WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had informed Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington had concluded or terminated three bilateral agreements with the semi-autonomous city following China’s introduction of a sweeping national security law. The termination of the talks follows US President Donald Trump’s mandate …
Read More »Exclusive: Facebook staff ask internal question about policy after controversy over India content – sources, memos
NEW DELHI / BENGALURU (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, face internal questions from employees about how political content is regulated in its largest market, according to sources with direct knowledge and internal messages seen by Reuters. Ankhi Das, Facebook’s Director of Public …
Read More »Thai police arrest activist over protest against monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police arrested activist lawyer Anon Nampa on Wednesday over a protest on August 3, demanding the reform of the powerful monarchy, the second time he has been arrested this month, a police officer said. Anon, 36, has been at the forefront of a movement that has …
Read More »Thai police arrest activist over protest against monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police arrested activist lawyer Anon Nampa on Wednesday over a protest on August 3, demanding the reform of the powerful monarchy, the second time he has been arrested this month, a police officer said. Anon, 36, has been at the forefront of a movement that has …
Read More »More infected coronavirus mutation may be ‘a good thing’, says disease expert
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An increasingly common mutation of the new coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious, but appears less deadly, according to a prominent doctor of infectious diseases. PHILO PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was …
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