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Greta Thunberg throws support behind PH climate activists, tweets #JunkTerrorLaw Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg throws support behind PH climate activists, tweets #JunkTerrorLaw

MANILA, Philippines – Greta Thunberg threw her support behind climate activists in the Philippines who are speaking out against the recently passed anti-terror law.  On Monday evening, July 6 (Philippine time), Thunberg retweeted an original post by the International FridaysForFuture Twitter account, and wrote, "Please support the climate activists in…
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July 6, 2020
Despite tense India-China relations, New Delhi warms up to Dalai Lama on his 85th birthday Dalai Lama

Despite tense India-China relations, New Delhi warms up to Dalai Lama on his 85th birthday

Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, he headed the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, India. The Tibetan leader has lived in India for over 60 years now but China calls him "a wolf in monk's clothes". Also see: From conflict with China to Nobel Peace Prize: Journey of the Dalai…
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July 6, 2020
Police detain prominent law professor and government critic as China’s crackdown continues Xi Jinping

Police detain prominent law professor and government critic as China’s crackdown continues

Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, one of China’s few remaining outspoken critics of President Xi Jinping and the communist government, was taken from his home in Beijing by police on Monday morning.Close friends of Xu’s who spoke with his family confirmed that he had been arrested and that they…
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July 6, 2020
Instant Opinion: England is ‘powerless, rudderless and adrift’ Tories and Labour

Instant Opinion: England is ‘powerless, rudderless and adrift’

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. John Harris in The Guardianon exclusion and abandonment in Brexit and coronavirus Powerless, rudderless and adrift: Covid-19 has crystallised how England feels“Mix together condescension, vagueness and government by edict, and one…
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July 6, 2020