A Chinese court on Wednesday jailed 10 Hong Kong democracy activists for up to three years over a bid to flee the city by speedboat to Taiwan, as a crackdown on dissent in the territory intensifies.Th
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Erdogan talks new reforms in Turkey; fears of turning into police state similar to China looms large
Speaking at two ceremonies in Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan proclaimed that 2021 would be a “year of democratic and economic reforms” in the country. Addressing the coronavirus pandemic the Preside
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Lens Technology accused of using forced labor; China’s hue and cry over Wistron incident exposed
A well-known Chinese company, Lens Technology, which supplies consumer electronics components, is one of the recent additions to the list of companies accused of using forced labor in its manufacturin
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A Saudi court sentenced prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation
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Japan detected a coronavirus variant found in South Africa, the government said, the first such discovery in a nation that has already identified more than a dozen cases of another variant that is sp
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President-elect Joe Biden said that Donald Trump's appointees at the Pentagon were stalling on the transition and warned that the United States faces security risks as a result.After he and Vice Pres
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