North Korea launched around 30 missiles recently. These launches add to its already record-breaking number of weapons tests this year. Many were believed to have been ballistic missiles able to carry nuclear warheads.
A Dutch event called Floriade opened this week. It seeks to show developments in the science of growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers. This idea of this year’s show is called “Growing Green Cities.”
Myanmar Crisis Hurts Garment Industry, Jobs, Hope
April 12, 2021
FILE - Workers iron and arrange clothing at a garment factory at Hlaing Taryar industrial zone in Yangon, March 10, 2010. (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo)
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Two years ago, Li Dongliang opened his clothes factory in Myanmar. Today, he fears he will be forced to close his business and
lay off 800 workers.
Li’s business had already been struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then on February 1, the army took over the country and arrested many of its democratic leaders. People began to protest and were attacked by the army. During the violence, someone set fire to Li’s factory. New orders for clothes stopped.
Why COVID-19 Conspiracies Are So Common
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As COVID-19 continues, psychologists and misinformation experts are studying why the pandemic has led to so many
conspiracy theories.
Such theories have persuaded some people to avoid facial coverings, social distancing and vaccines.
Opposition to vaccines by some Americans is not new. Daniel Roberts, a 29-year-old Tennessee man, says he had not received a vaccination since he was six years old. His parents taught him that vaccines were dangerous. And when the coronavirus arrived, they called it a
hoax. The vaccine, they said, was the real threat.
7 Hong Kong Activists Found Guilty of Organizing Protest March
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Pro-democracy lawmaker Martin Lee, right, arrives at a court in Hong Kong Thursday, April 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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A Hong Kong court has found seven pro-democracy activists guilty of charges related to anti-government protests in 2019.
Among those
convicted on Thursday were media business leader Jimmy Lai and 82-year-old Martin Lee, a longtime democracy movement supporter. Lee has often been called Hong Kong’s “father of democracy.”
The two were found guilty with five former pro-democracy lawmakers. All of the individuals are in their 60s or older. The defendants are to be sentenced on April 16. Some legal experts are predicting jail terms of 12 to 18 months. The longest possible sentence is 5 years.
The Biden administration said in a statement: “The American Jobs Plan is an investment in America that will create millions of good jobs, rebuild our country’s infrastructure, and position the United States to out-compete China.”