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Share on Twitter China's "appalling" regard for human rights worsened in 2020 as the government ramped-up efforts to crack down on minorities and political dissidents, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.  The fierce criticism comes as pressure grows on the Australian government to consider taking stronger action against China’s persecution of Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region. Britain and Canada this week announced new laws aimed at stopping imports of products suspected to have been produced through the use of forced Uighur labour.  In its annual global report, Huma...

Presidential Transition Highlights: House Says It Will Move Swiftly With Impeachment if Pence Won’t Act Last Updated Jan. 11, 2021, 5:23 p.m. ETJan. 11, 2021, 5:23 p.m. ET Democrats suggested they could charge President Trump with “high crimes and misdemeanors” by midweek for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol. But top leaders want to avoid hamstringing the first days of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency with an all-consuming Senate trial. This briefing has ended. Follow our Here’s what you need to know: Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Vice President Mike Pence t...

Australian military's $1.3 billion Hawkei contract criticisms revealed after previously sealed by the Attorney-General Posted FriFriday 8 updated MonMonday 11 Thales was awarded a contract to produce 1,100 locally built armoured Hawkei vehicles. ( Share Print text only Cancel A scathing report into the Defence Department's handling of a $1.3 billion dollar military contract has been fully released, nearly three years after the ABC exposed a high-powered legal effort to keep some details secret. Key points: Thales had been awarded a sole-sourced contract by the Turnbull government in 2015 The...

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 5:47am -- tim by Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts 2020 was the year of all years, so to speak. Last year at this time, Vermont was going about its business; we were toasting 2019, and we were looking forward to the start of a new decade. We made it through deep winter; then came March and our routines ended. The pandemic forced us to close our schools, restaurants and workplaces. Grocery shopping, formerly mundane, became too much for many. Plans for parties, weddings, graduations and other celebrations that bring joy to everyday life were terminated with one fell swoop....

Share on Twitter Mamutjan Abdurehim hasn't been able to see his wife and two children for the past four years. Information from the Chinese region of Xinjiang, where they are based, is scarce, and Mr Abdurehim told SBS News he fears for the worst. “I can’t describe properly enough, how much agony it has been and how much I miss my family,” he said. The family lived abroad in Kuala Lumpur while Mr Abdurehim studied a PHd in sociology and international affairs. However he became separated from his 33-year-old wife, Muherrem Ablet, and two children, aged 5 and 10, when they we...