Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Shares pressured by Brexit, U.S. Suspicion of arousal

By Tom Wilson, Hideyuki Sano London / Tokyo (Reuters) – U.S. Shares of the world slipped on Friday in the wake of difficult Brexit talks and uncertainty over stimulus talks, with the Covid-19 vaccine progressing, pushing sterling to weaken the dollar. File photo: A trader looks at financial information on …

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Hong Kong activists Joshua Wang, Agnes Chow, Ivan Lamne jailed

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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