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Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty Over June 4 ‘Illegal Assembly’
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was among four people who pleaded guilty on Friday of participating in an illegal assembly on June 4 last year to commemorate the 1989
Delhi Seeks More Cremation Space as Covid Deaths Rise
Police in India’s capital Delhi have asked local authorities to identify more sites for Covid-19 cremations. A second wave of the coronavirus is ravaging parts of India, overwhelming hospitals, morgues
‘I’m a Horrible Skeleton’: Navalny Makes First Appearance After 24-day Hunger Strike
In his first public appearance since ending a weeks-long hunger strike, jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny looked visibly thinner in a court hearing, which he attended via video link. Thursday’s
Millions Vote in India Elections as Deaths, Cases Reach Record High
People in the Indian state of West Bengal are voting in the final phase of elections despite soaring coronavirus cases. Long queues were seen outside polling booths, raising concerns about
Covid: Turkey Enters First Full Lockdown Thursday
The streets are crowded, the shopping centres busy and the traffic heavy. Some flock to the main bus terminal to get out of Istanbul, while others are trying to stockpile
China Launches Key Module of Space Station Planned for 2022
China has launched an unmanned module containing living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022, state media reported.
Biden Pleads for Unity, Warns of Chinese Threat in Speech to US Congress
US President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, pleading with Republican lawmakers to work with him
US Feds Raid Trump Lawyer Guiliani’s Home and Office
Federal agents have raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office, seizing computers and cell phones in a major escalation of the Justice Department’s investigation into the business dealings of former
Michael Collins, One of Three Astronauts on Historic Moon Landing Mission, Dies at 90
Michael Collins – one of the three crew members of the first manned mission to the Moon, Apollo 11 in 1969 – has died aged 90. He died on Wednesday
US Navy Fires Warning Shots in New Tense Encounter with Iran
An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the first such shooting in nearly four
