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Hong Kong’s plan for a new national security law deepens fears over eroding civil libertiesKANIS LEUNGFebruary 28, 2024 at 4:30 AMHONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out dissent and vocal pro-democracy media in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, concerns are spreading among the city's international business and media communities.Critics say the legislation will make Hong Kong’s legal system increasingly similar to that of mainland China, but the government argues it will affect only a “small minority” of disloyal residents.Businesses and…

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A small drone flies into a damaged Fukushima reactor for the first time to study its melted fuelMARI YAMAGUCHIFebruary 28, 2024 at 12:10 AMTOKYO (AP) — A drone small enough to fit in one's hand flew inside one of the damaged reactors at the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Wednesday in hopes it can examine some of the molten fuel debris in areas where earlier robots failed to reach.Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings also began releasing the fourth batch of the plant’s treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the sea Wednesday. The government and TEPCO, the plant's operator, say…

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Israeli military presents plan for evacuating Gaza’s population from ‘fighting areas’Rob Picheta, Nic Robertson and Alex Stambaugh, CNNFebruary 26, 2024 at 4:25 AMThe Israeli military has submitted a plan to the war cabinet for “evacuating the population” of Gaza from areas of fighting, amid warnings that an offensive on the southern city of Rafah will take place soon.Earlier this month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he had directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to draw up a plan for the evacuation of civilians from Rafah, where more than a million people are crammed.That “upcoming operational plan” was submitted for approval…

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