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Three Hong Kong protest leaders including Joshua Wong were placed in custody today after pleading guilty to inciting a rally during last year’s pro-democracy protests, deepening the crackdown against Beijing’s critics. Wong, 24, was prosecuted alongside fellow activists Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow over a protest which took place last summer outside the city police … Read more
A Uighur prisoner has sent a message from inside a detention camp to claim Chinese authorities are instructing children as young as 13 to ‘regret and surrender’. Merdan Ghappar, who was once a model for online retailer Taobao, provided a chilling first-hand account of China’s highly secure and secretive detention system. The 31-year-old was able … Read more
Yet again, the future of Cecil Rhodes hangs in the balance. Intimidated by a delirious mob, the governing body of Oriel – his and my Oxford college – voted to remove the statuette of the 19th-century diamond magnate from its niche high above the city’s high street. Yesterday, the inevitable backlash began, as a former … Read more
This Friday marks the 75th anniversary of May 8 1945, also known as Victory in Europe Day. VE Day marks the end of Second World War that had ravaged Europe for almost six years, claiming an estimated 75 million lives on both sides of the conflict by the time it finally came to an end. … Read more
On Saturday afternoon in the Daniel Galvin salon in central London, a lovely young woman called Saskia is doing my hair colour. She has never done it before, so I ask her to cover up the grey at my temples, which might look good on George Clooney but is a bit barn owl on me. … Read more
A disgruntled ex-security guard who shot one person and took 30 others hostage at a mall in the Philippines gave himself up on Monday evening. Archie Paray, 32, who was sacked from his job at V-Mall in the capital Manila after taking two weeks off without leave, surrendered after a day-long standoff after his bosses agreed … Read more
Boris Johnson last night warned Brussels he would not accept the ‘onerous commitments’ they are seeking in a post-Brexit trade deal. Downing Street accused the EU of trying to keep the UK shackled to its rule book despite previously brokering agreements with other countries that imposed no such conditions. The Prime Minister’s official spokesperson said … Read more