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December 13, 2021

Article: Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai and 7 others sentenced to prison over banned Tiananmen vigil

A Hong Kong court has sentenced media tycoon Jimmy Lai (the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper) and seven other pro-democracy figures to up…
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November 27, 2021

Article: Leader of Tibet expresses condolences on demise of ex-President of South Africa F.W. de Klerk

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has written to Mrs Elita de Klerk, to express his deepest condolences on the demise of F.W. de Klerk,…
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November 16, 2021

Article: Communists missing from Czech parliament for the first time in 76 years

For the first time in 76 years, the Communist Party Of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) didn't gain any seats in the parliamentary elections last month.…
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October 10, 2021

Article: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces resignation

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said he plans to step down, with the country's foreign minister to take his place. Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-chancellor-sebastian-kurz-announces-resignation/a-59458714?fbclid=IwAR2jjOW98moZCFsDpb5OcY8NyJafgjffs6fEO1sltsn-xYnKdY_Pqs1ioJU
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October 10, 2021

Article: Whistleblower: ‘Almost no one outside of Facebook knows what happens inside Facebook’

Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents, said the social media company could "destroy" her…
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October 10, 2021

Article: Facebook whistleblower accuses company of ‘tearing our societies apart’

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen took aim at her former employer, accusing the social media giant of "tearing our societies apart" in an interview with CBS'…
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October 10, 2021

Article: Anna Politkovskaya, a true Russian patriot

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered 15 years ago. The Kremlin would prefer to forget her, but there’s good reason for the world to continue…
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October 10, 2021

Article: An overview of Germany’s chancellors

Germany has had eight chancellors since 1949: seven male, one female. Currently, Angela Merkel is in office. Here's an overview of all the chancellors and…
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September 21, 2021

Article: Afghanistan’s women judges are in hiding, fearing reprisal attacks from men they jailed

Tugging at the folds of the traditional hijab dress, two young sisters jostle and laugh to try to get their mother's attention as she fries…
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September 21, 2021

Article: Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy newspaper closes as Beijing tightens its grip

One year was all it took for a Beijing-imposed National Security Law to take down Hong Kong's largest and loudest pro-democracy newspaper. Next Media announced Wednesday that Apple Daily, its…
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