The Petersburg Post

Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 - The U.S. will send antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in the second major policy shift from the winding-down Joe Biden administration in only a few days, although it remains to be seen just how much of a difference these mines will make in the face of Moscow's advances. President Biden, who is in a last-ditch effort to supply Ukraine in his final two months in office, greenlit the supply of antipersonnel land ...

Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024 - HONG KONG —  Hong Kong democrat and media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified Wednesday for the first time in his landmark national security trial , saying he had never tried to influence the foreign policy of countries such as the United States, towards China and Hong Kong. The arrest of Lai, 76, a British and Hong Kong citizen and a founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily , is ...

Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 - The group are at the centre of Hong Kong's biggest national security trial and have been handed sentences of up to 10 years Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy figures to jail terms of between four and 10 years, in the city's largest national security prosecution since the law's introduction in 2020. The jailed are among the so called "Hong Kong 47" pro-democracy group, who were arrested and charged in ...

Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024 - US special envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday for talks with officials on a truce plan, which Lebanon has largely endorsed, to halt the Israel-Hezbollah war. The United States and France have spearheaded efforts for a ceasefire in the war, which escalated after nearly a year of deadly exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israeli troops. Israel expanded the focus of its operations ...