"...drive to vilify others will intensify if economic conditions get worse, which is increasingly likely when monetary policies don’t work well...It is tough to keep a democratic society operating in an orderly way under such conditions."
"...to deny the existence of Allah, to be sarcastic about Allah's name, to deny any verse of the Koran" or to commit other acts of blasphemy are all punishable by death...
"The European Union... has the choice. Should we make a pact with an authoritarian regime or should we work to strengthen a community of free, constitutionally governed market economies with liberal societies?"
It purports to respond to complaints from actual small business owners, and changes the thresholds for how much of the program's relief money can be spent on payroll...
“If there is any doubt about Beijing’s intent, it is to deny Hong Kongers a voice and a choice, making them the same as mainlanders. So much for two systems.”
France’s coronavirus death toll rose by 81 on Wednesday, or 0.3%, to 29,021, while the number of new confirmed cases also climbed from the prior day...