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1. Plane crash in Colombia kills 15, including politician

   A plane crash in ‍northeast Colombia on Wednesday killed all 15 people on board, including a local lawmaker, state-run airline Satena said. The Beechcraft 1900 twin-engined turboprop ⁠plane took off before noon from Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela, for a short flight to the town of Ocana, Satena said. Air traffic control lost contact ‍with the plane 12 minutes into the flight, the carrier...

2. HKMA follows the Federal Reserve to keep interest rate unchanged

   Hong Kong’s de facto central bank left its base rate unchanged after a similar move overnight by the US Federal Reserve, leaving borrowers in the city with a longer wait for funding costs to fall. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced its decision on Thursday morning to keep the city’s base rate at 4 per cent. Hours earlier, the Fed also kept its target rate in the range of 3.5 per...

3. Rise in Republicans wary of China as bipartisan agreement lessens, new survey says

   Republicans in the United States increasingly oppose friendly cooperation with China, according to a new survey released on Wednesday, marking a major break with past decades. The report titled “The Growing Partisan Divide on US Foreign Policy”, published by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and drawing on 50 years of comparative data, found that respondents in the increasingly partisan US...

4. Trump warns Iran to make nuclear deal or next attack will be ‘far worse’

   US President Donald Trump urged Iran on Wednesday to come to the table ‍and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next US attack would be far worse. Tehran responded with a threat to strike back against the United States, Israel and those who support them. “Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal – NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS – one that is good ⁠for all...

5. Francisco Urdinez on how Venezuela tests China’s economic advance in Latin America

   One of the leading scholars of China-Latin America relations, Francisco Urdinez is known for coining the concept of “economic displacement”, a theory that also gives its name to his Cambridge University Press book title published in November. The idea holds that China’s rise has reduced US relevance in the region by making partnerships with Beijing more consequential and ties with Washington...

6. ICE fatal shootings raise fear over Trump’s use of federal authority

   America has endured intense political polarisation before. What it has not faced is a presidency that has transformed a federal law-enforcement agency into a potential instrument of political power. During Donald Trump’s second term as president, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) risks becoming just that. Created after 9/11 as a specialised arm of the Department of Homeland...

7. Ilhan Omar attack suspect Anthony Kazmierczak: a convicted felon who made pro-Trump posts

   The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic US congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of US President Donald Trump. Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, was convicted of felony vehicle theft in 1989, has been arrested multiple times for driving under the influence and has had numerous traffic citations, Minnesota...

8. US’ Rubio says China profited from Venezuela’s collapse through cut-price oil

   US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused China of profiting from Venezuela’s long-running economic collapse by securing discounted oil, telling senators that removing Nicolas Maduro was necessary to end energy arrangements that he said “favoured Beijing at the expense of the Venezuelan people”. During a hearing of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Rubio portrayed China as a...

9. US agents who shot Minneapolis man Alex Pretti placed on leave

   Two immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of a protester in Minneapolis have been placed on leave, a US Customs and Border Protection spokesman said on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump battles backlash over the incident. “The two officers involved are on administrative leave. This is standard protocol,” the spokesman said in a statement. Intensive care unit nurse Alex Pretti was...

10. US Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, defying Trump pressure

    The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday at its first policy gathering this year, citing robust economic growth, as the central bank resists President US Donald Trump’s mounting pressure for cuts. The Fed’s 10-2 vote maintains rates at a range between 3.50 per cent and 3.75 per cent, an outcome that was widely expected as officials await more data on the world’s biggest...