What did UK and China get out of Starmer's reset visit?
Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to China brought agreements on visas, services, healthcare, green tech and finance. Source link
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Worried families in India urge return of crew on seized ship
On 8 December, Iranian authorities seized an oil tanker, MT Valiant Roar, while it was in international waters. They alleged that the ship, operated by Dubai-based Prime Tankers LLC, was carrying 6,000 metric tonnes of illegal diesel. The company has denied this. Source link
Vietnam to sell tycoon's Hermès Birkin bags to offset fraud losses
Lan had tried to hold on the bags, saying she wanted to leave them as “keepsakes” for her children. Source link
Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to deal with China
The US president’s remarks come as Sir Keir Starmer visits Beijing to reset UK relations with China. Source link
Why did China execute 11 members of the Myanmar Ming mafia family?
China has also prevailed on Thailand and Cambodia to extradite two Chinese business figures accused of running scam empires, She Zhijiang, who built an entire city in Myanmar’s war-torn Karen State, and Chen Zhi, who amassed wealth and power with his Prince Group conglomerate in Cambodia. The Chinese government has also brought tens of thousands…
China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia
China has executed 11 members a notorious family that ran scam centres in Myanmar, state media report. Source link
Man who exposed human rights abuses in China granted US asylum
Guan Heng secretly filmed detention facilitates in Xinjiang before escaping to the US in 2021. Source link
China sends police to Australia in hunt for man who doused baby with coffee
The nine-month-old baby was attacked with boiling liquid while at a family picnic in 2024. Source link
Why China views the UK visit as part of something bigger
“Until you come over and see China for yourself, you’re never going to know. I’m desperately trying to get more and more people to really experience the Beijing that me, my wife, and my friends, fell in love with, which is cheesy, I know, but it’s true,” says Dom, who is leading the group. Source…
Ajit Pawar, the mercurial leader who stepped out of his uncle’s shadow
Born in 1959, Ajit Pawar entered politics in the 1980s under his uncle’s mentorship, particularly focusing on the Pawar family stronghold of Baramati, a rural area in western Maharashtra where sugar cooperatives, banks and local institutions helped secure both economic influence and political loyalty. Source link