Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong appear to be withdrawing from some protest sites and regrouping at the main site outside government buildings. But student protesters denied blocking entrances to government HQ and insisted civil servants could return to work.29496194 They said they would agree to the government’s offer of talks if attacks on them were investigated and protest sites were not forcefully cleared. Hong Kong’s leader says public offices and […]

Moscow: Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Sunday in downtown Moscow against the war in neighbouring Ukraine and, in particular, against the Kremlin’s support for the pro-Russian rebels there. “The March for Peace”, a demonstration organised by the extraparliamentary opposition most critical of the Kremlin, kicked off in Pushkin Square, where protesters gathered carrying Ukrainian flags, although Russian flags were also in evidence. “Putin, enough lying and war-making” was one […]