PHOTO PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson handcuffs during a visit to North Yorkshire Police to meet with recently graduated police officers in Northallerton, UK July 30, 2020. Charlotte Graham / Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Monday that Britain would be weaker than …
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(Repeats to more subscribers) By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. has emerged as the most likely buyer of US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short video app that prepares US President Donald Trump for effective bans on national security grounds. A deal would be in …
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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 …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Monday became the highest-profile detainee under a new national security law, arrested over suspected collusion with foreign troops as scores of police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper. Lai, 71, was one of the most prominent democracy …
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