Hong Kong authorities have met with three universities competing to establish the city’s third medical school, with a minister co-chairing the task force pledging its assessments will be completed by the end of the year. Members of the government’s Task Group on New Medical School met with representatives from Baptist University, Polytechnic University and the … Read more
Introduction In April and May 2025, the International Law Commission (ILC) is due to discuss, and possibly adopt on second reading, the Draft Articles on immunity of state officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction, adopted on first reading in 2022. During its session, the ILC will examine amendments to draft articles 7 to18 and an Annex … Read more
In the weeks leading up to Donald Trump’s “liberation day”, diplomats and foreign officials streamed through Washington to secure the holy grail: a deal the president could not refuse, and one that would spare them his tariffs. None succeeded. Trump used rarely-invoked emergency powers to unleash tariffs of between 10 per cent and 50 per … Read more
Musk claims he made an offer directly to senior officials in the Biden Administration. We have no way to verify that, but it does seem clear that the Biden administration never communicated such an offer to lower-level officials within NASA, who made their decision for technical rather than political reasons. “I think you know we … Read more
Philippine officials are struggling to explain how former mayor Alice Guo, who is under investigation for her alleged ties to crime-linked offshore gaming operations, was able to flee the country last year, with new theories about her exit route contradicting verified records, sparking accusations of a cover-up. Guo was found to have escaped the Philippines … Read more