Intimidation articles
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Taiwan’s new president calls on China to cease ‘intimidation’
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te urged China on Monday to cease its political and military threats against the self-governing island, as his inauguration extended the rule of a party that Beijing views with suspicion. Though Lai, the former vice president, is expected to largely continue the policies of his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen, he is viewed as a “separatist” and a “troublemaker” by Beijing, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory. China has not ruled out using...
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Joost Klein faces "criminal intimidation" charge: Swedish media
Joost Klein, the Dutch entrant for this month’s Eurovision Song Contest, denies all the charges which led to him being thrown out of the competition, his lawyer Jan-Åke Fält has told Swedish media. Klein, whose song Europapa was one of the competition favourites, was disqualified on Saturday after an incident at Thursday’s rehearsal between him and a camerawoman. He now faces being charged with “criminal intimidation”, according to Swedish media. Swedish police said earlier that they were...
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Man arrested in connection with drug related intimidation in North Dublin
The arrest was made as part of an operation to combat drug related intimidation in the region