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Jimmy Lai
Police lead Hong kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai (C), 72, away from his home after he was arrested under the new national security law in Hong kong on August 10, 2020. Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was arrested under a new national security law on August 10 and police raided his newspaper offices in a deepening crackdown on dissent in the restless Chinese city. VERNON YUEN / AFP
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Hong Kong media giant soars 344 percent as Lai arrest spurs activists

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HONG KONG - Shares in a Hong Kong media group critical of Beijing soared more than 300 percent on Monday as democracy activists hit social

Brazil Coronavirus
A projection on a building honouring the 100,000 victims who died of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in Brazil reads "100,000 Victims of (Brazilian President Jair) Bolsonaro" as the country became the second in the world to pass the grim milestone, in Botafogo neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2020. Just a day after Latin America and the Caribbean became the hardest-hit region in the global pandemic, Brazil reported a total of 100,477 fatalities, joining the United States as the only two countries to surpass the six-digit death mark. Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP
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Brazil surpasses 100,000 coronavirus deaths

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 9, 2020 (AFP) - Brazil on Saturday surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths and three million cases of infection, crossing the grim milestone