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1. ‘Carbonara sauce’ at EU parliament causes stir with Italy

   A jar of “carbonara sauce” for sale at the European Parliament in Brussels has whipped up Italian emotions after criticism that it does not contain the right ingredients. Italy’s agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida unleashed his ire earlier this week after posting a picture of the offending pot on social media. The minister decried the sauce for containing pancetta – a pork product...

2. Trump gives Ukraine Thursday deadline to accept peace deal with Russia

   President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Ukraine faced losing its dignity and freedom or Washington’s support over a US peace plan that endorses key Russian demands and which Donald Trump said Kyiv should agree to by Thursday. The US president told Fox News Radio he believed next Thursday was an appropriate deadline for Kyiv to accept the plan. In a solemn address to the nation which he...

3. Games closing ceremony marks more of a beginning than end for Greater Bay Area

   The curtain came down on the National Games on Friday, wrapping up a two-week sporting celebration with a closing ceremony that felt much more like a beginning than the end of an occasion steeped in historic achievement. After a gold, silver and bronze-fuelled build-up, this was the Greater Bay Area’s coming out party as a region ready to host the biggest of sporting events. And in the new Happy...

4. Hong Kong launches probe after voters’ personal details posted on social media

   Hong Kong authorities have launched an investigation after the personal details of “some voters were uploaded to a social media platform” ahead of the Legislative Council election next month, with the government strongly condemning the act. The government said that following the discovery on Friday, the Registration and Electoral Office had referred the case to a law enforcement agency, which...

5. Swiss police hunt 2 men after gold heist at museum, in echoes of Louvre robbery

   Swiss authorities were searching on Friday for two robbers who overpowered a security guard at an ancient Rome-themed museum in Lausanne, smashed a display case and made off with dozens of gold coins that had been displayed inside. City police said the suspects had bought tickets and waited until other visitors had left shortly before closing time on Thursday. “The two individuals assaulted and...

6. Hard-right UK politician jailed for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements

   A hard-right British politician and former ally of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was sentenced Friday to 10½ years in prison for accepting bribes to make favourable statements about Russia in the European Parliament. Nathan Gill, 52, pleaded guilty earlier this year to eight counts of bribery between December 2018 and July 2019. Police have estimated that the former leader of Reform in Wales...

7. Hong Kong’s BN(O) holders face tougher English test, possible income threshold

   Hongkongers hoping to settle in the United Kingdom under a bespoke visa pathway will face a tougher English test and potentially an income threshold as part of an overhaul of the country’s immigration system, British authorities have told the Post. The confirmation came as BN(O) visa holders, who were relieved about the unchanged five-year settlement qualifying period revealed by the UK...

8. 2 children among dead as Bangladesh rattled by magnitude 5.7 earthquake

   At least seven people, including two children, were killed and around 100 injured when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Bangladesh on Friday, the government said, with buildings damaged in many areas including the densely populated capital Dhaka. Tremors were felt in eastern states in neighbouring India that border Bangladesh, but there were no immediate reports of major damage there,...

9. China’s JL-1 missile beats US rivals, but will launch platform hold it back?

   China’s Jinglei-1 (JL-1) missile could pose a nuclear threat to Alaska – and potentially the rest of the United States – though it still has significant limitations, according to a Chinese military magazine. The JL-1, which made its debut at China’s Victory Day parade in September alongside other strategic missiles, is a nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile. It can be carried by the...

10. Hong Kong taxi driver gets 2 years’ jail over collision that killed cyclist, 17

    A Hong Kong judge has called on elderly drivers to regularly assess their ability to continue with their jobs, as she jailed a 70-year-old cabby for two years over a fatal collision that killed a teenage cyclist last year. Lau Chor-hi was sentenced on Friday for causing the death of student Wong Ho-chun, 17, after speeding along a bridge section of Kwai Tsing Road in the early hours of July 3,...