HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign troops under the new national security law, his top assistant said on Twitter, in what is the highest-profile arrest still under the law. PHOTO PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder …
Read More »Gunmen kill six French aid workers, their driver and guide in Niger, the minister said
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Motorcycle gunmen killed six French aid workers, a Nigerian guide and a driver at a wildlife park in Niger on Sunday, officials said. PHILO PHOTO: Men resting on the banks of the Niger River in Niamey, Niger, February 20, 2016. REUTERS / Joe Penney The group was …
Read More »Factbox: Countries run around Lebanon after the Beirut explosion
(Reuters) – Countries and international organizations send aid to Lebanon after a massive explosion in Beirut killed at least 158 people and injured 6,000. A general view shows damage after Tuesday’s explosion in the port area of Beirut, Lebanon August 8, 2020. REUTERS / Hannah McKay Below are details on …
Read More »Lebanese calls for an uprising to protest rock Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called for an ongoing uprising on Sunday to assassinate their leaders amid public outrage over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite church said the cabinet should resign to take. A man walks past a truck that caught fire during …
Read More »Lebanese plead for an uprising after protests that shook Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called for an ongoing uprising on Sunday to assassinate their leaders amid public outrage over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite church said the cabinet should resign to take. A man walks past a truck that caught fire during …
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