Wednesday, August 14th, 2019
First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva awarded Russian Order of Friendship
BAKU (DNA) First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded the Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation by President Vladimir Putin`s Decree. Mehriban Aliyeva was honored for her contributions to the development and strengthening of the Azerbaijan-Russia relations.
Unrest tests Hong Kong’s political ties with Beijing
A bastion of civil liberties faces a reckoning with China’s authoritarianism As antigovernment demonstrations escalate in Hong Kong, each side is staking out an increasingly polarized position, making it difficult to find a path to compromise between the protesters and China’s ruling Communist Party. LAM YIK FEI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES A demonstration in Hong Kong last month. “I know I’m risking my life,” one protester said this week. “But I’ve thrown caution to the winds.” The demonstrations, which began as a fight against a bill that wouldRead More
Hong Kong Protesters Apologize After Chaos at Airport
HONG KONG — Protesters began issuing apologies on Wednesday for causing disruptions at the Hong Kong airport, as fallout from scenes of violence and chaos there, along with a court injunction, threatened to eliminate the transportation hub as one of their most effective venues for demonstrations. Protests led the airport, one of the world’s busiest, to suspend check-ins for two days in a row this week, causing hundreds of flight cancellations and delivering a blow to a symbol of Hong Kong’s efficiency and economic prominence. The airport said Wednesday that at 2 p.m.Read More
‘Hong Kong Thing’ Is ‘Very Tough,’ but Trump Doesn’t Criticize China
WASHINGTON — President Trump, presenting himself as a neutral observer of the mass protests in Hong Kong, offered lukewarm support on Tuesday for pro-democracy demonstrators there but stopped short of criticizing the government in Beijing. In comments to reporters and in a series of afternoon tweets, Mr. Trump took no strong position on the demonstrations that have gripped Hong Kong for weeks and have drawn an increasingly brutal response from local security forces. He echoed none of the defenses of freedom and democracy coming from both Democrats and Republicans.Read More
Fearful of protests India’s shackling of Kashmir causes severe shortage of food, medicines
SRI NAGAR (DNA) – Seeking to tighten its grip on the region, Modi-led Indian regime blatantly continued its clampdown on the tenth consecutive day in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir with all public mobile, landline telephone and internet connections suspended and people suffering through severe shortage of food, medicines and other essential facilities have been confined in their homes. Sources familiar with the matter told the media that Indian forces have been deploying more troops in the region for ‘security’. Thousands of Indian soldiers have been patrolling in Kishtwar, PulwamaRead More
‘The day is not far when Kashmiris will celebrate Independence Day’
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (PM) Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Wednesday that Pakistan celebrates the Independence Day with solidarity with Kashmiris. “Kashmir is the unfinished agenda of the partition of India, which will remain incomplete till the people of Kashmir achieve the right to self-determination,” she said. “The blood of the people of Kashmir spills on our hearts.” “Today, the Independence Day needs to be celebrated with great enthusiasm and there shouldn’t be any political statement or agenda on this day,” she added whileRead More