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Weapon or wine bottle? China disputes reports of artillery shell in Papua New Guinea

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Chinese authorities have dismissed reports that a suspected China-made artillery shell was found in a commercial shipping container in Papua New Guinea, saying it is a “shell-shaped wine bottle”. “It poses no danger at all,” the Chinese embassy wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday, drawing skeptical comments. Police in Port Moresby arrested four Chinese nationals last Friday after the 32kg object was found at a construction site in the capital city. Authorities were looking into whether it was a live device, local reports said then, with police commissioner David…

Strategy outline signals U.S. is open to engagement with Myanmar military government

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Read a version of this story in Burmese The U.S. State Department’s recently released Integrated Country Strategy document for Myanmar outlines Washington’s aims to use diplomacy to promote peace in the volatile Southeast Asian country, potentially providing access to rare earth deposits dominated by China. The policy document lays out four mission goals, which include protecting U.S. citizens, addressing trade deficits, promoting peace, and increasing U.S. regional influence through engagement. us-myanmar-strategy-rare-earths Lwe River network, Mekong Tributary, with clusters of rare earth mines in Shan State, Myanmar, Nov. 11, 2025. (Planet…