Putin lowers Russia threshold for using nuclear weapons
President Putin has lowered Russia’s threshold for using nuclear weapons, a move timed to coincide with the US’s authorization of long-range missiles
President Putin has lowered Russia’s threshold for using nuclear weapons, a move timed to coincide with the US’s authorization of long-range missiles
US move comes after 45 activists were jailed for four to 10 years for their participation in a plot to overthrow the government.
Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, is set to testify on Wednesday at his own national security trial in a high stakes court battle that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars.
The 76-year-old founder of now-closed Apple Daily will testify for the first time in trial which could carry a sentence of life in prison