Mandalay, Myanmar – Aye Mon, 30, is left alone with a two–year–old daughter after her husband and younger brother died in the worst collapse of the Myanmar jade mine that killed more than 170 people on Thursday. Hoping to find gems that could transform his future, his brother, 22-year-old Shwe …
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The World Health Organization reported 212,000 new cases of coronavirus worldwide, the highest increase in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The WHO said it was suspending its trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the HIV drug lopinavir / ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 after …
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Now he says he would not even pass through the Hong Kong airport for fear of being arrested under the city’s new national security law. That’s because the legislation, which went into effect on Tuesday night, it doesn’t just stifle freedoms at home. It also puts foreign citizens who criticize …
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Amnesty International Turkey’s Honorary President Taner Kilic was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for being a member of a terrorist organization, while the group’s former director, İdil Eser, was sentenced to two years and one month for helping to a terrorist organization. Amnesty members Günal Kursun …
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A man carrying a “Free Hong Kong” sign while riding a motorcycle against police in a protest against the Chinese rulers of the territory became the first person accused of inciting secession and “terrorism” under a new law. national security. Beijing imposed the legislation on the former British territory earlier …
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