The first and so far only Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has remarkably never lost his everyman attitude or his penchant to speak simply and directly despite spending 26 years at the helm

Beijing opposes the politicization of its new national security law amid the decision made by Chinese video-sharing social networking service TikTok to exit the Hong Kong market and Washington's threat to ban the use of the application in the United States, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday