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US Congress under tight security after new extremist threat
Washington (AFP) - The grounds of the US Capitol were ringed with boosted security Thursday after officials warned of an attack plot by QAnon conspiracists, two months after backers of ex-president Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building. The House of Representatives cancelled their session and lawmakers were encouraged to stay away following authorities warning that violent militia groups and QAnon followers had discussed attacking the legislature on or about March 4, but by midday the scene was quiet. There was no sign of protesters as armed National Guard members were deployed in and arou...
AFP
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U.S. says tariff truce reached with Britain as China challenge looms
The U.S. government said Thursday it is suspending...
Kyodo News
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URGENT: China to review Hong Kong electoral system: state-run media
China will review the electoral system of Hong Kon...
Kyodo News
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Dahleen Glanton: The Senate hearing proves white supremacy played a big role in the Capitol Hill riot
Republicans are determined to blame Black Lives Matter and antifa for the Capitol Hill riot. But after Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the insurrection, there’s no doubt that white supremacy was the real culprit. FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed what many of us already knew — that white supremacy is thriving in America. The sentiment that has been brewing for several years reached a pinnacle when an angry mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Though its prominence rises and declines with the political climate, it has always been there waiting for the right moment to explode. And there is one t...
Chicago Tribune
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Japan's Feb. consumer confidence jumps despite virus emergency
Japan's consumer confidence in February jumped des...
Kyodo News
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TEPCO eyes 3 bil. yen in new funds for nuclear plant village
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is cons...
Kyodo News
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US House passes police reforms, voting rights bill
Washington (AFP) - A sweeping police reform package that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday, five days before the trial of a white officer charged with murdering African-American George Floyd. The bill is named after Floyd, who died last May 25 at age 46 when then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on the victim's neck for more than eight minutes. The shocking killing was caught on video and sparked mass protests across the nation. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act cleared the House last year but was blo...
AFP
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Japan gov't vows swift probe after ethics scandal widens
The government on Thursday vowed to conduct a swif...
Kyodo News
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Fisheries cooperative membership falls 24% in 3 prefecture hardest hit by 2011 disaster
Membership in fisheries cooperatives in the three ...
Kyodo News
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Man accused of firing at Democratic headquarters in Pennsylvania's Montgomery County is in federal custody
PHILADELPHIA — An Eagleville man who authorities say fired a handgun into the headquarters of the Montgomery County Democratic Party on Jan. 20 out of frustration over COVID-19 restrictions and Donald Trump's loss in the presidential election was taken into federal custody Wednesday. Anthony Nero, 48, faces charges of threatening communications and cyberstalking in connection with the shooting and for sending a threatening email to party leaders weeks before, according to the affidavit of probable cause for his arrest. Previously, county prosecutors had charged him with terrorism, terroristic ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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