TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is facing an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions it would become in the next Hong Kong, its top diplomat said during a visit by US Secretary of Health Alex Azar on Tuesday. Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks at …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the U.S. election infrastructure for the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, indicating a more active level of heightened Chinese interference. O’Brien’s remarks appeared to go above and beyond a statement issued Friday by the …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources. Debris will …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the U.S. election infrastructure for the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, indicating a more active level of heightened Chinese interference. O’Brien’s remarks appeared to go above and beyond a statement issued Friday by the …
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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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