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Here, we take a look back at what 2020 had in store for us. Demonstrators march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington in protest against police brutality in the United States.
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According to research published in the Nature Climate Change journal, by March, approximately 21 per cent of Australian forests (excluding Tasmania) had been burnt in the bushfire season that began in late 2019
The COVID-19 virus has infected millions and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the eleven months since the World Health Organisation officially diagnosed the outbreak as a pandemic
A record voter turnout, and historic numbers of mail-in ballots, eventually saw Joe Biden defeat President Trump in what appeared to be a straightforward victory
Jimmy Lai Chee Ying arrving at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court, Hong Kong, Oct. 15, 2020. Credit: Yung Chi Wai Derek/Shutterstock
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has warned that the recent arrest of Jimmy Lai shows a rise in “political intimidation” against journalists in Hong Kong, part of a systematic erosion of basic freedoms, including religious freedom, by the Chinese government in recent months.
In an interview with CNA, the emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong said that the arrest of Jimmy Lai, a Catholic, pro-democracy advocate, and the founder of the Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, was just the most recent example of Communist authorities attempting to stifle a free press.