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Coronavirus News The elections, which had been due this September, will now take place in September 2021. Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam used emergency powers to push back the elections, a day after a dozen pro-democracy activists had been barred from running. “We condemn the Hong Kong government’s decision to postpone for one year its Legislative Council elections and to disqualify opposition candidates,†US President Donald Trump’s press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said at a news conference. She went on, “This action undermines the democratic processes and freedoms that have underpinned Hong Kong’s prosperity and this is only the most recent...
