US lawmakers warn North Korean refugees face forcible repatriation from China
Washington DC, US Reuters US lawmakers warned on Tuesday that China could be preparing to forcibly repatriate refugees who fled North Korea and urged the United Nations to use its influence with Beijing to prevent this. A barbed-wire fence separating North Korea from China is seen in this photo taken from the Chinese border city […]
US lawmakers demand HSBC explain actions against Hong Kong activists, Americans
Washington DC, US Reuters Influential US lawmakers have demanded that one of the world’s biggest banks, HSBC Holdings Plc, explain its actions in freezing accounts of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, moves that could leave it liable to severe sanctions under US law. The bipartisan group of six senators and seven members of the House of […]