Credit to Author: David Uberti| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:05:23 +0000
The Senate Intelligence Committee said the campaign ramped up after 2016 and largely targeted African Americans.
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Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:48:50 +0000
Chinese state media called the level of violence in Hong Kong “crazy.”
Read moreCredit to Author: Years of Living Dangerously| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 03:57:34 +0000
It’s still early days for the Green New Deal, a ten-year policy that aims to solve climate change at the pace and scale the crisis demands. Earlier this year, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey introduced a non-binding resolution to Congress. The goal of the resolution is to lay out the scope of the plan’s ambitions, but the nitty-gritty of the policy details are still to come.
Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:31:04 +0000
BEIJING — “Get those foreign agents outta town”, roars a music video by a patriotic Chinese rap group, one of a slew of creative efforts by Beijing attacking Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement as violent and spurred on by overseas governments. The rap video, overlaid with clips of protesters clashing with police and breaking into Hong […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:39:59 +0000
BEIJING — A spokesman for China’s ceremonial legislature has condemned statements from U.S. lawmakers supportive of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. You Wenze called the comments “a gross violation of the spirit of the rule of law, a blatant double standard and a gross interference in China’s internal affairs.” He says Hong Kong’s 7.5 million people […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:23:52 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A law should not be used to weaken the mechanisms of democracy. This was what Senator Grace Poe said Tuesday amid a proposal to put back a law criminalizing subversion. “Ang alam ko, hindi ito kinatigan ng korte, kaya nga hindi natuloy,” Poe told reporters at the Senate when asked about her […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:39:32 +0000
One of the world’s busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters crowded into the main terminal Monday afternoon.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 07:38:36 +0000
Hong Kong police are showing off water cannons as pro-democracy street protests in the Chinese region stretch into their 10th week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 05:07:35 +0000
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters boast of a broad support base but their movement has divided some neighborhoods.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 08:43:25 +0000
HONG KONG — Thousands of pro-democracy protesters hit the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday for the 10th weekend in a row, once again defying police after a night of “hit-and-run” rallies across the city. Activists calling for greater democratic freedoms in the city have shown no sign of standing down, despite Hong Kong’s leader […]
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