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How the national security law is bringing China’s authoritarian legal system to Hong Kong. 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.
Defiance and fear as Hong Kong settles into new normal after China-backed law takes hold. If Beijing thought a new national security law would guarantee a quiet birthday for Hong Kong, it was mistaken.
As the city marked 23 years of Chinese rule Wednesday, and less than 24 hours under the new reality of the national security law —
Twenty Indian soldiers dead after clash with China along disputed border. At least 20 Indian soldiers have died after a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late Monday, the Indian army has said.
The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in the disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh area,
Wall Street’s party is over Coronavirus fears are back. The runaway train on Wall Street has been derailed by a force nearly as powerful as easy money: a healthy dose of reality.
The Dow plunged 1,862 points, or 6.9%, on Thursday in the biggest selloff since March 16. Even the previously red-hot Nasdaq tumbled 5.3% back below the 10,000 level.
Drew Brees issues apology for ‘insensitive’ comments. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees issued an apology Thursday for his “insensitive” comments made yesterday in an interview with Yahoo Finance.
Brees has been widely criticized by many fellow athletes, with NBA star LeBron James and Brees’ teammate Michael Thomas weighing in.
When asked for his opinion about players kneeling to protest police brutality once the NFL season begins this fall,
Jadon Sancho joins ‘Justice for George Floyd’ protest in scoring hat-trick for Dortmunds. England international Jadon Sancho celebrated the first of his second-half hat-trick for Borussia Dortmund in its 6-1 rout of SC Paderborn on Sunday by revealing a “Justice for George Floyd” T-shirt.
The victory against the Bundesliga bottom club kept Dortmund’s slender title hopes alive,
Magnus Carlsen: ‘My emotions are usually outside my body and that’s not what you usually connect to a chess player.’. Greatness cannot be achieved without sacrifice. While it is the fire that burns inside that fuels the brilliance, the pursuit for perfection can also torment,
Pompeo says Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China jeopardizing billions of dollars in trade. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he certified to Congress Wednesday that Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from China — a decision that could result in the loss of Hong Kong’s special trading status with the US and threaten its standing as an international financial hub.
Trump abruptly ends press conference after contentious exchange with reporters. President Donald Trump abruptly ended his Monday press conference after a contentious exchange in which he asked an Asian-American journalist to “ask China” about her question and then refused to take a query from another White House reporter.
Weijia Jiang, a White House correspondent for CBS News,
Trump officials try to enlist foreign allies in pressure campaign against China over coronavirus response. With the general election just six months away, and the global economy in shambles because of the coronavirus, there is increasing urgency inside the White House and among President Donald Trump’s Republican allies to blame China over its failure to stem the spread of the disease early on.