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UK’s Johnson Doesn’t Want a No-deal Brexit but Can Live with it

4Oct

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UK’s Johnson Doesn’t Want a No-deal Brexit but Can Live with it

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen outside the BBC headquarters, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, Oct. 4, 2020. LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not particularly wish for the Brexit transition period to end without a new trade deal in place but believes that Britain could live with such an outcome, he said on Sunday. With the Dec. 31 expiry of the transition period fast approaching, Johnson and the head of the EU's executive, Ursula von der Leyen, agreed in a phone call on Saturday to step up negotiations on a post-Brexit deal. "I think it's there to be done," Johnson said during an interview on BBC television. "Alas, there are some difficult issues that need to be fixed, and there's no question that th...

Inside China’s Xinyang Prison: Abuse and Forced Labor

4Oct

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Inside China’s Xinyang Prison: Abuse and Forced Labor

Xinyang Prison in Henan Province, China, in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Xing Jian) Xinyang Prison is described as the “worst” prison in China’s Henan Province. A human rights activist shared his father’s story with The Epoch Times, a former inmate who experienced and witnessed various abuses in the prison. Xing Jian is a human rights activist from Henan and currently lives in New Zealand. His father, Xing Wangli, told him that abuse is rampant in Xinyang Prison. “My father looked like an old man when he got out of prison. It was hell,” Xing Jian said. After Xing Wangli was released from Xinyang Prison, he told his son Xing Jian about the abuses he experienced and witnessed in prison. This picture shows Xing Wangli, with Xing Jian on the upper right corner of the phone screen. (Cou...

24Sep

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NHS coronavirus app: Is it safe, will it actually work on my phone and will it ruin my battery? All your concerns answered

(Getty Images) The NHS’s coronavirus app has finally arrived in England and Wales, and the government is encouraging as many people as possible to download it. It comes after a difficult roll-out, which saw sustained criticism of its early design – leading it to be abandoned in favour of a new technology, developed by Apple and Google. As such, there is an atmosphere of worry and distrust around the new app. Concerns about safety, privacy, effectiveness, battery life and compatibility have all led people to worry about installing the app. But the more people install it, the more effective and reliable it will be. Here are the answers to some of those concerns, if you are worried about downloading and using the app. Is it safe? Privacy and security concerns have followed the app ever sinc...

24Sep

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Israelis Pay Tribute to Indian Soldiers on Haifa Day for Freeing this City from Ottomans in WWI

The Indian embassy in Haifa paid tributes to Indian soldiers who liberated the northern Israeli coastal city of Hafia from the Ottomans over a century ago. Israel celebrates Haifa Day every year on September 23. But what many Indians don't know is that the Indian soldiers are remembered for their pivotal role in liberating Haifa from Ottoman rule during World War I. In fact, the textbooks in Israel also mention the role of Indian soldiers, even though not much is talked about the back home. As a mark of respect to the soldiers, the Indian mission changed the display profile pictures of their Facebook and Twitter accounts at 2:45 PM (local time), the hour historians believe they liberated and marched into the city 102 years ago. The Indian Army, too, commemorates September 23 every year as ...