Lose their jobs but some stores are surviving without laying off staff. After months of protests in hong kong against the Central Government china plans to introduce a new law to clamp down on protesters its expected to rubber stamp National Security laws at his biggest political gathering the u. S. Has warned it will respond strongly and is urging beijing to respect hong kongs autonomy katrina knew before. On the eve of Chinas National Peoples Congress the announcement of a 3rd National Security law which criminalizes secession foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. Could be issues in sri hong kong as an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china the m. P. C. Is the highest organ of state. Power in light of new circumstances and need the n. P. C. Is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a Legal Framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding National Security in hong kong. The new law
The pandemic. Oil producing countries reach a deal to cut production in an effort to offset the global drop in demand and prices. Millions more people are being added to the queues of americas jobless as the wider effects of the coronavirus become clear another 6600000. 00 claimed unemployment benefit last week alone that takes the total to nearly 17000000 people in the past 3 weeks and there is fear the rate could rise to numbers not seen since the end of the Great Depression in some cities drive ins have been created for people to collect unemployment for john hendren has more from chicago. The president came out saying that the u. S. Was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims and an Unemployment Rate of 12 to 13 percent thats a level not
The blast from missiles can cause buildings to shake and rattle and and can cause potentially concussions in people that are even outside of the Immediate Impact zone the other headlines in the u. S. Senate has formally launched the impeachment trial of president on a drum the chief justice of the Supreme Court has been sworn in as presiding judge along with 99 senators as the jury trumpets denounced the trial still starts next week and that process has been complicated though after an aide to Donald Trumps lawyer claims the president is guilty of pontus says trump knew exactly what was going on with the efforts to pressure the leader of ukraine more than 2700. 00 people event to guatemala in a fast growing caravan bound for the United States the migrants mostly from us 1st have to go through mexico john home and reporting for us from Guatemala City at a migrant shell said. More than 2700 people so far have left on door to us and end to guatemala on a new caravan that is trying to get
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