| | | | | | | Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe, has died. He was 95. Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero when he first came to power in a divided nation. Nearly four decades later, many at home and abroad denounced him as a power-obsessed autocrat willing to unleash death squads, rig elections and trash the economy in the relentless pursuit of control. | | |
| Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said measures announced this week to help restore order in the city were a first step, and she disagreed with a credit downgrade by rating agency Fitch after months of sometimes violent protests. Hundreds of protesters gathered, as Hong Kong braces for weekend demonstrations aiming to disrupt transport links to the airport after Lam’s withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill failed to appease some activists. | | |
| Pakistan will make the fullest possible response to India’s actions in disputed Kashmir and the global community would be responsible for any “catastrophic” aftermath, the prime minister of the Muslim-majority nation Imran Khan said. The rhetoric on the annual Defence Day remembrance of Pakistan’s fighters in a 1965 war with India underscores rising tension between the nuclear-armed foes after New Delhi last month revoked the autonomy of its part of disputed Kashmir. | | |
| India is on track to become the first country to successfully conduct a soft-landing near the lunar south pole. Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander is expected to touch down on Saturday. After a week-long delay due to a technical snag in the launch vehicle system, India’s most powerful launch vehicle, sent the Chandrayaan-2 into space, kick-starting the spacecraft’s 48-day journey to the moon’s surface. | | |
| | | UK PM Boris Johnson travels to Scotland, announcing an increase in funding for farming as he continues to promote higher public spending ahead of an expected election. https://reut.rs/2LxNu8E 6:32 AM - 6 Sep 2019 |
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