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Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says
New textbooks contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain.
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Death Sentences in Myanmar
BRUSSELS, Jun 15 (IPS) – “The illegal military junta provides further evidence to the international community of its disregard for human rights as it prepares to hang pro-democracy activists,” said Thomas Andrews and Morris Tidball-Binz, UN special rapporteurs in Myanmar for human rights and extrajudicial arbitrary executions, respectively on June 10, 2022.
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Coinbase lays off 18% of its workforce. The CEO cites an upcoming crypto winter
The company’s platform allows people to buy and sell cryptocurrency. It had just gone public last year.
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Yemen truce holding, but full measures still not in place
The “unprecedented” truce in Yemen has so far led to a reduction in fighting and other positive developments, but action is needed on its full implementation and to address rising humanitarian needs and insecurity, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday.