🇭🇰 Hong Kong’s High Court sentences pro-democracy activist Benny Tai to 10 years in prison, marking a significant moment in a national security trial that
🇸🇻 El Salvador court orders trial for former president and military officials over 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests and two collaborators during the civil
🇬🇪 The leader of the Russian-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia has resigned following mass protests over a deal to expand Russian business, which led to
🇰🇷 South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol announces a 45% increase in the country’s contribution to the World Bank’s International Development Association fund, raising it
🇭🇰 Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in a landmark national security trial. Benny Tai, labeled an “organiser,” receives a 10-year sentence. Other sentences range
🇸🇷 Suriname has signed a debt rescheduling agreement with China, according to Finance Minister Stanley Raghoebarsing. The country will begin its first repayments to creditors
🇫🇷 President Macron praises U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons for strikes inside Russia, calling it a “good decision” by the Biden
🇱🇧 Lebanon and Hezbollah accept U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Israel, marking a serious effort to halt ongoing fighting, according to a top Lebanese
🇬🇧 Britain will restart free trade deal talks with India in the new year, following a pause due to elections in both countries, according to