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US ends Hong Kong's preferential trade treatment

President Trump said he was acting because Beijing had taken away Hong Kong's freedom.

The US President, Donald Trump, has signed an order to end preferential treatment for Hong Kong ending decades of favourable business deals and following a new security law imposed by China on the territory.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite, has been denied bail in a case against her and her alleged involvement with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Another Indian city goes into lockdown because Covid-19, this time it's Bengaluru the IT hub of the country.

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  • Wed 15 Jul 2020 06:06GMT