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Donald Trump to Nominate Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oversee US Public Health
Putting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services would fulfill Donald Trump’s promise to let him “go wild on health.”Tech - Wired - November 15 -
Belarus has arrested scores of relatives of dissidents ahead of presidential vote, activists say
Belarusian authorities have detained over 100 relatives of political prisoners in a new wave of arrests ahead of January’s election in which authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking ...World - ABC News - November 15 -
Activist ValueAct is poised to trim fat and help boost profits at Meta Platforms. Here’s how
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool in Meta Platforms' arsenal, and if it's optimized, it can contribute to earnings per share growth.Business - CNBC - November 16 -
45 pro-democracy activists face sentencing in Hong Kong. Here's who some of them are
Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the biggest case under a national security law that critics say has crushed political activism in the ...World - ABC News - 6 days ago -
45 pro-democracy activists are sentenced in Hong Kong's biggest national security trial
A Hong Kong court sentenced dozens of leading pro-democracy figures to prison under a national security law that critics say has been used to suppress dissent.Top stories - NBC News - 5 days ago -
45 activists sentenced in Hong Kong national security case. The longest term is 10 years
45 activists sentenced in Hong Kong national security case. The longest term is 10 yearsWorld - ABC News - 5 days ago -
HK47: dozens of pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial
Members of ‘Hong Kong 47’ – charged in 2021 over involvement in pre-election primary – sentenced to between four and 10 years. Activists, professors, legislators: who are the Hong Kong 47? ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
45 pro-democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong
Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving ...World - ABC News - 5 days ago -
German police break up an environmental activists' camp near Tesla plant outside Berlin
German police have broken up a protest camp housing environmental activists in a forest near the Tesla electric car factory in Grünheide outside Berlin, citing violations of public safety and orderWorld - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Sir Lady Java, pioneering transgender performer and activist in L.A. nightclub scene, dies
Sir Lady Java, a pioneering transgender performer and activist, died Saturday at 82 following a stroke, close friends said.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 4 days ago -
News Corp Shareholders Reject Activist Bid to End Dual-Class Share Structure
Shareholders voted down Starboard Value’s proposal, which was aimed at damping the Murdoch family’s influence over the media conglomerate.Business - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago -
Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets
Former publisher Jimmy Lai has denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in testimony at his landmark national security trial in Hong KongWorld - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Thai court dismisses activist's suit against Israeli spyware producer over lack of evidence
A Thai court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a pro-democracy activist who alleged spyware produced by an Israeli tech firm had been used to hack his phoneTech - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Ursula Haverbeck, German far-right activist repeatedly convicted for Holocaust denial, dies at 96
Ursula Haverbeck, a prominent German extreme-right figure who accumulated a string of convictions for denying the Holocaust, has died, according to her lawyerWorld - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Zimbabwe court convicts opposition leader and 34 activists after 5 months of pre-trial detention
A Zimbabwean court has convicted an opposition leader and 34 other activists on charges of participating in an unlawful gathering, more than five months after they were taken into pre-trial detentionWorld - ABC News - Yesterday -
‘They have not broken him’: Son of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai on his father’s imprisonment
Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai took the stand in his own defense this week in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. His son, Sebastien Lai, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss his ...Politics - NBC News - Yesterday
