Bloomberg The UK parliament is set to debate a new law that will clamp down on the right to protest, after London police were criticized for their handling of a vigil over the weekend for a murdered woman that turned violent. Legislation due before the House of Commons on Monday will feed into the controversy over the death of 33-year-old ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong sent hundreds of people, including a playgroup of infants, into quarantine and locked down more residential areas as it tried to contain a coronavirus outbreak that began in a gym in the city center last week. The number of confirmed cases linked to the outbreak has spiked to 109 since the first infection was reported on March ...

Bloomberg More Malaysian opposition lawmakers are expected to join defectors from their parties and declare support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s ruling coalition government, the Star cited Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa as saying. Annuar said seven or eight more opposition members may defect to the Perikatan Nasional government soon because of the government’s efficient performance in tackling pandemic, according ...