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Syrian, Russian airstrikes in Idlib amount to war crimes, as do jihadist attacks - U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian and Russian planes have carried out deadly aerial strikes amounting to war crimes on schools, hospitals and markets in Idlib province, U.N. investigators said on Tuesday in a report that also condemned attacks by jihadist fighters.
Analysis: In Hong Kong national security law, echoes of China's own cyber crackdown
Hong Kong's new National Security Law will shake up digital surveillance in the city, with strict new company compliance measures that echo the mainland's years-long crackdown on anti-government content.
Facebook, Google suspend processing Hong Kong government data requests
Facebook Inc, Google Inc and Twitter Inc suspended processing government requests for user data in Hong Kong, they said on July 6, following China’s establishment of a sweeping new national security law for the semi-autonomous city.
Hong Kong security law is not 'doom and gloom', says city leader
HONG KONG (Reuters): Hong Kong’s national security law imposed by Beijing last week was not 'doom and gloom' for the city, its leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday (July 7), adding it was untrue to say she was not privy to any of its details before they were announced.
Pompeo says U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok
(Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that the United States is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, suggesting it shared information with the Chinese government, a charge it denied.
TikTok says it will exit Hong Kong market within days
HONG KONG (Reuters): TikTok said it will exit the Hong Kong market within days, a spokesman told Reuters late Monday (July 6), as other technology companies including Facebook Inc have suspended processing government requests for user data in the region
Jho Low paid RM5.3mil to London law firm for handling PR campaign, says report
PETALING JAYA: Fugitive Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho embarked on a multimillion-dollar public relations offensive and hired an army of lawyers and PR advisers over the past two years, reports UK-based The Guardian.
Amnesty urges Cambodia to probe abduction of Thai activist as sister pleads for his return 'dead or alive'
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Amnesty International Thailand called on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to ensure "timely investigation of the abduction” of government critic Wanchalearm Satsaksit, in an event titled 'One Month of finding the truth', organised by the human rights organsation and the Satsaksit Family at Angoon Children’s Park in Bangkok’s Wattana district on Saturday (July 4) to mark the one-month anniversary since Wanchalearm disappeared in Cambodia.
Facebook, others, block govt requests on Hong Kong user data
Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram will deny law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong as they assess the impact of a new national security law enacted last week.
U.S. Supreme Court curbs 'faithless electors' in presidential voting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to free "faithless electors" in the complex Electoral College system that decides the outcome of presidential elections from state laws that force them to support the candidate who wins the state's popular vote.