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Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five yearsMinisters have opened up visas to thousands more people from Hong Kong in the wake of the 20-year prison sentence handed down to the pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai.Adult children of British National (Overseas) status-holders who were under 18 at the time of Hong Kong’s 1997 handover to China will be eligible […]

The UK foreign secretary has said a jail term handed down by a Hong Kong court to pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai is "tantamount to a life sentence".Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Moderate socialist defeats far-right populist André Ventura, with exit polls putting him comfortably above two-thirds of voteModerate socialist António José Seguro secured a landslide victory and a five-year term as Portugal’s president in a runoff vote on Sunday, beating his far-right, anti-establishment rival André Ventura, exit polls and partial results showed.A succession of storms in recent days failed to deter voters, with turnout at about the same level as in […]

The rules will make it easier for Israeli settlers to buy land and give Israel more powers to enforce its laws.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article