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How the national security law is bringing China's authoritarian legal system to Hong Kong
CNN 02 Jul 2020
Hong Kong (CNN)When Beijing announced it would impose a national security law on Hong Kong six weeks ago, many people feared the legislation could extend China's authoritarian reach over the semi-autonomous city and undermine its cherished rule of law ... Why China's national security law could change Hong Kong forever ... Read More ... JUST WATCHED ... ....
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India PM Modi shuts Weibo account after app ban
Asahi News 02 Jul 2020
HONG KONG--Sina Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter, said it has deleted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s account at the request of the Indian embassy, as tensions between the two countries continue to simmer over a border skirmish ... In contrast, Chinese leaders are rarely active on social media ... ....
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Trump changes position and says he is ‘all for masks’
Belfast Telegraph 02 Jul 2020
US President Donald Trump appears to have shifted his stance on wearing a face covering in public, saying in an interview that he is “all for masks”. The American leader even told Fox Business he thinks wearing a mask makes him look like the fictional Lone Ranger. He said. “I’m all for masks. I think masks are good. People have seen me wearing one.” ... OK....
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Trump niece's tell-all book can now be released as judge overturns temporary block
The Independent 02 Jul 2020
Donald Trump’s niece will publish a new tell-all book on the president after an appeals court in New York overturned an earlier decision to stop its publication ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... ....
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Landslide in Myanmar jade mine kills at least 100
Press TV 02 Jul 2020
The bodies of at least 100 jade miners were pulled from the mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on Thursday, in one of the worst ever accidents to hit the perilous industry ... The disaster struck after an early bout of heavy rainfall close to the Chinese border in Kachin State, the Myanmar Fire Services Department said in a Facebook post ... AFP) ... ....
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Duterte to talk with cops in Sulu incident
Journal Online 02 Jul 2020
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte wants to talk with the police officers involved in the shooting incident that led to the death of four Army intelligence personnel in Jolo, Sulu, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. “The President will talk with the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and PNP (Philippine National Police) commanders in Western Mindanao ... ....
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Australia may offer safe haven to Hong Kong residents
ABC News 02 Jul 2020
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his government is considering an offer of safe haven to Hong Kong residents threatened by China’s move to impose a tough national security law on the semi-autonomous territory ... ....
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The 3 Calmest Zodiac Signs—and How the Rest of Us Can Copy Their Cool
Yahoo Daily News 30 Jun 2020
Why is that while you sweat bullets under pressure, see red in an argument or put your foot in your mouth time and time again, your Aquarius, Libra and Taurus friends remain cool as cucumbers? You would love to have just a sliver of their chill ... Allow yourself to think before you respond ... (Reminder ... Step back to see the bigger picture ... ....
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‘I saw so much killing’: the mental health crisis of South Sudan refugees
The Guardian 02 Jul 2020
The 29-year-old, who had been uprooted from South Sudan to a north Ugandan refugee ......
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India's coronavirus cases cross 600,000 amid easing of lockdowns
Yahoo Daily News 02 Jul 2020
By Rajendra Jadhav and Zarir Hussain. MUMBAI/GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - India's coronavirus infections surpassed 600,000 on Thursday, with 17,834 deaths, as authorities battled to contain the pandemic while easing lockdown rules, officials and the health ministry said ... (Interactive graphic tracking global spread of coronavirus ... ....
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Turkish court hears case on turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Yahoo Daily News 02 Jul 2020
By Mert Ozkan. ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Thursday heard a case aimed at converting Istanbul's sixth century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and will announce its verdict within 15 days, a lawyer said, on an issue which has drawn international expressions of concern ... The court case disputes the legality of that conversion. U.S ... ....
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Gun attack leaves 24 dead in central Mexico
The Jakarta Post 02 Jul 2020
Shares. Gunmen on Wednesday attacked a drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico, killing at least 24 people and leaving seven wounded, local authorities said ... "We have reports that the [armed] subjects arrived in a red vehicle, no further information is known ... Authorities are working on locating the vehicle, Cortes said ... . ... ....
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Nepal PM Likely To Address Nation Amid Growing Calls For Resignation
NDTV 02 Jul 2020
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is likely to address the nation on Thursday as calls for his resignation from the posts of the prime minister and ruling party co-chair grew louder ... ....
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Facebook purges 5,000 apps that accessed data after 90 'inactive' days
The Times of India 02 Jul 2020
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Hundreds of elephant carcasses discovered in Botswana over the last two months
Indian Express 02 Jul 2020
As many as 350 elephant carcasses were discovered during aerial surveys of the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana since the beginning of May. Officials investigating the sudden spike in the number of elephant deaths in the area are yet to identify the cause, but have ruled out the possibility of anthrax poisoning, The Guardian reported ... Live Blog ... ....
