CHICAGO (Reuters) – Many Chicagoans vehemently oppose President Donald Trump’s promise to send federal officials to the third-largest city in the US, after seeing camouflaged agents deployed to a Portland club and protesters anti-racism with tear gas. Chicago Police shell markers are seen where a 37-year-old man riding a bicycle …
Read More »Syrian tycoon says front companies used to dodge sanctions as gap with Assad widens
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf revealed Sunday that he had established a network of companies off the coast to help President Bashar al-Assad evade Western sanctions, in a social media post criticizing the government for investigating your business empire. FILE PHOTO: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addresses the government …
Read More »Banned in China, some Falun Gong fear Hong Kong’s new national security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) – On Sunday, July 5, five days after China enacted a new national security law in Hong Kong, Yang Xiaolan and three dozen members of Falun Gong were standing in a public park, holding their arms spread over closed eyes while meditating. soundtrack mixed with birdsong. Yang …
Read More »Germany rejects Trump’s proposal to allow Russia to return to the G7 – Minister of Foreign Affairs – Agricultural products
BERLIN, July 27 (Reuters) – Germany rejected a proposal by United States President Donald Trump to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to return to the more advanced economies of the Group of Seven (G7), Foreign Minister said German Heiko Maas in an interview published on Monday. . Trump raised the …
Read More »‘Delicious Taxes’: Thai Protesters Use Cartoon Japanese Hamster to Mock Government
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a jingle of Japanese cartoons on Sunday with taunts mocking the government as hungry hamsters feast on taxpayer money, part of a new youth protest movement that they say are using whimsical tactics for serious purposes. Thai youth have been challenging the …
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