Category: News


Hong Kong is setting up an election without a real opposition


Hong Kong’s decision to bar 12 pro-democracy candidates from standing in forthcoming local elections has raised serious concerns over whether genuine political opposition will be tolerated in the city following the imposition of a new security law by Beijing.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/asia/hong-kong-election-disqualification-intl-hnk/index.html


Obama warns that Trump’s actions threaten US democracy


In one of the most jolting moments in modern political history, former President Barack Obama reclaimed his political pulpit with a stark warning that his successor is a grave and imminent threat to American democracy and racial justice.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-election-democracy/index.html


Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message


President Donald Trump sought to stoke racial divisions Wednesday as he touted an administrative rule change on housing that he hopes will appeal to White suburbanites who have been abandoning him amid his handling of coronavirus and his views on race.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/donald-trump-suburbs-housing/index.html?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial


Pelosi warns maskless lawmakers may be thrown out


The US House of Representatives has ordered all members and staff to wear masks as the nation’s death toll from coronavirus passed 150,000.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53588843