Hong Kong halts postal service for US-bound goods over Trump’s ‘bullying’ tariffs

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Post office says it ‘definitely’ won’t collect tariffs on Washington’s behalf and Hongkongers should prepare to pay exorbitant fees

Hong Kong Post said on Wednesday it had suspended goods mail services by sea to the US and will suspend its air mail postal service for items containing goods from 27 April due to “bullying” US tariffs.

When sending items to the US, people in Hong Kong “should be prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the US’s unreasonable and bullying acts”, Hong Kong Post said in a statement.

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Four journalists who were accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny are convicted of extremism – AP News

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  1. Four journalists who were accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny are convicted of extremism  AP News
  2. Journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny convicted of extremism  NBC News
  3. Russia Jails 4 Journalists for Working With Navalny’s Organization  The New York Times
  4. Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court  CNN
  5. Russian journalists jailed for 5-1/2 years for alleged extremist ties to Navalny  Reuters
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Are Trump’s nuclear talks Obama Iran Deal 2.0? – The Hill

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  1. Are Trump’s nuclear talks Obama Iran Deal 2.0?  The Hill
  2. Trump team's Iran divide: Dialogue vs. detonation to end nuclear threat  Axios
  3. Opinion | It’s a Mistake to Think the Biggest Problem With Iran Is Nuclear Weapons  The New York Times
  4. Deal or No Deal (Iran, Not Tariffs)  Council on Foreign Relations
  5. Trump wants a deal with the country that wants him dead  The Telegraph
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Democratic senator heads to El Salvador to try to visit Kilmar Ábrego García

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Chris Van Hollen warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ and says he hopes to report back to family on Maryland man’s condition

Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland will travel to El Salvador on Wednesday and attempt to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, a constituent whose deportation and incarceration in the Central American country, he warns, has tipped the United States into a constitutional crisis.

In an interview with the Guardian on Tuesday, Van Hollen said he hopes to learn of Ábrego García’s condition and convey it to his family, who also live in the state he represents.

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In the red: global wine sales fall to lowest levels since 1961

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Consumption and production falls in almost every market as industry fears a ‘generational’ change in drinking habits

Worldwide consumption of wine fell in 2024 to its lowest level in more than 60 years, the main trade body has said, raising concerns about new risks from US tariffs.

The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said on Tuesday that 2024 sales fell 3.3% from the previous year to 214.2m hectolitres.

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Mass displacement, horrific eyewitness accounts follow Sudan camp attack – The Washington Post

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  1. Mass displacement, horrific eyewitness accounts follow Sudan camp attack  The Washington Post
  2. Attacks on Darfur Relief Camps Threaten Bloody New Chapter in War  WSJ
  3. What does Sudan execution video tell us?  Sky News
  4. UN: Civilian death toll in Sudan’s Darfur attacks tops 300 in 2 days as war nears 2-year mark  AP News
  5. Sudan war: Hundreds may have been killed in recent Darfur attacks - UN  BBC
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