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US support for Taiwan poses ‘huge risks’ to relations: China

Bloomberg China condemned the US’s latest overture towards Taiwan, warning that ties between the two countries faced “huge risks” just weeks after Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed to hold a video summit. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call for greater participation by Taiwan in UN organisations violated the “one China” understanding between Beijing and Washington, Foreign Ministry ...

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Assange won’t face supermax prison if extradited, says US

Bloomberg Julian Assange won’t face solitary confinement or supermax prison in Colorado if he’s jailed in the US, as lawyers for the country argued his extradition shouldn’t have been blocked by a London judge on mental health grounds. The US laid out several assurances over his potential confinement and access to psychological treatment at the start of the London appeal ...

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Arrested Sudanese PM returns home

Bloomberg The Sudanese prime minister arrested in the military coup was returned to his home but remains under close guard, the Information Ministry said. Abdalla Hamdok was allowed to go back to his residence in the capital, Khartoum, the ministry said on its Facebook page. A number of government ministers and political leaders are still being held at unspecified locations, ...

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