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October 5, 2021
Lam says the elections in Hong Kong will be “open and fair” under Beijing law
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam confirmed today that the city’s next election will be “open and fair” in line with the controversial electoral reform Beijing promoted last March, which pro-democracy groups say seeks to prevent access to power for the opposition. .
Elections for the Legislative Council of the Financial Center are scheduled for December 19, while those for the head of the executive are scheduled for March 27, 2022.
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Fiscal dumping: Poland and Hungary a source of resistance
Compromise on international taxation is a major issue. In Europe, Budapest and Warsaw are trying to save their economic model.
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Biden says he talked to Xi about respecting the status quo with Taiwan
U.S. President Joe Biden assured this Tuesday that he had talked with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping about Taiwan and that they had agreed to respect the status quo as tensions between Beijing and Taipei escalated.
“I talked to Xi about Taiwan. We agree … to abide by the agreement on Taiwan. We have made it clear that I think he should do nothing but abide by the agreement,” Biden told reporters in Washington after returning from a cheap travel to Michigan.
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Lakers, Nets, Bucks … Who is the favorite for the 2021-2022 season? – zimo news
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French senators in Taiwan are protesting against Chinese protests
China, which considers Taiwan one of its provinces, has been trying to deter French senators since March last year.
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“My battalion was killing civilians to get them off leave,” the former Colombian military says
Stories of innocent young people killed by soldiers during the armed conflict in Colombia and stories of families of victims of so-called “false positives” were found this Tuesday at a Truth Commission event held in Cali.
“The comrades’ despair led them to conspire to kill two minors we took so we could go on vacation because we hadn’t been out for 8 months,” said Fredy de Jesús Martínez, a representative of the victims of Antioquia (northwest) and Eje Cafetero, during the Encounter for th...
6-2. Bogaerts and Schwarber homer and the Red Sox go to the Division Series
A short stop Xander Bogaerts scored a good home goal for two touchdowns, starter Nathan Eovali set up a solid 5 1/3 innings, and the Boston Red Sox advanced to the division stage after beating the New York Yankees 6-2 in the game. American League.
The win allows the Red Sox to get a U.S. Division Division passport, in which they will face the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Jaroussky: “It’s important to know how to say no to roles that aren’t for us”
In the ascent to heaven, Philippe Jarousski was dominated by the maxim as one of the most famous voices of the current song: “It is important to know how to say no to roles that are not for us,” he tells Efe while preparing a new challenge, that of 1759).
“My dream from the beginning would be to sing ‘Ariodante’, the hardest opera Händel wrote for castrato, but it’s too big for me. And that of ‘Orlando’, which needs a strong contraral voice,” admits this French countertenor who has his own a...
Grosjean posted a new photo of his impressive scar on his left hand
Romain Grosjean, a former Formula 1 driver, showed a large scar on his left arm that was badly burned during his horrific crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix in November 2020.
The skin was red from the burn from the thumb to the ring finger. Romain Grosjean presented a new photo of an impressive scar covering a large part of his left arm, which was badly burned during the Frenchman’s horrific crash on November 29, 2020 at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
As a pilot with Haas, he lost control of his ca...
Municipalities in Italy: the center-left revived and sovereign in ropes
On Monday night, the center-left coalition will be held in the first round in Milan, Naples and Bologna, and could meet with Rome and Turin in two weeks.
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