Directive seen as a long-overdue enforcement crackdown meant to inflict short-term contractor pain for long-term national security gain
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Far from a radical policy shift, industry observers view the directive as a long-overdue
A man has been killed and three people seriously injured after a severe storm struck the Saxon Switzerland region in the eastern German state of Saxony, police said on Friday.
There were no reports of missing people, said a spokesman for the Dresden Emergency Services Control Centre. According to the control centre, a 38-year-old man lost his life near the Felsenbühne open-air theatre in Rathen when a falling tree struck him.
Ten other people were injured, according to the centre, and 40
The Hong Kong garrison of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) celebrated the 99th anniversary of the military’s founding on Saturday with a reception at the barracks on Stonecutters Island, with a top officer pledging to expand its role in promoting patriotic and defence education across the city.
Speaking at the reception at the Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks, garrison political commissar Rear Admiral Lai Ruxin said troops would resolutely obey the command of the Communist Party of China, while bolstering its defence capacity to safeguard Hong Kong’s
Sweden has struggled to contain gang violence, with criminal networks often recruiting teenagers to carry out contract killings
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Sweden has introduced tougher penalties for gang-related offences, allowing courts to impose prison sentences up to twice as long as before, as the country cracks down on organised crime.
Under the new law, which took effect on Saturday, gang members convicted of certain offences can face sentences up to double the previous maximum
Chinese President Xi Jinping has honoured a veteran naval test pilot with a first-class merit award for defence science and technology.
Yang featured in a documentary that aired this week on state broadcaster CCTV and described a life-threatening incident in which his plane lost pressure at an altitude of 10,000 metres (33,000 feet) following a leak in the cabin.
“If the aircraft does not descend, the
Police said on Saturday that the operation, launched last month, had dismantled an illegal debt collection syndicate, along with a prostitution venue, a drug den and three illegal gambling parlours.
Fifty-seven people, aged 14 to 70, were arrested and some of them had triad backgrounds, police said.
Inspector To Hing-lui said officers identified a triad
Japan’s Kumamoto prefectural government said on Saturday it has ended rescue operations at an Aeon shopping centre where seven workers died in an explosion shortly after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture four days earlier.
Officials said there should be no more people unaccounted for after local police and firefighters, joined by the Self-Defence Forces and others, searched the shopping centre in Kashima. Its second floor collapsed in a possible gas explosion after about 200 people had been evacuated following Tuesday afternoon’s earthquake
The weapon is capable of striking targets in the continental US from Chinese waters, making it a key element of Beijing’s nuclear strategy
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The July 6 launch – in which a dummy warhead travelled 8,000km (5,000 miles) – was China’s first confirmed submarine-based missile test since 1982, and the first known firing from a nuclear-powered
In a dialogue held at the Shanghai Academy of Natural Sciences (SANS) last month, leading scholars discussed the hurdles China faces with Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired magazine.
Lu Bai, a neurobiologist and the president of SANS, noted
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and his ministers will hold the first district consultation session to gather views on his coming policy address and the city’s inaugural five-year plan in Tuen Mun on Sunday.
Only government-chosen residents and district representatives were invited to the exchange at the venue, sources said on Saturday.
Lee would also only address media inquiries after the next district session to be held the following Sunday, they added.
While the city leader has held town halls to collect the views of