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Marxist Minds: At Party School, China grooms future leaders
AFP, Published on 27/06/2019
» BEIJING - In a secretive school in China's capital rows of students face a giant video projection of Xi Jinping, making careful notes on the lecture on their leader's guiding principles.
Chaos as Hong Kong protesters take over parliament
AFP, Published on 02/07/2019
» HONG KONG: It started with an attempt Monday by hundreds of protesters to force a street vendor's trolley through the glass frontage of Hong Kong's parliament building.
First charges against Hong Kong anti-government protester
AFP, Published on 05/07/2019
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong street artist was charged on Friday with assaulting a police officer and criminal damage, the first prosecution against an anti-government protester since the city was rocked by unprecedented demonstrations.
HK marchers appeal for end to violence
Reuters and AP, Published on 20/07/2019
» HONG KONG: Thousands gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday for a pro-government rally to call for an end to violence, after a wave of protests against an extradition bill triggered clashes between police and activists and plunged the territory into crisis.
Hong Kong protesters defy China warnings
AFP, Published on 03/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Thousands of anti-government protesters marched through a popular shopping district in Hong Kong on Saturday as they defied increasingly stern warnings from China over weeks-long unrest that has plunged the city into crisis.
Protesters aim to paralyse Hong Kong with city-wide strike
AFP, Published on 05/08/2019
» HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters hope to ramp up pressure on Hong Kong's embattled pro-Beijing leaders by launching a city-wide strike Monday in a bid to show there is still broad public support for their movement despite weeks of chaos.
Defiant Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats
AFP, Published on 18/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activists are hoping to get out a huge crowd later Sunday in a bid to show the city's leaders that their protest movement remains defiant despite increasingly stark warnings from Beijing.
A grain of truth
News, Postbag, Published on 19/08/2019
» Re: "Jurin floats rice price insurance", (BP, Aug 18).
Aztec ballgame returns to Mexico City after 500 years
AFP, Published on 04/09/2019
» MEXICO CITY - Five centuries ago, newly arrived in what is now Mexico, the Spanish conquistadors banned an indigenous game involving a heavy ball, circular stone goals and human sacrifice.
Cool Leclerc in dreamland after leading Ferrari to Monza triumph
AFP, Published on 09/09/2019
» MONZA: Charles Leclerc secured Ferrari's first victory at their home Italian Grand Prix since 2010 on Sunday when he resisted race-long pressure from Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to claim his second successive Formula One triumph.