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China flexes its muscles in Hong Kong with arrest of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai

More than 200 police raided on Monday the offices of Apple Daily, the antigovernment Hong Kong paper, and detained its tycoon owner Jimmy Lai, in the first high-profile arrest under the new national security law forced upon the territory by Beijing to quell pro-democracy demonstrations. – Authorities also arrested six …

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Why are ‘Karens’ so angry? Videos of white women confronting Black people have taken social media by storm

Sometimes they approach with a smile. Other times, it’s with the rage of angels. About four months ago, Terence Fitzgerald, and his two sons, who are 5 and 3 years old, were on a weekend bike ride in his neighborhood, a quiet suburb in Southern California with picturesque houses situated …

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Key Words: As coronavirus ravages his native New York, media mogul David Geffen observes a sunset from his $400 million superyacht: ‘I’m hoping everybody is staying safe’

If ever there were doubts about how the superaffluent are faring amid a pandemic for the ages, media mogul David Geffen wants to make it abundantly clear that, for his part, he’s doing just fine — and he wishes us all the best. Geffen, whose net worth is estimated at …

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