Top 10 world news today: Scottish train derailment, Hong Kong suspends extradition agreements and more
Scottish train derails
A passenger train derailed in northeastScotlandon Wednesday, with reports of "serious injuries" in what First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described as "an extremely serious incident". Read more
Amid tensions over the national security bill, the Hong Kong government said today that it has suspended its extradition agreements with France and Germany. Read more
Belarusians should be given "the freedoms that they are demanding", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, urging authorities in the former Soviet republic not to harm protesters. Read more
After Russian President Putin announced the "first" coronavirus vaccine was ready to be launched in the country, the health ministry said that it planned to produce 5 million doses by December-January. Read more
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been accused of delivering two near-identical speeches to mark the anniversaries of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Read more
Australian police have arrested two men on suspicion of moving tens of millions of dollars of illicit drug money through a Sydney-based "daigou", a surrogate shopping business popular with Chinese. Read more
Jimmy Lai, the founder of Hong Kong’s tabloid newspaper Apple Daily was recently released from bail after being put in police custody under the city’s new National Security Law. Read more
China said on Wednesday that USHealth Secretary Alex Azar has performed the "worst in the world" in controlling the novel coronavirus, rejecting criticism of China made by Azar during a three-day trip to Taiwan this week. Read more
A combination of anunprecedented pressure campaign andcoronavirus border closures and an by aSouthKorean government keen to engage with NorthKoreamay destroy networks defectors have long used to start new lives, activist groups say. Read more
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on August 12 called on China to resolve issues in Hong Kong through dialogue instead of “oppressing the people”.