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Hong Kong protests over China extradition bill
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8 min ago
Protesters dig up bricks from the road

From CNN's Angus Watson

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That's property damaged right there. Do that here in America and the cops would taze you and than arrest you.
 

jimmyjames30x30

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I wouldn't worry about such. First of all, the HK government is not budging just like last time. This time, they knew a protest could be coming. This time, there are no element of surprise. This time, even for Beijing, there are no surprise. It will just be a show down between an highly prepared and organized, well funded, well trained government machine, vs common civilians who already did all these trick before, thus they have used up all they can pull. This will just be a marathon of confrontation, until the protester gets tired and gives up.
 
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Here's what happened Wednesday in Hong Kong:

  • Violent clashes erupted: Rubber bullets, pepper spray and hand-thrown tear gas were used to push back protesters who had occupied the city's main thoroughfare near the government headquarters, as well as the roads around it, Hong Kong Police Commissioner Steven Lo Wai-chung confirmed.
  • The protest was deemed "a riot": Lo said the demonstration was being considered a "riot." He added that police had been left with "no choice but to start to use force." Up to 5,000 police in riot gear were deployed to guard the building. Protesters were seen wearing helmets, goggles and heavy-duty workman's gloves, and pulling bricks from the sidewalks.
  • Debate over the bill was postponed: The city's legislative council had been due to hold the second reading of the controversial bill Wednesday morning local time, but it was postponed.
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    has been met with
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    , including from the city's traditionally conservative business community.
  • What officials are saying: Despite the mass demonstrations, Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam has refused to withdraw the extradition bill, saying
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    to prevent the city from becoming a haven for mainland fugitives.
 
noticed through gazeta.ru (
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Russia 'lent' billions of dollars, well China even more)
Hyperinflation Forces Venezuela to Roll Out Three New Large Bills
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  • 10,000-, 20,000- and 50,000-notes will circulate on June 13
  • Maduro slashed five zeros off the bolivar currency in Aug ’18
Venezuela said it will introduce large-denomination bolivar notes as hyperinflation erases the currency’s value and complicates the most ordinary purchases in the crisis-ravaged nation.

On Wednesday, the country’s central bank
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a statement on its website saying it would begin circulating the new 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 bills to make payments “more efficient” and “facilitate business transactions” without providing further details.

Six-digit inflation has rendered paper money mostly useless in Venezuela. Consumers generally pay with plastic or electronic transfers despite unreliable banking systems, and increasingly rely on US dollars or other hard currency. Still, many services like public transportation and regulated goods like gasoline require paying in cash with bolivars.

President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialist regime has been trying to tame spiraling inflation for years, but has been slow to dismantle a complex system of price and exchange controls. Last August, authorities devalued the ailing currency 95% and rolled out new bank notes -- that effectively
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of the previous bills in circulation -- in attempt to simplify transactions.

Before Wednesday’s announcement the highest bill in circulation was the 500-bolivar note. But, paper money has gone scarce, thus forcing pensioners, who are paid their retirements in cash by law, as well as consumers to endure hours long waits at banks and ATMs. Banks limit cash withdraws to about the equivalent of one US dollar, paid out in dozens of notes, while most vendors now refuse to accept the lowest denominated bills.


Further fueling the dearth of cash, the government has struggled to make good on its dues with bill suppliers. Last month, De La Rue, one of the world’s largest makers of bank notes, reported a nearly $23 million hit due to outstanding debts with Venezuela.

Venezuela’s annual rate of inflation is running at 99,900%, which is down from 224,900% at the end of last year, according to Bloomberg’s Cafe Con Leche Index. The latest government data puts the monthly inflation rate at 34% in April, down from a high of 197% in January.
 

manqiangrexue

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Hm... I wonder what did it... Was it the "moon is a part of Mars" comment or the "I wiped out 150% of China's economy" claim?

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Trump's 'warrior,' press secretary Sarah Sanders, is leaving the White House
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White House Correspondent
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•June 13, 2019

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Thursday that his press secretary, Sarah Sanders, will be leaving the White House at the end of the month. Sanders served as the face of the Trump presidency since the departure of her predecessor, Sean Spicer, in mid-2017. Her tenure was notably lengthy in an administration that has seen record turmoil; in recent months, however, Sanders virtually eliminated the practice of holding regular public press briefings.
 

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US department of "defense": The Iran "regime" very likely "attacked" Japanese oil tankers with sea mines...


The Japanese ship operator says sailors on board the Kokuka Courageous, one of the vessels attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, saw “flying objects” just before the attack, suggesting the tanker wasn’t damaged by mines.

That account contradicts what the U.S. military has said as it released a video it says shows Iranian forces removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the two ships in the suspected attack.

Japanese operator: Sailors saw ‘flying objects’ before oil tanker attack
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Add this to the long sordid history of Western terrorists using false flags to start their genocidal wars of aggression.

Going to War: Unraveling the Tangled Web of American Pretext Stratagems (1846-1989)
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now noticed
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Hong Kong government will announce pause on unpopular extradition bill by afternoon

  • Officials to hit pause button on passage of bill ahead of Sunday protests
  • Beijing officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs meeting in Shenzhen on bill

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Yesterday at 10:51 AM
now noticed
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Hong Kong government will announce pause on unpopular extradition bill by afternoon

  • Officials to hit pause button on passage of bill ahead of Sunday protests
  • Beijing officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs meeting in Shenzhen on bill

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and now noticed the tweet
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HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Saturday that the
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government will suspend the process of amendments to the HKSAR's Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance.
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