After Corsica was rocked by a number of violent riots, French interior Minister Gerald Darmanin suggested the French government may be open to discussing autonomy for the island for the first time.
The Hong Kong National Party (HKNP) was formally outlawed on Monday, marking the first time a political organization has been banned outright since Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese control in 1997. The British Foreign Ministry pronounced itself “concerned by the decision,” while stressing the U.K. does not support the Hong Kong independence movement.
