Hong Kong: Joshua Wong pleads guilty in protest at trial | DW News
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published 2020-11-23 10:30:24
Hong Kong's pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Monday to all charges related to his involvement in protests that took place in June 2019. He was joined by two other known activists — Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow — who also pleaded guilty to charges against them. The activists face a max

Joshua Wong pleads guilty in Hong Kong trial - BBC News
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published 2020-11-23 15:17:47
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong and two fellow campaigners are facing the prospect of prison after pleading guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's mass protests. Mr Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow appeared in court on Monday. Mr Wong said he expected to go to jail, possibly facing f

António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) at the Climate Action Summit 2019
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published 2019-09-23 15:46:27
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, at the Opening of the Climate Action Summit 2019. Global emissions are reaching record levels and show no sign of peaking. The last four years were the four hottest on record, and winter temperatures in the Arctic have risen by 3°C since 1990. Sea levels are

António Guterres - #ForNature
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published 2020-06-04 18:33:10
Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres' official address for World Environment Day 2020. "Nature is sending us a clear message. To care for humanity means to care for nature. We need our entire global economy to change course." This World Environment Day it's time for nature. S

Trier: Several killed by car in pedestrian zone in German town, driver arrested
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published 2020-12-01 14:56:36
At least five people were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday when they were hit by a car in the Western German city of Trier, police said. Regional Premier Malu Dreyer said a baby was among those killed. A 51-year-old man, named by Spiegel Magazine as Bernd W., from the Trier-Saarburg area was

Germany: suspect in Trier car attack was intoxicated, says official
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published 2020-12-01 21:03:18
A German man who is suspected of having killed at least five people and injuring several others when he ploughed his car into a shopping street in Trier on Tuesday was driving while intoxicated, the city's chief prosecutor said, adding that there were 'no indications that the motive is of a terroris

Three leading human rights activists arrested in Egypt as security forces crackdown
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published 2020-11-23 20:06:07
Under arrest, accused of joining a terror group and spreading false news, three of Egypt's leading human rights activists are now being detained as security forces step up their crackdown against civil rights groups. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Since Egyptian president Abdel Fatt

Human Rights Watch: Children in Egypt tortured in detention
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published 2020-03-23 15:27:24
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is accusing Egypt of arresting and torturing children as young as 12. A report from the international rights group says abuses by security forces took place against 20 children - with the majority being tortured in pretrial detention. HRW says the criminal justice system -

'2020 is a bad year for Tigray people': Ethiopian refugee in Sudan
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published 2020-12-02 13:27:04
Tens of thousands of people have fled Ethiopia's Tigray region to live in camps in Sudan. There has been heavy fighting in the area in the last couple of weeks affecting the lives of many. Al Jazeera spoke to a university student who has had no other option but to leave home. - Subscribe to our ch

Thousands of refugees trapped by Tigray conflict
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published 2020-11-26 03:11:11
Tens of thousands of refugees are trapped in the midst of a standoff between the Ethiopian government and a militant group in the Tigray region as a surrender deadline passes. Watch The National live on YouTube Sunday-Friday at 9 p.m. ET Subscribe to The National: https://www.youtube.com/user/CB

Arecibo Radio Telescope Collapses!
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published 2020-12-01 18:57:05
At around 7:50am this morning the world famous Arecibo radio telescope collapsed after a series of failures weakened its structural integrity over the last few months. It's possible that the final collapse was triggered by transient loads from a seismic event, and we expect to find out more in the c

Arecibo Observatory telescope, a Puerto Rico landmark, collapses after damage
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published 2020-12-01 17:17:31
After sustaining severe damage from a broken cable, the famed Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico has collapsed. CBSN's Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers have more.

Iran Parliament Calls For End To Nuclear Inspections After Slaying Of
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published 2020-11-29 20:20:53
Iran’s parliament demanded the International Atomic Energy Agency halt its inspections of the country’s nuclear facilities following the killing of a top nuclear scientist Friday, a move that could rapidly escalate tensions with Israel. Since President Trump pulled out of the Obama-era Iran nuclear

✅ Iran’s parliament Tuesday advanced a bill that would end U.N. inspections of its nuclear faciliti
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published 2020-12-01 15:23:15
✅ Iran’s parliament Tuesday advanced a bill that would end U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities and require the government to boost its uranium enrichment if European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal do not provide relief from oil and banking sanctions. 💖 Please Subscribe: https://www.yo