HONG KONG (Reuters) – Six weeks after China imposed sweeping national security laws in Hong Kong, police cracked down on media tycoon Jimmy Lai, one of Beijing’s most outspoken critics in the city. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is being held under national security law after a Hong Kong police officer …
Read More »China is targeting US electoral infrastructure with cyberattacks, O’Brien says
PHOTO PHOTO: National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien walks after interview at White House in Washington, USA, May 24, 2020. REUTERS / Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the U.S. election infrastructure for the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, …
Read More »Belarus holds elections as street protests rattle strong president
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus has begun voting in a presidential election on Sunday against Alexander Lukashenko, a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to face the biggest challenge in years against the man who was once “the last dictator of Europe “was named by Washington. A woman wearing a protective …
Read More »Boston Marathon attacker Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence rejected by the appeals court
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court overturned the death sentence of Boston Marathon attacker Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday for helping carry out the 2013 attack, which killed three people and wounded more than 260. FILE PHOTO: Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is shown in this file photo presented as …
Read More »In Portland, some black activists frustrated with white protesters
PORTLAND (Reuters) – A small group of black teens with megaphones stood in front of federal court in downtown Portland around midnight Thursday in front of a largely white gang of protesters. A protester wearing a makeshift mask observes during a protest against racial inequality and police violence in Portland, …
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