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Hong Kong: China limits parliament to ‘patriots’  BBC News Beijing passes new ‘patriot’ election law for Hong Kong that restricts opposition  CNN China reduces elected seats in Hong Kong legislature  Fox News China Rewrites Hong Kong Election Rules to Keep Opponents Out  The Wall

MessageBird, the omnichannel cloud communications platform recently valued at $3 billion, is continuing to ramp up its M&A activity. Following last year’s acquisition of Pusher, a company that provides real-time web technologies, it is announcing that it has acquired “video-first”

User guides, knowledge articles and community discussions form a detailed, yet very fragmented, landscape of information about a company and its products. Today, a company that’s built a platform both to organize that data, and help those who need it

Leather, glitter, stilettos and a strut — voguing, the underground dance phenomenon, has seized Beijing and given China’s LGBT community a “playground” to celebrate their identities. Sashaying down the runway clad in fake-fur, mile-high wigs and dramatic makeup, performers flaunted

After weeks of rumors, Xiaomi officially confirmed that it is making a foray into the electric vehicle space. The Chinese smartphone and IoT giant will set up a wholly-owned subsidiary to operate a smart EV business, the company said in

With the lesson of President Obama’s difficulty in filling vacancies “imprinted on his brain,” his staff say, the president sees filling judicial seats as a top priority. (Image credit: Susan Walsh/AP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister slammed the South’s president Tuesday as “a parrot raised by America” after he criticized a missile test by Pyongyang. The nuclear-armed North has a long history of using weapons tests to ramp

Derek Chauvin trial live: MMA fighter who asked officers to stop ‘blood choke’ on George Floyd will testify again  USA TODAY Gregg Jarrett: Recording of George Floyd’s death is compelling evidence of guilt in officer’s trial  Fox News Derek Chauvin’s defense strategy

Chinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system Tuesday, slashing its number of directly elected seats and ensuring a majority of the city’s lawmakers will be selected by a reliably pro-Beijing committee. The new measures, which bypassed

Party leader says Likud chief is committed to strengthening settlements, judicial reform; Joint List MKs to present Lapid with demands in return for supporting him