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1. Man shot dead by federal officers in Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown

   A man is dead after being shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, a hospital record obtained by Associated Press shows. The victim was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Governor Tim Walz said. The details surrounding the shooting were not immediately clear. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said that the person had a firearm with...

2. Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine’s wife hospitalised after soldiers invade home

   Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine’s wife was taken to hospital after soldiers invaded their residence, partially undressed and choked her, the couple said. Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, was not at the property and is in hiding after he escaped a previous raid on his home last week ⁠hours before he was announced as the runner-up in the January 15 presidential election. Incumbent ruler...

3. ‘Devour them alive’: Trump threatens Canada with 100 per cent tariffs over possible China deal

   US President Donald Trump escalated trade tensions with Canada, Washington’s closest ally and second-largest trading partner, on Saturday by threatening to impose 100 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods entering the United States. In a series of social media posts, Trump warned that if Canada proceeds with a trade deal with China, it would “immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all...

4. Hong Kong travel agency backs out of Taiwan trip over controversial film screening

   A Hong Kong travel agency has withdrawn from its role in a trip to Taiwan that centred on a private screening of a movie banned in the city on national security grounds. Jetport Travel on Saturday also distanced itself from promotion of the tour, which was organised by e-commerce platform As One and advertised as a HK$7,199 (US$923) four-trip to the self-ruled island departing late February that...

5. Spanish police free 15 Chinese women forced into prostitution

   Spanish police on Saturday said they had freed 15 Chinese women forced into prostitution in “conditions of slavery” in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands, and arrested 14 people. The network profited not only from sexual exploitation but also from selling stimulants and drugs to clients. “The victims were kept in conditions of slavery; they had to be available at all times,”...

6. What about Taiwan? Why US foreign policy is now all about the western hemisphere

   In the US State Department’s catalogue of priorities for the next five years, Taiwan rates exactly zero mentions. The department’s Agency Strategic Plan does list peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific as a goal but its top focus after national security is the western hemisphere. The plan sets out the direction of US foreign policy and foreign assistance between 2026 and 2030 and in doing so,...

7. 61 die in Afghanistan, 110 injured, amid heavy snow, rain

   Heavy snowfall and rain in Afghanistan have killed at least 61 people and injured 110 others, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Saturday. Spokesman Mohammad Yousuf Hammad said 458 houses had been completely or partially destroyed over the past three days of severe weather, affecting at least 360 families. Losses of livestock were also reported. Hammad said the...

8. No prescription, no problem: Hong Kong’s grey zone for weight-loss injections

   Online retailers and a Hong Kong pharmacy are offering slimming injections without prescriptions despite local authorities requiring a doctor’s approval before purchase, a Post investigation has found, with an expert warning it could lead to misuse. Weight-loss injections, which have been approved by Hong Kong authorities for use, have become increasingly popular around the world and work by...

9. Millions in US brace for ‘dangerous Arctic blast’

   Snow fell over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Friday in ‌a frosty prelude to a monster winter storm expected to converge with bitter Arctic cold and engulf much of the United States over the weekend from the Rockies to ‍the Eastern Seaboard. Forecasts called for heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain, accompanied by dangerously frigid temperatures, to sweep the eastern two-thirds of the...

10. China cancels rocket launches after failures – but will the Long March-10A still lift off?

    China has cancelled almost all of its rocket launches at the country’s busiest space port after two failures at other sites and signs of a long-awaited lift-off for a lunar supercarrier. The Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported on Friday that nearly all the rocket launches scheduled next month for the Wenchang space centre in the southern province of Hainan had been cancelled. “Only the test flight...