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The Southern Poverty Law Center identified 838 active hate groups operating across the U.S. in 2020.
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The Myanmar military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency, and detained political leaders such as Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Britain’s Prince Harry accepts an apology and damages from the publisher of the tabloid Mail on Sunday and its online version in a libel lawsuit.
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The price of silver is rallying as the online trading movement fueling the rise of unloved shares such as GameStop took a shine to the precious metal.
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Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran whose fundraising effort to fight COVID-19 captivated Britain, is now hospitalized with the disease.
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Snow piled up from the Appalachians to New England, with the heaviest accumulations yet to come in many places.
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The European Union says AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc during the first quarter.
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Myanmar’s civilian leader made a Faustian bargain with the army for political gain, critics say. It ended with her detention in Monday’s coup.
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Thousands of people are fleeing Hong Kong amid a crackdown by Beijing that prompted Britain to loosen visa rules for residents of its former colony.
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Experts say the improving COVID-19 picture in California now is traceable in part to tough measures taken two months ago.
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The anti-Trump Lincoln Project denounces one of its co-founders amid reports that he sexually harassed several young men looking to get into politics.
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Donald Trump has named two lawyers to his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys
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The detentions come after days of escalating tension between Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy and Myanmar’s powerful military.
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In the world of pseudonymous internet message boards, revolts come in all forms. Last week they gave us the Great GameStop Stock Uprising.
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Legal experts raised alarm when U.S. court officials confirmed their electronic case files were compromised in an attack on U.S. computer networks.
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Republican efforts to restrict voting access are taking shape in statehouses with a flurry of legislation after record turnout in the 2020 election.
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A group of Senate Republicans called on Biden to negotiate as he signaled he could pass a $1.9-trillion coronavirus aid package with Democratic votes.
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Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis attended a funeral that flouted the country’s ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic.
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Woodstock, Ohio, was the base for two people who allegedly played roles in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers.
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
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China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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Thousands of people are fleeing Hong Kong amid a crackdown by Beijing that prompted Britain to loosen visa rules for residents of its former colony.
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Myanmar’s civilian leader made a Faustian bargain with the army for political gain, critics say. It ended with her detention in Monday’s coup.
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The Myanmar military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency, and detained political leaders such as Aung San Suu Kyi.
