{KXLG – Watertown, SD} The Boys & Girls Club of Watertown has announced in a notice sent to parents changes to its membership fee structure for 2025, effective from the next enrollment period. The increase would be the first increase in eight years for the club. According to the notice, the fee increase is necessitated…
A Hong Kong Court sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years on Tuesday, in the first-ever mass sentencing since Beijing imposed a controversial national security law on the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The activists were among 47 people arrested in 2021 for organising unofficial primary elections to choose pro-democracy legislative candidates….
Hong Kong’s Beijing-controlled government has sentenced 45 pro-democracy figures to prison for their participation in a 2020 unofficial primary election, further stifling political freedoms in the once-autonomous city. The individuals, who include some of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy advocates, were handed sentences ranging from four to 10 years for “conspiracy to commit subversion.” The…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised concerns over human rights and Taiwan in his first meeting with President Xi Jinping, prompting Chinese officials to usher journalists out of the room. “I’m very pleased that my foreign secretary and Foreign Minister Wang met recently to discuss respective concerns including on human rights and parliamentary sanctions, Taiwan,…
HONOLULU (Island News) – The Department of Emergency Management reported that an outage occurred for Honolulu’s 911 system on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Officials state that the system is currently down for customers using certain cell providers, including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. The public is advised to contact 911 by using a landline phone. For…
Beijing’s foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong is conducting a “rare” survey among diplomats in the city to find out whether they have faced obstacles reaching local and mainland Chinese authorities, the Post has learned. One European diplomat described the outreach as part of a “style change” by the Beijing office that involved closer supervision…
Rosalyn LaPier still shudders when she thinks of the abandoned, windowless Victorian manor that sat next to a tiny chapel on the Montana reservation where she grew up. Some weekends, as a child, LaPier would pass by the gloomy estate on her way to a local cemetery to pay respects to deceased relatives. Along the…
United States President Joe Biden has issued a formal apology to Native Americans for the government’s role in separating Indigenous children from their parents and forcing them into abusive boarding schools. Biden gave the apology, long-sought by Tribal nations, on Friday during his first-ever visit to Native country, calling the boarding school abuses a “blot…
Foreign secretary’s visit aims to shore up trade ties while challenging Beijing on support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has kicked off a two-day trip to China billed as a “pragmatic” reset of relations amid rising tensions over issues like Beijing’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Lammy met Chinese…
Freedom on the Net report says Kyrgyzstan showed sharpest downgrade, while Iceland had ‘freest online environment’. Global internet freedom has declined for the 14th year in a row, with Myanmar and China tied for the world’s worst record, a new study says. Freedom House, a pro-democracy research group based in the United States, also said…