Chile voters reject conservative proposal to replace dictatorship-era constitution

The latest vote came more than a year after Chileans resoundingly rejected a proposed constitution written by a left-leaning convention and one that many characterized as one of the world's most progressive charters.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chile-vote-constitution-1.7062247?cmp=rss

Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai goes on trial Monday, charged with foreign collusion

The trial of Hong Kong's most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China's crackdown on dissidents will start Monday after being delayed for over a year.

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