HONG KONG (AP) – Three prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were jailed Wednesday for protesting outside police headquarters as authorities took action in protest of Beijing’s tightening of control over the region. Activists – Joshua Wong, Agnes Chou and Evan Lum – are among more than 10,000 people arrested since …
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LAS VEGAS – Former Vice President Joe Biden is maintaining a slight lead in Nevada with just 12,000 more votes than President Donald Trump. However, more than 50,000 mail-in ballots remain to be counted in Clark County alone. Election officials in Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, hope to …
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BANGKOK (AP) – The Thai government on Thursday rescinded the state of emergency for Bangkok in a gesture to quell massive student-led protests for democratic reform. Under the decree, public gatherings of more than four people were banned and censorship of the media was allowed, among other provisions. The opposition …
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A Russian journalist was killed after a fire broke out outside a government building on Friday – an hour before his suicide on Facebook, he wrote, “Blame the Russian Federation for my death.” Irina Slavina, editor-in-chief of the small local news outlet Koza Press, in front of the local branch …
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Just weeks after China imposed its new Hong Kong crackdown law, the citizens there boldly showed Beijing what they think of it, appearing last weekend at an unofficial “opposition primary” among the candidates. pro-democratic. The communists’ response: threaten prison for all who voted. That’s more than 600,000 people who turned …
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