Day: April 1, 2021

Slovak President Zuzana Caputova appoints Eduard Heger as new prime minister

Slovak President Zuzana Caputova appointed Eduard Heger as the new prime minister on Thursday, ending a month-long political crisis. Heger takes over from his party chairman Igor Matovic, who in turn takes Heger’s former seat at the finance ministry. The swap is aimed at quelling coalition disputes sparked by Matovic’s surprise purchase of Russian coronavirus… Read More Slovak President Zuzana Caputova appoints Eduard Heger as new prime minister

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Hong Kong court convicts democrats on unauthorised assembly charges

A Hong Kong court found seven prominent democrats guilty of unauthorised assembly charges, including 82-year-old barrister Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, the latest blow to the city’s beleaguered democracy movement. Lee, who helped launch the city’s largest opposition Democratic Party in the 1990s and is often called the former British colony’s “father… Read More Hong Kong court convicts democrats on unauthorised assembly charges

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Four dead, suspect in custody following shooting near Los Angeles

Four people were killed, one of them a child, in a shooting on Wednesday at an office building in suburban Los Angeles before the suspect, wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police, was taken into custody, police reported. The bloodshed in the city of Orange, about 30 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, marked… Read More Four dead, suspect in custody following shooting near Los Angeles

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