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Five ways Hong Kong has changed under China's security law

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Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong is the most radical shift in how the semi-autonomous city is run since it was handed back to China by Britain in 1997. China's authoritarian leaders say the powers will restore stability after a year of pro-democracy protests and will not stifle freedoms. A key pillar of Hong Kong's success has been an independent judiciary, insulated from mainland China's party-controlled courts and their conviction rates of around 99 percent. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3isk3Vg via Latest News

Looking for a face shield? What to know and where to buy them

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Face shields are rising in popularity amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Here's everything you need to know and where to buy face shields. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3iCKuI7 via Latest News

Jeffrey Epstein ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell charged in US

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She is accused of grooming underage girls for the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and lying about it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YXeAOJ via Latest News

Myanmar leader blames joblessness for deadly mining tragedy

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi expressed sadness Friday over a landslide at a jade mining site in the country’s north that took at least 172 lives, blaming the tragedy on joblessness. Suu Kyi, speaking on a scheduled Facebook Live broadcast with representatives of the construction industry, bemoaned what she described as the need for people to illegally sift for jade because they lacked other ways of making a living. The Myanmar Fire Services Department, which coordinates rescue and emergency services, announced Friday that there were 172 deaths from the accident, an increase of 10 over Thursday’s total. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YWu2dD via Latest News

Ethiopian pop star's murder reveals political rifts

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Firaol Ajema and his friends, dressed in black T-shirts, have been meeting each afternoon in recent days to listen to the music of Ethiopian pop star Hachalu Hundessa. The homemade shirts bearing the dead singer's portrait and the slogan "I am also Hachalu" are their way of honouring the man whose murder Monday sparked violence that killed nearly 100 and highlighted Ethiopia's simmering ethnic tensions. "We haven't been able to properly mourn," said Firaol, a university student in the town of Legetafo outside Addis Ababa, where security has been tight since the killing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Da72Q6 via Latest News

Rocket Lab vehicle fails to reach orbit, loses payload of satellites

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For nearly 160 years, St. George has been known as Utah's 'Dixie.' The name is all over the city. Is it time to change?

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The word "Dixie" is everywhere in St. George, Utah. The controversy over its Confederate ties is back in the public eye — but it's not a new debate. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2C4Q7Os via Latest News

Rideau Hall: Canadian Armed Forces member arrested after breaching official residence

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Justin Trudeau lives on the estate but was not home when a Canada armed forces member entered the gates. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Zvlg5r via Latest News

Biden narrows list of vice presidential contenders

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Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has narrowed his reported list of vice presidential contenders, with several black women in contention; Jacqui Heinrich reports on the latest. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2D9nfFc via Latest News

Florida breaks record with 11,458 new virus cases. Miami-Dade and Broward hit highs, too

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Saturday’s update on new confirmed COVID-19 cases from the Florida Department of Health reflected the state, Miami-Dade and Broward record new single-day highs, rocketing past previous peaks. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2C2VUUw via Latest News

PlayStation Discounts 21 Popular PS4 Games to Just $5 - ComicBook.com

PlayStation Discounts 21 Popular PS4 Games to Just $5    ComicBook.com Sony Just Announced Six New PlayStation 5 Games    We Got This Covered PlayStation Store Discounts Big PS4 Game to Just $10    ComicBook.com View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/38A5Ot6 via Technology

Michael Cohen may have violated the terms of his prison release by eating out at a restaurant in Manhattan

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The New York Post obtained photos showing Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, eating out with his wife and another couple in Manhattan Thursday night. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZzldG0 via Latest News

The Science Behind Your Favorite Fireworks

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Chicago announced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone traveling from 15 states with COVID-19 outbreaks

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Chicago is requiring individuals from 15 states experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks to quarantine for 14 days when traveling to the city. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NVoF8d via Latest News

Donald Trump Jr's girlfriend coronavirus positive

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The girlfriend of President Donald Trump's eldest son has tested positive for coronavirus, US media reported Friday. Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News television personality who is dating Donald Trump Jr, had traveled to South Dakota to see the US president’s Fourth of July speech and celebration fireworks at Mount Rushmore. In a statement to the newspaper, Sergio Gor, chief of staff to the Trump campaign's finance committee, said: "She's doing well, and will be retested to ensure the diagnosis is correct since she's asymptomatic." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2W1EhvF via Latest News

Virus concerns grow — as do crowds flocking to Jersey Shore

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New Jersey’s casinos have reopened, along with amusement rides and water parks. Beaches are open, though at reduced occupancy levels. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31P6jOi via Latest News

Why Is the Public Corruption Unit Prosecuting Ghislaine Maxwell?

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A curious detail appears in the press release announcing the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell on charges of conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors. On Thursday, Audrey Strauss, the newly appointed acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Maxwell had been charged in a six-count indictment accusing her of enticing and transporting a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, conspiracy to commit those offenses and perjury in connection with a sworn deposition. Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Madam’ Ghislaine Maxwell Is Behind Bars. Who's Next?The charges were not a surprise in light of comments by Strauss’s predecessor, Geoffrey S. Berman, last year after Epstein died of an apparent suicide in jail. Berman pledged to the victims of Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking crimes that “our investigation of the conduct charged in the Indictment—which included a conspiracy count—remains ongoing.”The unusual part of Strauss’s announcement is that th

A massive economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic are pushing Lebanon towards a famine

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There are estimates from the World Bank that 75% of the country's population could end up living in poverty, France24 reported. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gmLmhR via Latest News

WHO sees first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks

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The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon get results from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients, its Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. "Nearly 5,500 patients in 39 countries have so far been recruited into the Solidarity trial," he told a news briefing, referring to clinical studies the U.N. agency is conducting. "We expect interim results within the next two weeks." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZBN0pc via Latest News

Northeast Indian state bans sale of dog meat amid protest

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Black family sues Hilton after white clerk calls police over hotel's own billing mistake

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A billing mistake by the hotel results in a dispute that led to police being called to the Hampton Inn. Now the guests are suing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31HOAse via Latest News

School districts pushed to reopen say there isn't enough money to do it safely

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"They're caught between a rock and a hard place, and the biggest fear is they're going to be forced to open schools without the safety guidelines." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eW7Upz via Latest News

More bodies found at Myanmar jade mine disaster

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Rescuers Friday pulled several bodies from the scene of a landslide which killed over 160 jade miners in northern Myanmar, many of them migrant workers seeking their fortune in treacherous open-cast mines near the China border. The disaster -- the worst in memory to strike Myanmar's notoriously dangerous jade mines -- ocurred on Thursday when a hillside collapsed in heavy monsoon rains. "The search and rescue missions continued today and we now have 166 bodies," the Myanmar Fire Services Department said in a Facebook post, raising the overnight toll by four. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VHHvnG via Latest News