RFI English Beijing attacks France over Hong Kong national security law remarks RFIChina has issued a warning to France after Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said he was "considering measures" in response to China’s Hong Kong policy. Last week, Beijing's national security law came...
RFI English Kashmir journalists protest against 'stifling' new media policy RFI - Murali Krishnan in New DelhiJournalists in Indian administered Kashmir have protested against a controversial media policy introduced last week and are demanding its immediate rollback. The new media policy gives authorities the...
RFI English Trump hands WHO formal notice of US withdrawal over handling of Covid-19 RFIUS President Donald Trump has moved to formally pull the United States out of the World Health Organization over the global body's handling of the coronavirus crisis. After receiving notification of the...
RFI English 7 ways Hong Kong police use new law to search without warrant, freeze assets, control internet RFI - Jan van der MadeUnder new regulations, police in Hong Kong have been granted unprecedented powers. Officers will be allowed to conduct warrantless searches at private properties, restrict the movement of suspects, freeze...
RFI English India now world’s third worst-hit country by coronavirus after United States and Brazil RFI - Vikram Roy in New DelhiIndia has now become the world’s third worst-affected country accounting for 700,000 coronavirus cases with national capital Delhi described as a hotspot with hundreds reporting to hospitals daily with...
RFI English Rain hampers rescue efforts as 50 feared dead in Japanese flooding RFI - Michael FitzpatrickTorrential rain hampered the efforts of tens of thousands of rescue workers in southwestern Japan on Monday as they hunted for survivors from deadly floods and landslides, with more downpours forecast....
RFI EnglishBubonic Plague Mongolian bubonic plague outbreak has now also been reported in China RFI - Jan van der MadeChina has reported a case of bubonic plague in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The news coincides with a report from the adjacent Republic of Mongolia where health authorities have identified two...
RFI EnglishCoronavirus (COVID-19) With 24,000 Covid-19 infections in 24 hours, India becomes third-hardest-hit country RFI - Michael FitzpatrickIndia announced on Monday that it has nearly 700,000 coronavirus cases, taking it past Russia to become the third-hardest-hit nation in the global pandemic. The health ministry in New Delhi said 697,358...
RFI EnglishMongolia Bubonic plague forces parts of Mongolia into lockdown RFI - Jan van der MadeMongolia has ordered residents of the western Khovd region into lockdown after it found two people thought to be suffering from the black plague. Tests established that the two had contracted the “marmot...
RFI English Pro-democracy books disappear from libraries as Hong Kong steps up censorship RFI - Jan van der MadeBooks written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have disappeared from the shelves of the territory's public libraries. The books are “under review” in another sign that Beijing is stepping up...
RFI EnglishTrump news update ‘Sprained brain’ rapper and Kim Kardashian’s partner Kanye West to run for White House RFIAs a possible vindication of the adage ‘no business like show business’ Kanye West, the husband of Kim Kardashian and entertainment mogul who urges listeners in one song to "reach for the stars, so if...
