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A post on the Council’s website notes that by launching the updated document on January 3rd, the day this year when Catholics and Lutherans recall the 500th anniversary of the excommunication of Martin Luther, both the Lutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity underscore their commitment to walk together on their common journey from conflict to communion. Bishop Brian Farrell, secretary of the Pontifical Council, spoke with Thaddeus Jones of Vatican...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday rebuked China for the mass arrest of politicians and activists in Hong Kong which it said was a grievous attack on the rights of the former colony. “The mass arrest of politicians and activists in Hong Kong is a grievous attack on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms as protected under the Joint Declaration,” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said. “These arrests demonstrate that the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities deliberate...

UK: Hong Kong’s National Security Law Used to Crush Dissents The UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday said that the national security law imposed on Hong Kong is being used to crush dissent and their views. The statement came after 53 pro-democracy figures were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning—the largest mass arrest so far since the national security law went into effect on June 30. “The mass arrest of politicians and activists in Hong Kong is a grievous attack on...

Earlier this month, Hong Kong's first Beijing-appointed chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, made an impassioned plea to Washington for a new page in US-China relations. Addressing the annual China Conference (organised by the Post), he said the two countries should "get on with it and overcome our difficulties and work together to make the world a better place". It is a timely call. The situation in Hong Kong has been one of the reasons Washington...

31 December 2020 Author: Tim Summers, Chatham House The past year and a half has transformed Hong Kong. Following prolonged, intense and often violent protest in 2019, COVID-19 drove activists off the streets in early 2020. This year’s passage of the National Security Law (NSL) by China’s National People’s Congress marked a new political phase. Opposition figures were put on the back foot and the central authorities in Beijing became more engaged in the city’s politics.     A year tha...

Trade with Turkey From: Contents The UK has signed a trade agreement with Turkey, which is in effect. This guidance provides information on aspects of trade covered by the UK-Turkey agreement. It is for UK businesses trading with Turkey. What the agreement includes This agreement includes provisions on: trade in goods – including provisions on preferential tariffs, tariff rate quotas, rules of origin and sanitary and phytosanitary measures customs and trade facilitation disput...

View: Geopolitical significance of trilateral Chabahar connectivity and India- Central Asia relations SECTIONS View: Geopolitical significance of trilateral Chabahar connectivity and India- Central Asia relationsBy Dr. Nalin Kumar Mohapatra, ET CONTRIBUTORS Last Updated: Dec 30, 2020, 06:05 PM IST Share Synopsis The trilateral agreement over Chabahar port by India, Iran and Uzbekistan is a step towards boosting regional connectivity in South and Central Asia. If other Central Asian countries jo...

Share *Editor’s note: Around the world, 2020 has been turbulent, challenging, and a year truly unlike any other. This article, reviewing the period from January to April, is the first in a three-part series that looks back at some of the important events and developments that unfolded in Eritrea over the past year. Parts II and III will be published in subsequent editions of Eritrea Profile. January The first month of 2020 in Eritrea began like other years, with festivities. In Asmara, colorf...

Sursa foto: alephnews.ro President Klaus Iohannis was given today a welcome with military honors in Chisinau by his Moldovan counterpart Maia Sandu, in a ceremony that also included a traditional bread and salt greeting, the playing of the national anthems of Romania and of the Republic of Moldova and the review of the guard of honor. This is the first high-level visit to Chisinau after Maia Sandus taking the oath of office on December 24th. According to the Presidential Administration in Bucha...

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 On 24 December 2020, after intensive negotiations, the EU Commission reached a preliminary agreement with the UK on the terms of its future cooperation with the EU. The result of nine months of negotiations is a 1,246-page trade and cooperation agreement. The preliminary agreement consists of three parts, as outlined in detail in a press release as follows: A free trade agreement – a new economic and social partnership with the UK The agreement covers...