... of events. Some district councilors have even established concern groups to voice feelings about perceived police brutality, and are determined to prioritize the issue within the DCs. A source who is ...More
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... s doing so. The US Treasury, as part of its semi-annual report on foreign exchange policies of major US trading partners, said it was “concerned” by recent analysis from the US Council of Foreign Rela ...More
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The election last Saturday, in which Tsai Ing-wen won a second term as president, shows democracy maturing in Taiwan, which only started direct presidential elections in 1996. Political power has now ...More
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... es Network. "For this year, we've been looking at 2.5 to 3 percent [GDP growth], as I said, it may be closer to 2.5 because of the adjustment of the Boeing numbers," Mnuchin told Maria Bartiromo on Fo ...More
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This year, we will witness quite a number of important political elections in the world. The list includes Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections, which concluded last Saturday, Hong Kong's l ...More
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... ar in 2020. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) expects a 2 percent fall in vehicle sales. That would compare with an 8.2 percent drop last year, when sales were pressured by new ...More
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... al reports. The government tabled the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 to the Legislative Council on Jan. 8, seeking to increase the statutory maternity leave from the current 10 weeks to 14 weeks. Bu ...More
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Ford Motor Co.’s China vehicle sales fell for a third consecutive year, by 26.1 percent, as it battles a prolonged overall sales decline in its second-biggest market that has hit demand for its mass-m ...More
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Thousands of people staged a rally on Sunday calling on the international community to impose sanctions on Hong Kong officials perceived to be trampling on the human rights of local citizens. Organize ...More
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... rs reports. Benedict wrote the book, From the Depths of Our Hearts, with Cardinal Robert Sarah, 74, a Guinean prelate who heads the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the ...More
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... e to blame. “They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here,” one group of protesters chanted outside a university in Tehran, according to video posted on Twitter. Other posts showe ...More
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The global head of Human Rights Watch said he was denied entry to Hong Kong, where he was scheduled to launch the organization’s latest world report this week, Reuters reports. Kenneth Roth, the group ...More
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Beijing said it will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to China after President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submit to China’s threats, Reuters reports. The election c ...More
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... ts in Iraq. Iran had denied for days after Wednesday’s crash that it brought down the plane, although a top Revolutionary Guards commander said on Saturday that he had informed the authorities about t ...More
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Last month, President Xi Jinping paid an official visit to Macau to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the city’s handover to Chinese sovereignty. Meanwhile, mainstream media outlets on the mainland we ...More
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The world is watching what choice Taiwan makes as the only Chinese-speaking democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, as the island's citizens prepare to vote in weekend elections. "To choose ...More
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