BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing has named an official who became prominent during a crackdown on protests in a Chinese village as director of its new national security office in Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday. Zheng Yanxiong, 56, recently served as secretary general of the committee …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) is removing terms such as “blacklist”, “master” and “slave” from its materials and internal technology code, as it seeks to address racism within the company, two sources with knowledge of the measure said. FILE PHOTO: The Dow Jones Industrial Average logo, …
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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 …
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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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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested a 24-year-old man at the city’s airport early Thursday on suspicion of stabbing an officer during protests against a new Beijing-imposed national security law in downtown financial. Chinese national flags are seen on the ground during a march against national security law …
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