Learn “dissent”, “bottleneck”, “orbit” in slow English. From: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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- Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison
- UK MPs warn of dangerous reliance on China for critical minerals
- NASA’s Swift space telescope falls back to Earth after more than 20 years
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- RechercheHong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for colluding with foreign forces under the city's China-imposed national security law.
- RechercheWong's 10-year sentence is his second conviction under the national security law; he was already serving four years and eight months for a separate subversion conviction tied to an unofficial primary election.
- RechercheAmnesty International deputy regional director Sarah Brooks said the law had become a tool to punish dissent rather than genuinely protect national security.
- RechercheA government spokesperson said the government was delivering £400m to increase domestic production and recycling and build international partnerships; the spokesperson said the strategy set 2035 goals of meeting 10% of demand through domestic production, 20% through recycling, and limiting any single country to 60% of supply.
- Deutsche WelleNASA's Swift telescope plunges back to Earth in fiery demise