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US$4.7 billion US-Canada bridge nears opening despite earlier Trump threat
A new US$4.7 billion bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario is on track to open in the coming weeks despite a threat made in February by US President Donald Trump, a bridge authority said on Monday. A formal ribbon cutting is expected later this week, a source told Reuters. Detroit media outlets reported on Monday the Gordie Howe International Bridge is expected... -
How Hong Kong’s strengths can help unlock Central Asia’s potential
Hong Kong has taken a monumental step forward in expanding its global economic footprint. Last week, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, leading a high-level business delegation, wrapped up a successful five-day mission to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. This historic visit – marking the first time the chief executive has led a mission to Central Asia – yielded 96 cooperation agreements and memorandums... -
Trump picks ally Todd Blanche as attorney general, teeing up US Senate fight
US President Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche, acting US attorney general, to fill the position on a permanent basis, rewarding a loyal ally whose controversial actions ensure an uphill Senate confirmation fight. The White House announced on Monday it had sent Blanche’s nomination to the Senate, a move Trump telegraphed last week during remarks at a private event in the Rose Garden. Blanche... -
Norway court orders release of ailing crown princess’s son ahead of rape verdict
A Norway court on Monday ordered the release of ailing Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son Marius Borg Hoiby, who faces a multitude of charges including rape and abuse, citing her health crisis. Prosecutors quickly appealed the decision, so Hoiby will remain in custody until the appeal is processed. The 29-year-old, Mette-Marit’s son from a relationship before her 2001 marriage to Crown Prince... -
Israel, Iran appear to pause strikes after trading fire for first time since ceasefire
Israel and Iran appeared to back away from further strikes on Monday, hours after they traded fire for the first time since the US agreed to a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. Both countries warned that they were ready to launch retaliatory attacks if provoked. The renewed hostilities raised concerns that the Middle East could plunge back into a full-scale war. Since the US and Israel began... -
Nationals from China, India among 17 new US denaturalisation cases
The Trump administration is stepping up efforts to revoke the citizenship of naturalised Americans, with the US Justice Department on Monday filing lawsuits against 17 people accused of obtaining citizenship through fraud or concealing serious crimes. Among those targeted is a Chinese-born resident of the state of Georgia who prosecutors say hid a prior deportation order and immigration history... -
US sanctions over 100 Nicaraguan officials and relatives with travel ban
The United States has placed travel bans on more than 100 Nicaraguan officials and their family members as part of a broader campaign to punish the current government for human rights abuses. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement on Monday that the new sanctions were imposed in part because of the death last month of an imprisoned activist, Brooklyn Rivera, who criticised the... -
Trump’s US$100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unlawful tax, judge rules
A federal judge on Monday struck down a US$100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, concluding that it constituted an unlawful tax that Congress never authorised. US District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging a fee Trump announced in September... -
US adds Alibaba, BYD and other Chinese tech champions to military company blacklist
The Pentagon signalled on Monday that it was adding Alibaba, BYD, Baidu and dozens of other Chinese companies to its list of entities it says are linked to China’s military, widening a blacklist that increasingly targets sectors at the heart of US-China technological competition. In a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication on Wednesday, the US Department of Defence designated a broad... -
Kenya police fire tear gas, arrest ex-chief justice at national park protest
Riot police fired tear gas to disperse scores of protesters rallying on Monday against plans to build on part of a national park in Kenya’s capital. Officers moved in and arrested at least nine people, including former Chief Justice David Maraga, outside the main entrance of Nairobi National Park, Reuters reporters said. Protesters - who waved placards marked with “Nature is not vacant land”...
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