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1. Trump says all orders signed by Biden with autopen are ‘terminated’

   Donald Trump said on Friday that all documents signed by autopen under Joe Biden were “terminated”, in a legally uncertain move as the US president escalated a favourite attack line against his predecessor. Trump has often sought to drum up outrage over Biden’s alleged use of autopen to sign pardons, executive orders and other documents – accusing Biden of being too senile to govern while in...

2. Hezbollah leader leaves open possibility of new war with Israel

   The head of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Friday it retained the right to respond to Israel’s killing days ago of its top military commander and left open the possibility of a new conflict with Israel. Naim Qassem spoke in a televised address as fears grew in Lebanon that Israel could escalate its bombardment of the country to compel Hezbollah to relinquish its arsenal across the...

3. China halts soy imports from Brazil plants, pivots to US amid food safety probe

   China has halted imports of soybeans from five Brazilian exporters after inspectors found pesticide-treated wheat mixed into a cargo bound for Beijing, officials from both countries said on Thursday. The suspension by China’s General Administration of Customs was communicated to Brazil’s agriculture ministry on Wednesday and made public on Thursday. The ban covers two Cargill facilities and one...

4. Death toll from Hong Kong fire climbs to 128 as city prepares for mourning period

   The death toll from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in seven decades climbed to more than 100 on Friday as the government announced a three-day official mourning period from Saturday for victims of the blaze. National and Hong Kong flags at all its buildings and facilities will fly at half-mast until Monday, with officials cancelling all non-essential public engagements, and government-endorsed...

5. France charges fourth suspect in daring Louvre jewel heist

   France on Friday charged the fourth alleged member of a four-person gang arrested over last month’s spectacular jewel heist at the Louvre, prosecutors said. On October 19, the gang raided the world’s most visited art museum in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated US$102 million before fleeing on scooters. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau described the...

6. China refuses to back Brazil’s crucial rainforest fund

   China has reportedly declined, for the time being, to make a financial contribution to Brazil’s flagship rainforest protection mechanism, arguing that developed nations should take the lead in global climate financing. The position, reported by Brazil’s newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, frustrated hopes in Brasília that the world’s second-largest economy would become a major early backer of the...

7. Afghan national now faces first-degree murder charge in National Guard shooting

   Jeanine Pirro, the US lawyer for the District of Columbia, said the suspected gunman in the shooting of two National Guard members will be charged with first-degree murder following the death of a guardsman. “There are certainly many more charges to come, but we are upgrading the initial charges of assault to murder in the first degree,” Pirro said in an interview on Friday morning on Fox...

8. ‘What will happen to us’: fire-displaced Hong Kong residents facing uncertainty

   Distress and uncertainty lingered among displaced residents after Wednesday’s deadly fire in Hong Kong, as they struggled to move into tiny temporary flats while calling for better long-term resettlement arrangements such as public housing. Some elderly residents who had lived for decades in Tai Po’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court said on Friday they hoped the damaged estate would be rebuilt so...

9. Tensions flare as Wingtech slams chipmaker Nexperia’s head office over deception

   A fierce war of words has erupted between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and its Chinese owner, Wingtech Technology, after China and the European Union signalled that their dispute should be resolved at the corporate level. Wingtech accused Nexperia’s head office of being insincere after the Dutch head office publicly released a letter that said the chipmaker’s Chinese unit had been unresponsive to...

10. ‘Hongkongers’ solidarity’: volunteers pick up pieces for Tai Po fire victims

    Against the backdrop of the seven charred residential blocks, an open plaza next to Wang Fuk Court has transformed into a bustling relief centre, manned by hundreds of volunteers aiding thousands of displaced residents on the third day since Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades. As large quantities of donated supplies continuously flowed into the area, volunteers – mostly mobilised through...