The Hong Kong government is on the defensive for its extensive quarantine exemptions that have now been identified as causing much of the current outbreak. More than 1,400 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 this month, more than half of Hong Kong’s total infections in the coronavirus pandemic. The medical …
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Israel’s coronavirus cases topped 60,000 infections over the weekend when thousands of people took to the streets across the country to protest the government’s handling of the pandemic and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Police confirmed on Sunday that more than a dozen Israelis had been arrested …
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When Saribek Gevorkyan heard reports that Food City, a vast business-owned food distribution center in Azerbaijan, had suddenly blocked Armenian farmers and rejected 50 trucks of fresh apricots, he took action. She offered free space in her own shopping center to farmers, helping to organize a fruit rescue mission that …
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Staff at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu have been making final efforts to clean up the facility ahead of Beijing’s closed Monday as relations with Washington continue to worsen. Security remained tight outside the facility on Sunday, as bystanders shared space with dozens of uniformed and civilian-clad police officers outside …
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Seattle police withdrew to an compound early Sunday.just hours after declaring a riot during the large protests in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, near where weeks earlier people established a “busy protest zone” that spanned several blocks. Some protesters lingered after officers entered the department’s East Precinct around 1 a.m., but …
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