Democracy

U.S 

How Democracy Faces a Rising Threat Splitting Republicans and Democrats

April 19, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Democracy, Democrats, Faces, Republicans, Rising, Splitting, Threat

American democracy faces many challenges: New limits on voting rights. The corrosive effect of misinformation. The rise of domestic terrorism.

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World 

Hong Kong Convicts Martin Lee and Other Democracy Leaders Over Protest

April 1, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Convicts, Democracy, Hong, Kong, Leaders, Lee, Martin, Protest

HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s leading veteran pro-democracy advocates were found guilty on Thursday of unauthorized assembly, as

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Politics 

Biden Defines His Underlying Challenge With China: ‘Prove Democracy Works’

March 26, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Biden, Challenge, China, Defines, Democracy, Prove, Underlying, Works

WASHINGTON — At the end of a winding answer on Thursday about competing with China and about his relationship with

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World 

Hong Kong, Its Elections Upended, Reconsiders Its Dream of Democracy

March 20, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Democracy, Dream, Elections, Hong, Kong, Reconsiders, Upended

HONG KONG — From her first protest at age 12, Jackie Chen believed she could help bring democracy to Hong

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World 

As 4th Election Looms, Some Ask: Is Israel’s Democracy Broken?

March 17, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments 4th, Broken, Democracy, Election, Israels, Looms

Polling suggests that next week’s vote is unlikely to break the deadlock, leading many Israelis to brace for yet a

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World 

Hong Kong Charges 47 Democracy Supporters With Violating Security Law

February 28, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Charges, Democracy, Hong, Kong, Law, Security, Supporters, Violating

HONG KONG — Dozens of pro-democracy figures who were rounded up and detained last month were arrested again on Sunday

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World 

The G7 Meeting: Live Updates as World Leaders Meet on Security, Democracy

February 19, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Democracy, Leaders, Live, Meet, Meeting, Security, Updates, World

Here’s what you need to know: Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain will play host to a summit meeting of

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U.S 

Analysis: Declaring democracy won’t be subverted, Biden demands Russia and Myanmar reverse course

February 5, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Analysis, Biden, Declaring, Demands, Democracy, Myanmar, Reverse, Russia, Subverted, Wont

Two weeks after taking office, President Biden has demanded that Myanmar reverse a coup d’état and that Russia release its

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U.S 

Declaring Democracy Won’t be Subverted, Biden Demands Russia and Myanmar Reverse Course

February 3, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Biden, Declaring, Demands, Democracy, Myanmar, Reverse, Russia, Subverted, Wont

And State Department officials acknowledged on Tuesday that four of the top generals who organized the coup were already under

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World 

As Biden Plans Global Democracy Summit, Skeptics Say: Heal Thyself First

January 31, 2021 World-Reports 0 Comments Biden, Democracy, Global, Heal, Plans, Skeptics, Summit, Thyself

WASHINGTON — Among President Biden’s most specific foreign policy promises was a pledge to convene a global democracy summit during

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