They were expelled for endangering national security. Anyone who has takean oath and served as legislative counsel but thereaer they have engaged in activities which are bridging those requirements that they should immediately lose their qualification to become legislative counsel. The four prodemocracy lawmakers spoke to media after they were unseated. One of the members called their disqualification a breach of basic law and their rights. Today is the hardest or saddest day of hong kong, but i would certainly promise that i would go along if all the people iphong kong continue to fight for the core values of hong kong, freedom, democracy. And we should never give up. The disqualifications come after chinas state run news agency reported beijing as optative legislation allowing hong kong to disqualify anyone. Earlier this week 19 prodemocracy Lawmakers Said they strongly oppose the move and threaten to resign en masse if any were excelled. They awe appear to be following through with
Closed down 2. 7 from mondays close. Investors rushed to sell off, for the second consecutive day, on fears of an economic downturn, sparked by shrinking demand for oil. Thee wti contract crashed below zero, as oil traders ran out of storage for may deliveries. Itit fell to minus 37, at one point, on monday. Y. The collapse is spilling into june futures contracts,s, which se fell briefly to 6 a barrel. Market sources say future prices for june could, also, enter negative territory, due to the oversupply, and an increasing lack of storage. Lockdown. Lockdown shut down the new york. Whatever you call it, many new yorkers have spent one month inside to protect themselves from the coronavirus. And, when they look out, many do not recognize their city. Nhk worlds katherine kobayashi reports. The city that never sleeps has gone into a slumber. A month ago, new yorkers saw businesses shut down, schools close, people disappear from the streets. The predicament has forced some toto reframe how
Translator tokyo is on the brink of an explosisive increas of infections. We are trying to prevent a situation like that andnd t try to prevent further spread of virus levels. This is needed now. There are more than 2,100 confirmed cases across japan. Not including 712 cases from the diamond princess cruise ship. A total of 70 people have died including 11 from the cruise ship. Meanwhile, japan is set to further restrict entry into the country. Nhk has learned that the new measures will apply to the 49 countries and territories. The u. S. , canada, china and south korea as well as most of europe and some parts of Southeast Asia will be affected. Once the measures are in place, foreign nationals from a total of 73 countries and regions will be banned from entering japan. The restrictions also apply to people who have visited the designated countries within the past two weeks. Translator we have decided to raise the warning level for Infectious Diseases in response to the rapid spread of
Quarantine. Its not clear when those measures will be lifted. The number of newly confirmed cases dropped to 19 on monday. The total is now around 81,000 and the death toll stands at about 3100. At the same time, other nations are ramping up efforts to stop the viruss worldwide spread. Italy is now entirely locked down. Prime minister giusepp conte says the unprecedented measures will last until april 3rd. He asked residents to stay at home and for bayed them from gathering in public. Individuals should only go out for work and healthrelated needs and emergencies. 463 people in italy have died from the virus and nearly 9200 have been infected. Both numbers are the second highest after china. On sunday and monday inmates in the countrys prisons rioted after the virus. The Justice Ministry said seven inmates died. Elsewhere in europe france, germany and spain have now each confirmed more than 1,000 cases. Outside Mainland China and japan over 30,000 infections have been confirmed and mor
The resolution. The United States and other Nuclear Powers opposed it, as did japan. 16 countries including china and india abstained. The General Assembly will vote on the resolution in december which will determine what negotiations begin. The International Whaling commission or iwc has instituted a resolution that could affect japans whaling industry. Japan is expected to Face International criticism if it continues its whaling in defiance of the resolution. The resolution was approved on thursday by majority vote at an iwc meeting in slovenia. 17 countries opposed. The resolution would add new procedures to obtain scientific whaling permits. In the future, a new committee will examine plans to Hunt Research which could prevent japan from doing so. The focal point of the latest meeting has been out to respond to japans resumption of research whaling. Theres been a global moratorium on whaling since the 80s to protect the animal. Chinas Ruling Communist Party has formally endorsed pr