Travel News Record-breaking female climber stranded in Nepal amid COVID crisis Tsang Yin-Hung climbed Mount Everest in 25 hours and 50 minutes last month. 22/06/2021
World UN warns world in 'severe cascade of human rights setbacks' The United Nations' Human Rights chief called for "concerted action" to recover from "the most wide-reaching and severe cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes." 22/06/2021
China Apple Daily execs denied bail by Hong Kong court A court in Hong Kong has denied bail to two Apple Daily newspaper executives over allegations of endangering national security. 19/06/2021
China Pro-democracy newspaper editors arrested under Hong Kong security law Hong Kong police arrested the chief editor and four other senior executives of Apple Daily on suspicion of collusion with a “foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.” 17/06/2021
world news Biden: G7 'extraordinary, collaborative and productive meeting' Biden on Sunday praised agreements to combat COVID-19, face climate change and on corporate global tax 13/06/2021
China China passes law to counter foreign sanctions The countermeasures in the Chinese law include "denial of visas, entry or expulsion... and sealing up, seizing and freezing assets of persons or enterprises that adhere to foreign sanctions against Chinese enterprises or officials." 11/06/2021
USA Joe Biden visits Europe on first overseas trip as US President Biden first travels to Britain to attend the G7 summit and then Brussels for a NATO summit. He will cap off his week with a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva. 09/06/2021
no comment Hong Kong: Commemoration of Tiananmen is forbidden Hong Kong people shine torches on their phones and police move in to extinguish candles lit during the Tiananmen commemoration. 04/06/2021
no comment Hong Kong performance artists mark Tiananmen eve as vigil banned On the eve of the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary, Hong Kong artists stage performances in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay, near Victoria Park. 04/06/2021
