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...Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy died April 10 at the age of 96. He is pictured with German Lutheran Bishop Christian Krause at the signing of "The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in Augsburg, Germany, Oct. 31, 1999. Cardinal Cassidy, representing the Vatican, and Bishop Krause, president of the Lutheran World Federation, signed the document marking the resolution of a doctrinal dispute that sparked the Reformation. (CNS photo/Ralph Orlowski, Reuters) Help us expand o...

Dendias warns from Serbia that Turkey seeks to influence Balkans through economy and religion Search for: Developing bilateral relations, expanding economic cooperation, and discussing developments in the Balkans were at the centre of today’s meeting held Belgrade between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias with his Serbian counterpart of Nikola Selaković. Dendias is paying an official visit to Serbia, accompanied by the Minister of Rural Development and Food Spilios Libanos and Deputy Fore...

Hong Kong’s Election Overhaul in Context Hong Kongers protest the extradition bill in June 2019. (Studio Incendo, https://flic.kr/p/2gf6Ndr; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) On March 30, Chinese lawmakers passed legislation that will dramatically overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system. That legislation—which takes the form of amendments to Hong Kong’s Basic Law—does not stand alone: It appears to be the third in a recent raft of laws that consolidate Beijing’s...

Nikos Dendias said. Nikola Selakovi Nikos Christodoulidis in Belgrade on April 5. “The priority for us is the implementation of the Joint Declaration that was signed in the context of the 3rd High-Level Cooperation Council, which took place in December 2019, in Athens. Unfortunately, the pandemic blocked its full implementation. But we look forward to implementing it as soon as conditions allow,” Dendias said after his meeting with his Serbian counterpart. “We want our economic and trade ...

Hong Kong – In mass rallies and large election turnouts, many people in Hong Kong have pushed hard to build a democratic system within China’s one-party state. Since 1989, when Chinese soldiers silenced the Tiananmen Square protests by opening fire on those gathered there, many Hong Kong people have demanded more autonomy from the Chinese government. The way to guarantee that, they said, was universal voting rights and open, free elections – a Hong Kong ruled by Hong Kong people. Those dr...

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As Conflict, Humanitarian Crisis Grows, Yemen ‘Speeding towards Massive Famine’, Under-Secretary-General Warns, in Briefing to Security Council Format SC/14470 The conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen is taking a dramatic turn for the worse, with Houthi rebels pursuing a military offensive in Marib governorate alongside a surge in cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia, but a renewed diplomatic commitment by the United States to end the six-year conflict offers a glimmer of hope that pea...

The Chinese side expresses its strong condemnation of and firm opposition to "groundless slanders at China" and blatant interference in China's internal affairs by some politicians, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Britain said on Sunday.

Hong Kong’s internal affairs are China’s and China’s only, Beijing has declared. The UK has no right to interfere.

LONDON • China expressed strong condemnation of and firm opposition to "groundless slanders at China" and blatant interference in Chinas internal affairs by some politicians, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Britain said on Saturday. Responding to a statement by British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and another joint statement by the Group of Seven (G-7) foreign ministers and the High Representative of the European Union, both on issues related to Hong Kong, the spokesman said that the...