Analysts say China’s revised anti-espionage law builds on a broader trend of tightening control since 2014, after President Xi Jinping took power (LUDOVIC MARIN) A revised law dramatically expanding China’s definition of espionage came into force on Saturday, giving Beijing more power than ever to punish what it deems threats to national security. The United […]
Continue ReadingA revised law dramatically expanding China’s definition of espionage has come into force, giving Beijing even more power to punish what it deems threats to national security. The US government, analysts and lawyers say that the revisions to Beijing’s anti-espionage law are vague and will give authorities more leeway in implementing already opaque national security […]
Continue ReadingATLANTA — Andrea Hinojosa is an aid worker embedded in rural South Georgia’s immigrant farmer communities. Through the Southeast Georgia Communities Project, a nonprofit she founded in 1995, Hinojosa has for years driven undocumented farmers to doctor appointments in the Jacksonville, Fla. area, a medical hub for the region. The patients can’t go to the […]
Continue ReadingThe United States and the European Union’s top justice official on Tuesday criticized Polish plans for a law that they say could keep political opponents from holding public office without them having the full powers to challenge the decision in court. Polish President Andrzej Duda has already signed the bill that critics view as primarily […]
Continue ReadingNYC Mayor Eric Adams has slammed a CUNY graduate law for her ‘negativity and divisiveness’ after she incited anger and slammed ‘fascist’ cops and military in the US. Yemeni immigrant Fatima Mousa Mohammed gave the graduation speech at City University of New York’s law school on May 12 – but unearthed footage has also shown […]
Continue ReadingFor so many South Bend residents, one of our favorite pastimes is to while away a few hours at Four Winds Field. There’s just something about it — whether you love the crowd, the soft pretzels or baseball itself. There’s just nothing quite like it. That’s why all of us authored or sponsored Senate Enrolled […]
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Board of Education improperly voted to let a nonprofit charter school organization manage a school district because a new law allowing such contracts has not yet taken effect, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by some parents and a public education advocacy group. The suit challenges the Arkansas […]
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has completed his review of bills approved during this year’s legislative session by signing the last of them into law on Thursday and issuing no vetoes. Here are some key measures the governor signed in the final batch: STATE BUDGET The new two-year $44.6 billion budget cleared the […]
Continue ReadingMs Drewitt added it had been a “very challenging” year. “Twelve months ago I was in Worcester Royal having my second child and he was down the corridor being diagnosed with a form of cancer,” she said. She said the help and support the family had received from friends and family as well as the […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Iran plan to use smart technology in public places to identify and then penalize women who violate the country’s strict Islamic dress code, the force said on Saturday. A statement said the police would “take action to identify norm-breaking people by using tools and smart cameras in public places and thoroughfares”. The police […]
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