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Sanctions won’t help HK as Wong meets Congress, says Lam

Bloomberg Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said sanctions would only complicate the city’s problems as prominent local activist Joshua Wong gets set to address US lawmakers who are considering changes to special trade privileges for the financial hub. “I uphold this principle of accountability, but at the moment it is all for us to see that Hong Kong is undergoing ...

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US readying ‘evidence’ in Saudi attacks

Bloomberg The Pentagon is preparing a report on who was responsible for the weekend attack on Saudi oil facilities and intends to make it public within 48 hours, a US defense official said. The official couldn’t confirm or deny a CBS News report that the US has identified locations in southern Iran from which it believes more than 20 drones ...

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South Sudan may plunge back into conflict, says UN

Bloomberg South Sudan, where warring parties agreed to end five years of conflict, could return to bloodshed despite recent commitments by its leaders to form a power-sharing government, the United Nations warned. Both armed opposition groups and the government are forcibly recruiting children in Juba and Western Bahr el Ghazal, and in Greater Bahr el Ghazal, respectively, according to Yasmin ...

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