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Beijing drops hammer on Hong Kong: ‘I can’t sleep and can’t eat, my heart is tired’
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2019
For the first time in 52 years, the Beijing-controlled leader of Hong Kong on Oct. 4 invoked a British colonial-era emergency law which includes a ban on the wearing of masks at protests.
The move by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sparked an immediate backlash from demonstrators who wear masks to avoid being identified by communist authorities and protect themselves from volleys of tear gas fired by police.
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Trump’s Pullout From Northern Syria Is a Disaster for the Kurds and a Gift to ISIS — “ISIS has been waiting for this,” said one anti-ISIS campaigner who fought for Kurdish forces. “It’s going to be a nightmare.” Kurds lost an estimated 11,000 lives in the U.S.-backed fight against ISIS.
“ISIS has been waiting for this,” said one anti-ISIS campaigner who fought for Kurdish forces. “It’s going to be a nightmare.”
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'Just Because He Does It in the Open Does Not Make Abuse of Power OK': Outrage After Trump Asks China to Investigate Bidens: "Let's be very clear what’s happening here: Trump is openly asking foreign governments to interfere in the 2020 presidential election against his political rivals."
"Let's be very clear what’s happening here: Trump is openly asking foreign governments to interfere in the 2020 presidential election against his political rivals."
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Demanding Transcript of Trump Call With Xi, Warren Slams President for Selling Out People of Hong Kong 'Behind Closed Doors': "The public must see the transcript of Trump's call with Xi. And we need a leader who will stand up for our values."
"The public must see the transcript of Trump's call with Xi. And we need a leader who will stand up for our values."
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A top US diplomat told Sen. Ron Johnson that the Trump administration was blocking hundreds of millions of dollars in US military aid to Ukraine until the country agreed to launch investigations Trump was demanding
Sen. Ron Johnson spoke out on the topic Friday.
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Boris Johnson's Tories extend their leader over Labour in WALES under Boris Johnson, new poll shows
The Tories have surged into a four-point lead over Labour, with Boris Johnson's party on 29 per cent, an increase of five per cent in what is one of the left-wing party's traditional heartlands.
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U.S.-Japan trade deal aims to put U.S. farmers on par with Trans-Pacific trade pact competitors
The new U.S.-Japan trade deal will provide staged reduction of Japanese tariffs for more than $2 billion worth of U.S. beef and pork, matching access now granted to the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact countries, a text of the agreement shows.
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Ireland’s PM says he wants to meet UK’s Boris Johnson about Brexit next week
With less than a month until its scheduled exit, Johnson is seeking significant changes to how the most contentious issue -- the border between British-ruled Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland -- was dealt with in the divorce deal agreed by his predecessor, Theresa May, almost a year ago.
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Greece pays 1.5% to raise 1.5 billion euros in 10-year bond
Greece's finance minister says the country has raised 1.5 billion euros ($1.65 billion) from investors by reopening a 10-year bond issue from earlier this year