Asia & Pacific 06/15/2019
Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam sought to quell public anger Saturday by shelving an unpopular extradition bill that has highlighted apprehension about relations with mainland China, but opponents of the measure said it was ...
Asia & Pacific 06/15/2019
Just days before an expected court date for a volunteer in Thailand, who is accused of facilitating the beaming of censored radio signals into China, protesters in Washington appealed to have the man released. More than ...
World 06/15/2019
In Hong Kong, further large-scale protests are expected to continue over the coming weekend, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets to oppose a proposed extradition law between Hong Kong and mainland ...
Asia & Pacific 06/14/2019
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Politics 06/14/2019
A group of nine pro-democratic lawmakers condemned the Hong Kong government for describing Wednesday's mass protest on the island nation as a riot. The legislators were specifically referring to comments made by Hong Kong Special Administrative ...
Asia & Pacific 06/14/2019
Calling Iran "a nation of terror," President Donald Trump on Friday publicly accused the Persian Gulf country of responsibility for recent attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Trump said Iran's culpability was ...
Politics 06/14/2019
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U.S. 06/14/2019
In a press briefing at the State Department Thursday, June 13, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Iran is responsible for two attacks against separate ships that occurred in the Gulf of Oman ...
Asia & Pacific 06/14/2019
The U.S. military on Friday released a video it said shows Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting the Islamic Republic ...
Asia & Pacific 06/14/2019
Calm appeared to have returned to Hong Kong after days of protests by students and human rights activists opposed to a bill that would allow suspects to be tried in mainland Chinese courts. The prospect of ...
U.S. 06/13/2019
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Europe 06/13/2019
President Donald J. Trump welcomed Polish President Andrzej Duda to the White House on Wednesday, June 12, for talks about increasing the U.S. military presence in Poland. The U.S. president and the first lady walked out ...
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America 05/26/2019
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America 05/24/2019
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Europe 06/13/2019
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Europe 06/13/2019
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Europe 06/12/2019
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Europe 06/10/2019
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Europe 06/06/2019
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Europe 06/06/2019
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Europe 06/06/2019
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Europe 06/04/2019
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Africa 05/30/2019
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Africa 05/29/2019
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Asia & Pacific 06/15/2019
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A group of nine pro-democratic lawmakers condemned the Hong Kong government for describing Wednesday's mass protest on the island nation as a riot. The legislators were specifically referring to comments made by Hong Kong Special Administrative ...
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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway was asked Wednesday, June 12, about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong against the Chinese communist regime’s intention to implement an extradition treaty with Hong Kong. The counselor responded by ...
World 06/12/2019
The New York Post carried an article on June 1, 2019, titled “Chinese dissidents are being executed for their organs, former hospital worker says.” The article was written by Steven W. Mosher, the president of the Population Research ...
World 06/12/2019
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Thousands of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong gathered on Tuesday night, June 4, to mark 30 years since the Chinese Communist Party brutally clamped down on mostly students pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on ...
World 06/04/2019
China responded pointedly to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's comments on the 30th anniversary of the Chinese army's bloody suppression of student-led pro-democracy protests centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The dueling statements underscore the vast divide ...
World 06/03/2019
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World 06/03/2019
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Asia & Pacific 06/03/2019
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World 05/30/2019
China accuses US of 'naked economic terrorism' in imposing new tariffs on billions of dollars worth of products sent to United States
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World 05/30/2019
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November 1989 marked the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, when thousands of Germans brought down the Berlin Wall—the most visible symbol of the Cold War, built by communists to separate East and West Berlin. The ...
World 06/03/2019
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Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners from Canada and supportive lawmakers celebrated the 27th annual World Falun Dafa Day in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday. The attendees condemned the persecution of ...
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World 05/02/2019
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called out China as one of the world’s most egregious persecutors of religious faiths in its 2019 annual report released on April 29. The report also states ...
World 05/02/2019
Group says the tool monitors people’s movements by tracing their phones, vehicles, and ID cards, and notes “suspicious” behavior like whether an individual fails to socialize with their neighbors or uses an “unusual” amount of ...
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A forum was hosted in the U.S. Congress on April 25, 2019 to mark the 20th anniversary of the April 25 peaceful appeal. April 25, 1999, is a significant date for China and Falun Gong practitioners. ...
World 04/24/2019
Mr. Deng Chenglian, a successful businessman in Shanghai, was arrested at home a year ago. He was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 8,000 yuan just four days ago. Mr. Deng was brought into the Fengxian ...
World 04/22/2019
The U.S. State Department’s recently released Human Rights Report for 2018 is its yearly attempt to hold other governments accountable, while saying nothing about controversial American government actions during the year. The aim is to enhance generally the ...
World 04/18/2019
Ms. He Lianchun of Mengzi City, Yunnan Province, suffered from a heart problem and severe sciatic nerve pain that made it difficult for her to walk. After she began to practice Falun Gong in June ...
World 04/11/2019
UCANews.com, a Catholic news source serving the Asian region, carried a commentary article titled “China's genocide unlike any other” by Benedict Rogers on April 4, 2019. Benedict Rodgers is deputy chair of the U.K.’s Conservative Party ...
World 04/10/2019
The award-winning documentary film “Letter from Masanjia” tells the true story of the extraordinary courage and hope of a man named Sun Yi, despite the unimaginable horrors he endured as a prisoner of conscience in ...
World 04/08/2019
Several major news outlets in the United Kingdom recently published articles or produced programs calling for an end to the killing of prisoners of conscience for organs in China, including the BBC, The Guardian, Sunday Express, and Scotsman. A ...
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