Three organizers of Hong Kong’s 2014 mass protests for democracy could face time in jail after they were found guilty of taking part in an unlawful assembly on Thursday. Student leaders Joshua Wong and Alex Chow were charged over their part in a September 26 rally in front of Hong Kong’s Central Government Offices, which […]
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China’s largest e-commerce site Alibaba has announced plans to open an office in Melbourne, Australia later this year, according to The Australian Financial Review.
Alibaba’s expansion in Australia is aimed at being able to better serve its merchants in Australia, as well as those in New Zealand. There are approximately 1,300... Читать дальше...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An appeals court has dealt the strongest blow yet to Texas' strict voter ID law, ruling that it violates federal protections against discrimination at the ballot box and must be reshaped before November so as not…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An appeals court has dealt the strongest blow yet to Texas' strict voter ID law, ruling that it violates federal protections against discrimination at the ballot box and must be reshaped before November so as not…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An appeals court has dealt the strongest blow yet to Texas' strict voter ID law, ruling that it violates federal protections against discrimination at the ballot box and must be reshaped before November so as not…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An appeals court has dealt the strongest blow yet to Texas' strict voter ID law, ruling that it violates federal protections against discrimination at the ballot box and must be reshaped before November so as not to unfairly harm poor and minority Texas residents. The law went into effect in 2014, even as legal challenges continued to rage. [...] Texas held three statewide elections under it with no reports of major voter disruptions. During this year's presidential election... Читать дальше...
Ted Cruz took the stage at Donald Trump’s gala, but refused to endorse the man of the hour. ‘Vote your conscience,’ he said, and was booed off the stage. The stunning defiance exposed, as much of the primary season has exposed, how deeply dysfunctional the Republican Party has become. And it overshadowed the headline event for the night: An address from vice presidential nominee Mike Pence.
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Police are hunting two men after the threat near RAF Marham.
Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong was found guilty Thursday of participating in a protest that led to mass pro-democracy rallies, in a prosecution blasted as a "chilling warning" by rights campaigners.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., July 21 (UPI) -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled his so-called "Master Plan," blogging his company would move into heavy trucks, buses and ride-sharing programs.
Let's give the people what they want: a public vote in which they emphatically endorse marriage equality.
Watch how the Pathan brothers stitched a match-winning unbeaten 59-run stand for the eighth-wicket partnership to guide India to one of their most famous wins.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz refused to endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the party`s convention on Wednesday, drawing angry jeers from Trump supporters and shattering the facade of party unity that has been carefully built up in Cleveland this week.
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De aandelenbeurs in Amsterdam opent donderdag naar verwachting licht in de plus. Beleggers verwerken onder meer kwartaalcijfers van Unilever en Unibail-Rodamco. Verder wordt uitgekeken naar de rentevergadering van de Europese Centrale Bank (ECB).
Rescuers in Peru found three of nine mountain climbers who went missing after an avalanche in the Andes mountains, as the search continued on Wednesday for the others.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' strict voter ID law discriminates against minorities and the poor and must be weakened before the November elections, a federal appeals court ruled, following claims that at least a half-million registered voters could have struggled…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' strict voter ID law discriminates against minorities and the poor and must be weakened before the November elections, a federal appeals court ruled, following claims that at least a half-million registered voters could have struggled…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' strict voter ID law discriminates against minorities and the poor and must be weakened before the November elections, a federal appeals court ruled, following claims that at least a half-million registered voters could have struggled…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' strict voter ID law discriminates against minorities and the poor and must be weakened before the November elections, a federal appeals court ruled, following claims that at least a half-million registered voters could have struggled to cast a ballot. The Wednesday ruling was a striking election-year victory for President Barack Obama's administration, which took the unusual step of bringing the U.S. Justice Department into Texas to fight the case. Republicans were dealt... Читать дальше...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The oceanographer whose calculations helped an American adventurer find potential debris from Flight 370 said Thursday that the Malaysia Airlines jetliner could have crashed slightly north of the current search area. Adventurer Blaine Gibson handed Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday three pieces of debris and personal belongings that he found on Madagascar beaches in June, which he suspects came from the Boeing 777 that vanished with 239 people on board during... Читать дальше...
Bizarre yet effective.