Police deploy but Hong Kongers avoids May Day protests

[ad_1] Riot police were deployed to Hong Kong on Friday after democracy activists threatened to challenge the ban on meetings during the coronavirus pandemic, but the streets remained largely calm. The semi-autonomous financial center was hit by seven months of violent protests last year, hurting its reputation for stability and …

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Conte apologizes to Italians as shutdown nears end

[ad_1] ROME: Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte apologized to the Italians on Friday (May 1) for their financial difficulties and promised a better future once the shutdown is lifted. Italy will begin to emerge from the world’s longest coronavirus closure on Monday and will see if two months of containment was …

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A country remains a country, without compromise

[ad_1] by Sivakumaran Chellappa Even in the unusual circumstances of this Covid-19 pandemic, the People’s Action Party (PAP) never ceased to amaze and amuse, however black it may be, in these terrible times. Historically, if there was any event that has taken over the entire world at some point, this …

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3M Sues 5 Sellers for Trying to Sell Non-existent N95 Respirators

[ad_1] ST PAUL, Minnesota: Industrial conglomerate 3M Co said Friday (May 1) that it sued five vendors for allegedly trying to attack government officials with fraudulent offers to sell billions of nonexistent N95 respirators. Sellers tried to sell respirators to officials in Florida, Wisconsin and Indiana at very high prices, …

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