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Chinese authorities arrested a law professor who published essays strongly criticizing President Xi Jinping for the coronavirus pandemic and accusing him of ruling “tyrannical,” according to his friends and colleagues. Xu Zhangrun, a rare outspoken critic of the government at China’s heavily censored academy, was removed from his home in …

AAs a legal term, “protest” refers to a sexual assault victim’s first admission, testimony that initiates a police investigation, a process more familiar to most Americans through television procedures such as Law & Order : SVU than personal experience. On the big and small screen, this appears to be a …

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Iranian authorities improved the impact of a fire on the Natanz nuclear facility, and now rated the damage as “significant” after previously downplaying it as “limited”. Iran says it is not yet clear what caused the fire, which is one of several unusual events at the facility in recent weeks. …

The US Army Corps of Engineers announced Sunday that they will no longer allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross below the Missouri River crossing on the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, marking a major victory for Native Americans and protesters who had opposed the construction. Helen H. Richardson …