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(Worthy News) – Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong gathered Tuesday night to mark 30 years since China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, underscoring continuing concern for Chinese human rights in the semi-autonomous territory, even as its own civil liberties are under threat.

Hong Kong is the only region under Beijing’s jurisdiction that holds significant public commemorations of the 1989 crackdown and memorials for its victims. Hong Kong has a degree of freedom not seen on the mainland as a legacy of British rule that ended in 1997.

The annual vigil at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park near the bustling Causeway Bay shopping district appeared to draw tens of thousands of participants who filled several football fields and held candles in the sultry night air. Following an introduction of songs in the city’s Cantonese dialect and traditional string music, a minute of silence was held for the Tiananmen crackdown victims. [ Source: UK Telegraph (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – China’s president is headed for Moscow to mark what a Kremlin official said was a new era of friendship and economic ties.

Xi’s visit comes five years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, which severely disrupted relations with the West.

Ushakov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying that Xi and Putin would sign a new declaration on “global partnership and strategic cooperation, which are entering a new era.” [ Source: Radio Free Europe (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The US army has complained that a Russian fighter jet harassed a surveillance plane over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday by intercepting it three times in three hours.

The second of those maneuvers was deemed unsafe by the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet.

“While the Russian aircraft was operating in international airspace, this interaction was irresponsible,” read a statement issued by the Sixth Fleet and quoted by the Reuters news agency. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to talk to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani but that there was always a chance of U.S. military action against the Islamic Republic.

“So Iran is a place that was extremely hostile when I first came into office,” Trump told British television station ITV. “They were a terrorist nation number one in the world at that time and probably maybe are today.”

When asked if he thought he would need to take military action, he said: “There’s always a chance. Do I want to? No. I’d rather not. But there’s always a chance.” [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – A 17-year-old Dutch girl has been legally euthanized in the Netherlands, according to the country’s media.

Noa Pothoven had written an award-winning book about living with depression, anorexia and self-harm after being raped as a child.

In her last post on Instagram, she revealed she had stopped eating and drinking and was in a hospital bed in her living room, surrounded by her family. [ Source: Sky News (Read More…) ]

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