Hong Kong’s Leader Says Stability Has Been Restored, With City Under Heavy Police Presence

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HONG KONG—Chief Executive Carrie Lam said stability had been restored in Hong Kong three months after Beijing imposed national-security legislation, as thousands of police officers fanned out to pre-empt any protests that might disrupt Thursday’s celebration of China’s National Day. The city’s opposition camp called online for people to protest after police, citing public-health and … Read more

Terry Branstad, U.S. Ambassador to China, Is Stepping Down

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HONG KONG—Terry Branstad is stepping down as U.S. ambassador to China, ending a more than three-year tenure at the forefront of Washington’s increasingly strained relationship with Beijing. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanked Mr. Branstad in a series of tweets on Monday, saying the envoy had “contributed to rebalancing U.S.-China relations so that it is … Read more

Can-Do Attitude Took Yoshihide Suga From Strawberry Fields to Japan’s Pinnacle

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YUZAWA, Japan—In his first campaign, Yoshihide Suga was a little-known candidate from a remote village in the north, trying to get on the city council in big-city Yokohama. “I started from zero, with no family connections or connections to the place,” he said. What he did have was doggedness. After visiting 30,000 houses while wearing … Read more

Tribunal Convicts Hezbollah Member in Hariri Assassination, Acquits Three Others

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BEIRUT—An international tribunal convicted a member of Hezbollah of terrorism and homicide over the assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 but acquitted three others and found no evidence that the militia and political group’s leadership was involved in the plot. Tuesday’s verdict comes just two weeks after the deadly Beirut explosion … Read more

Belarus President Considers Power Share, On His Terms

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MOSCOW—Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, facing growing nationwide protests, said he was ready to share power, but only on his own terms, as the main opposition leader said she was ready to lead the Eastern European country. Demonstrators took to the streets in cities and towns around Belarus for a ninth consecutive day Monday, while some … Read more