ATLANTA (Reuters) – Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, a nine-story-high bas-relief sculpture carved out of a sprawling rock northeast of Atlanta, is perhaps the most daring monument in the south to its legacy of slavery still intact. FILE PHOTO: A man speaks into a megaphone while pointing at the granite-carved Confederate …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – 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 on Friday accused of inciting separatism and the terrorism under a new security law. The Hong Kong Judiciary …
Read More »Hong Kong man accused of terrorism in first use of China’s new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) – 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 on Friday accused of inciting separatism and the terrorism under a new security law. The Hong Kong Judiciary …
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission Head Ursula von der Leyen hold a joint press conference via video conference to mark Berlin taking over the rotating EU presidency from July 1 to the end of the year in Berlin, Germany, July 2, 2020. Kay Nietfeld / Pool via Reuters …
Read More »Exclusive: Hong Kong activists discuss ‘parliament in exile’ after China’s crackdown
LONDON (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are discussing a plan to create an unofficial parliament in exile to keep the flame of democracy alive and send a message to China that freedom cannot be crushed, he told Reuters on activist Simon Cheng. Simon Cheng, a former British Consulate employee, …
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