According to the CPB, the shipment originated in Xinjiang, China, pointing to possible human rights abuses of forced labor and imprisonment. The products were worth more than $ 800,000 dollars. Xinjiang is an autonomous rural region in northwest China and home to approximately 11 million Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana is investigating an increasing number of unexplained elephant deaths, having confirmed that 275 had died, compared to 154 two weeks ago, the government said on Thursday. A dead elephant is seen in this undated brochure image in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, May-June 2020. PHOTOS OBTAINED BY …
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(Reuters) – The US economic recovery, After two months of faster-than-expected job gains, may stumble as a surge in new coronavirus infections prompts states to delay and, in some cases, reverse plans to allow stores to reopen and activities to resume. FILE PHOTO: Hundreds of people line up in front …
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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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FILE PHOTO: An overview of South Beach as beaches reopen with restrictions to limit the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, June 10 2020. REUTERS / Marco Bello (Reuters) – Florida broke records on Thursday when it reported more than 10,000 new cases of coronavirus, the …
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