A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 342,000 people worldwide, and more 5.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19. ( read original story …)
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Pro-democracy protesters clash with police over Beijing’s national security laws
Protesters clashed with police over Beijing’s plan to impose a tough new security law. There’s fear it would crush freedoms in the former British territory. Ramy Inocencio reports. ( read original story …)
Hong Kong police use tear gas against thousands protesting Beijing’s new law
Despite social distancing measures that prohibit gatherings of more than eight and laws on illegal assembly, tens of thousands of people thronged through Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district on … ( read original story…
Thousands protest in Hong Kong after Beijing proposes new security bill
The streets of Hong Kong were filled with angry voices as pro-democracy protests started once again. After months in which the coronavirus outbreak forced demonstrators to stay indoors, Beijing’s … ( read original story …)
Hong Kong Protests Reignite Over Beijing Security Laws
Police fired tear gas on protesters for the first time in weeks after thousands took to the streets in Hong Kong Sunday to vent their anger at security laws Beijing announced it plans to impose.…
Pro-democracy protesters clash with police over Beijing’s new security law
Hong Kong police launched tear gas and fired a water cannon to disperse crowds protesting against a law they fear will crush freedoms in the former British territory. ( read original story …)
Protesters Call for ‘Hong Kong Independence’ as Police Arrest 180 Demonstrators Over China’s Proposed Security Law
The Hong Kong Police Force said that the demonstrators were detained for “unauthorized assembly, unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct in a public place.” … ( read original story …)
China raises US trade tensions with warning of ‘new cold war’
Foreign minister accuses Washington of damaging relationship with Beijing … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus ‘cover-up’ is China’s Chernobyl: White House adviser
A top White House official on Sunday likened China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak to the Soviet Union’s cover-up of the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. ( read original story …)
Mike Pompeo targets China again, says Beijing’s nature becomes clear as result of Covid
President Donald Trump and Pompeo have repeatedly said they suspect the novel coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan was somehow released from the laboratory. ( read original story …)
China Trying to Steal Coronavirus Vaccine Research, But U.S. Will Develop It First: Trump National Security Advisor
National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said China is likely using espionage to try and steal U.S. coronavirus vaccine research, but he declared American scientists would develop it first. ( read original story …)
Trump adviser compares China’s handling of coronavirus to Chernobyl
China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic is akin to the Soviet Union’s response to Chernobyl, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien said Sunday. “The cover-up that they … ( read original story …)
US Aide Renews Warning On China’s Proposed Law For Hong Kong
The warning from national security advisor Robert O’Brien came amid soaring tensions between Washington and Beijing, and only hours after China’s foreign minister Wang Yi warned that the two countries … ( read original story…
