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Month: May 2023

Pakistan’s Imran Khan presses legal fight, gets protection from arrest in multiple terrorism cases

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken his legal battle to a court in the capital, Islamabad. The court on Tuesday granted him protection from arrest until early next month in several cases where he faces terrorism charges for inciting violence. Khan, now Pakistan’s top opposition leader, has claimed his ouster

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Business group: Companies in China want ‘clarity’ after security rule changes, raids on consultants

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A business group says foreign companies in China want “greater clarity” about changes in China’s cybersecurity and other rules and how the ruling Communist Party will enforce them after they were rattled by raids on consulting firms. The British Chamber of Commerce in China said companies

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Business group: Companies in China want ‘clarity’ after security rule changes, raids on consultants

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A business group says foreign companies in China want “greater clarity” about changes in China’s cybersecurity and other rules and how the ruling Communist Party will enforce them after they were rattled by raids on consulting firms. The British Chamber of Commerce in China said companies

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The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizens

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it’s probably the most efficient route. That’s because she’s been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system’s pervasive security cameras with facial recognition.

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Hong Kong leader condemns suspicious uptick in registration withdrawals from organ donation system

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is condemning an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal requests to the city’s organ donation system, saying police will investigate suspicious cases. The government has been looking into setting up an organ transplant mutual assistance program with mainland China.

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