The editor-in-chief of The Global Times, a state-funded newspaper in China, asked Monday whether the United States is “mentally retarded” in rejecting Beijing’s extensive territorial claims in the South China Sea, a region with disputes over long standing between China and other Southeast Asian countries. In a retweet of an …
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The New York Times is moving part of its Hong Kong office to Seoul amid growing concern about the impact of new national security laws on the freedom and security of the press. The American outlet will move its digital equipment, about a third of its current Hong Kong office, …
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Johnny Depp’s bodyguard said the actor initially made up an excuse after his wife allegedly cut his finger off during a row because victims often try to protect their abusers. Giving evidence in Depp’s defamation action against the Sun about an article labeling him a “handcuff puncher,” Malcolm Connolly was …
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Amber Heard was a “sociopath”, a “Machiavellian supreme lord” and the “abuser” in the relationship between her and Johnny Depp, the actor’s former personal assistant has claimed in the higher court. Stephen Deuters was giving evidence on the fifth day of Depp’s defamation action against the Sun for an article …
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Dozens of media companies have received coronavirus relief loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in recent months, according to data released Monday by the Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department. The loan program, established by Congress in late March to boost small businesses during the pandemic, has distributed …
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