The WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) concluded early 30 March with ministers adopting a number of decisions as well as making a commitment to continue work in Geneva on key outstanding issues. #MC14 #concludes #adopted #decisions #progress #key #outstanding #issues
Hong Kong authorities have arrested 42 people in a joint crackdown on triad infiltration and corruption involving a consultancy firm and its building maintenance projects worth HK$180 million (US$23 million), according to the city’s anti-graft watchdog. The arrestees include a consultancy firm owner, a registered inspector and multiple middlemen with organised crime backgrounds. The Independent […]
U.S. marines have arrived in the Middle East. NPR’s Emily Feng has been monitoring the latest developments from the border of Iran and Turkey. #rippling #effect #Iran #war #border #Turkey
Israel said it launched a wave of strikes targeting infrastructure in Tehran and other areas, and Iran retaliated. Officials from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey were meeting in Pakistan in hopes of finding a way to end the war. #Iran #War #Live #Updates #Israel #Strikes #Tehran #Regional #Diplomats #Gather #Pakistan
Ministers and senior officials attending the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) participated in a series of meetings on 28 March to address key issues on the WTO agenda and to provide political direction for the post-MC14 work ahead. #Ministers #exchange #views #key #WTO #topics #paths #MC14
No fast-food chain has ever meant quite what Jollibee means to Filipinos. Forget McDonald’s and KFC, Jollibee – with its sweet spaghetti and crispy Chickenjoy – is something else entirely: a cultural anchor for a diaspora scattered across every continent on Earth. With more than a million Filipinos leaving the Philippines every year in search […]
At least 15 U.S. military personnel were wounded in an Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels entered the war with an attack on Israel. #Yemen039s #Houthi #rebels #enter #fighting #Middle #East
A U.S. official said that earlier an Iranian strike at a military base in Saudi Arabia injured around two dozen U.S. troops, one of the most serious breaches of American defenses since the war began. #Iran #War #Live #Updates #IranBacked #Houthis #Enter #War #Missile #Attack #Israel
On 27 March 2026, the European Union notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated, on the same day (27 March 2026), a safeguard investigation on imports of grain-oriented electrical steel. #launches #safeguard #investigation #grainoriented #electrical #steel
Hong Kong authorities have defended legal changes that have made it illegal to withhold smartphone passwords from police in national security investigations, after the United States sent a new alert to its citizens travelling to the city. The government on Friday also expressed “strong dissatisfaction with misleading information and sweepingly generalised descriptions” by foreign organisations […]
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