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Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing appears in US court
Read full article: Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing appears in US courtA former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 has appeared in federal court in Washington to face charges of international terrorism.
Huawei sales off 32% after US sanctions, smartphone sale
Read full article: Huawei sales off 32% after US sanctions, smartphone saleChinese tech giant Huawei's sales fell 32% from a year earlier in the first nine months of 2021 under U.S. sanctions and following the sale of its Honor smartphone brand.
Huawei selling Honor phone brand in face of US sanctions
Read full article: Huawei selling Honor phone brand in face of US sanctionsBEIJING – Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its budget-price Honor smartphone brand in an effort to rescue the struggling business from damaging U.S. sanctions imposed on its parent company. Huawei will retain its flagship Huawei smartphone brand. The buyer is a state-owned company in Shenzhen, the southern city where Huawei is headquartered, and a group of Honor retailers. Huawei, China’s first global tech brand and the biggest maker of switching equipment used by phone and internet companies, is at the center of U.S.-Chinese tension over technology, security and spying. Other Chinese smartphone brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo operate without such restrictions.
United States Marine Corps celebrates 245th birthday on Tuesday
Read full article: United States Marine Corps celebrates 245th birthday on TuesdayWashington, D.C. – The U.S. Marine Corps is celebrating its 245th birthday on Tuesday. We salute those who have served on this special day. Thank you for your service now and in years past. 245 Years of Honor, Courage and CommitmentToday, we remember the service and sacrifice of all Marines, and honor the legacy passed down through generations. pic.twitter.com/WDTs7EuMY2 — U.S. Marines (@USMC) November 10, 2020
Civil rights activist points out errors in proclamation commemorating Ax Handle Saturday
Read full article: Civil rights activist points out errors in proclamation commemorating Ax Handle SaturdayThe biggest honor was a proclamation from the United States Department of the Interior that commemorates the day Ax Handle Saturday happened. But according to local civil rights activist Rodney Hurst, the 1960 NAACP Youth Council president who was 16 years old when he and others were attacked on Ax Handle Saturday, the proclamation has multiple errors. The second line in the proclamation states Ax Handle Saturday resulted in the eventual integration of public accommodations citywide.But Hurst said thats false. And the proclamation states the civil rights movement in Jacksonville began with Ax Handle Saturday. Hurst said facts are needed for a moment in history that has shaped the local and national civil rights movement for generations to come.