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Opium Wars: A historical wound that Britain and France inflicted on China

It is the Opium Wars that has affected China’s internal and external policies for a while and the current leadership still believes there are lessons to be learnt from it.

Roger Federer makes winning return in Qatar after being out for 13 months

The Swiss great had not played a match since a semi-final defeat by Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open in January 2020, 405 days ago.

List of countries banning travel from UK grows over fear of virus variant

The travel bans so far extend from countries in North and South America to the Middle East.

UK business groups infuriated with new Covid-19 restrictions

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says London and southeast England will be placed in a new Tier 4 level of lockdown.

'Day of shame': UK Labour Party suspends Corbyn over anti-Semitism

UK's Labour Party is facing allegations that anti-Semitism was allowed to fester under the 2015-2019 leadership of former leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Banksy buys search and rescue boat, rails against European authorities

British artist Banksy, whose paintings sell for millions of dollars, has decided to highlight the migrant crisis problem in the Mediterranean. To that end, he has bought and equipped a boat to help save migrants trying to make their way to Europe.

UK aims to salvage Brexit deal with an exasperated EU

British PM Theresa May is set to ask the EU for a delay of at least several months to Brexit after the speaker of the House of Commons ruled that she can't keep asking lawmakers to vote on the same divorce deal that they have already rejected twice.

Second round of Brexit talks set for Monday

The EU-UK talks will cover citizens' rights, the financial settlement between the two parties and other separation issues.

China's Xi to visit Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover

Xi's visit comes at a time when many Hong Kong residents see China as increasingly interfering in city affairs.

1967: The War that Changed Everything

The Israeli-Arab war not only marks the loss of land and freedom for Palestinians, but it marks a collective trauma that has shaped the entire region's psyche until today.

If at first you don't secede, try try again

Though the door to a second referendum was always open to Scotland, Brexit has rapidly accelerated this possibility. If Scotland does leave the Union, it will be the British government itself that should shoulder the blame.