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Britain’s government on Monday summoned China’s ambassador to the UK to protest the conviction of British citizen Jimmy Lai Chee-ying on national security charges in Hong Kong, while US President Donald Trump said he urged leniency for Lai in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “I feel so badly. I spoke to President Xi about it, and I asked to consider his release,” Trump ...
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug – a decision that could reshape the cannabis industry, ease criminal penalties and unlock billions in research funding. The shift would represent one of the most significant federal changes to marijuana policy in decades, reducing oversight to the level ...
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would soon file a lawsuit against Britain’s BBC over its editing of a speech he made in 2021 on the day his supporters stormed the US Capitol. “In a little while, you’ll be seeing I’m suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. Literally, they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out,” Trump told r...
The son of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner has been charged with the murder of his parents after they were found dead in their home over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department said on Monday. Nick Reiner, 32, who has struggled with substance abuse, was arrested on Sunday night and is being held in prison with no bail, the police department said in a press releas...
Constructed around 256 BC, Dujiangyan is the world’s oldest irrigation system that is still in use today. Long before the invention of gunpowder, the system was using natural topographic and hydrological features to divert water from the Min River for irrigation and flood control without the use of dams. To this day, the ecological engineering feat irrigates 668,700 hectares of ...
