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02-12-2022 KUALA LUMPUR/ BEIJING: When Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan addressed a recent legal forum, he highlighted the ability of the city’s courts to make rulings without interference as the “cornerstone” of international businesses’ confidence in the financial hub. Now the independence of Hong Kong’s British-inherited judiciary, ostensibly guaranteed …

02-12-2022 JERUSALEM: A Jordanian film depicting the ethnic cleansing of Palestine during the 1948 Nakba, when Zionist forces declared the creation of the State of Israel, has begun airing on Netflix despite attacks from Israeli politicians. Farha is directed by the Jordanian filmmaker Darin J Sallam, and is a rare …

01-12-2022 HAWAII: Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the biggest active volcano on Earth, is erupting for the first time since 1984, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The volcano has been spewing ash and lava as high as 200 feet in the air since about 11:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, according …

01-12-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ VIZHINJAM: Police in the Indian state of Kerela on Wednesday said they will not allow a Hindu group close to the country’s ruling party to march in support of a mega port by Adani Group, as tensions rise over a $900 million project …

01-12-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been censured by the nation’s parliament for giving himself secret powers while in office. The historic motion follows a damning report which said his actions were “corrosive of trust in government”. It marks the first time …

01-12-2022 NEW YORK: Kanye West has been ordered to pay Kim Kardashian $200,000 (£167,000) per month in child support in a divorce settlement. The former rapper and reality TV star will share joint custody of their four children. Kardashian filed for divorce in 2021, after eight years with West, who …

01-12-2022 WASHINGTON: The leader of a far-right militia has been found guilty of plotting to stop US President Joe Biden from taking office after the 2020 election. A jury found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of the rare charge of seditious conspiracy following a two-month trial. He plotted an …

01-12-2022 AUCKLAND: The leaders of New Zealand and Finland have dismissed a journalist’s suggestion that they arranged a meeting because they are “similar in age”. At a press conference in Auckland, Finland’s Ms Sanna Marin and New Zealand’s Ms Jacinda Ardern said they met because they are prime ministers, not …

01-12-2022 BUCHAREST: NATO foreign ministers will on Wednesday seek to reassure fragile countries in Russia’s neighborhood that they fear could be destabilized by Russia as the conflict in Ukraine drags on, squeezing energy supplies and pushing up prices. “The reason we are having this gathering is a signal from us …

30-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ AYBAK/ ISLAMABAD: As many as 16 Shia studentsamong 21 civilians have been killed after a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban regime has said. The blast took place in Aybak in the Samangan province and left …