Johns Hopkins University

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, Once a Formidable Force, to Disband

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[ad_1] The Democratic Party in Hong Kong was for decades the city’s largest opposition party. It led protests demanding universal suffrage. Its lawmakers sparred with officials in the legislature about China’s encroachment on the region. It was born in the 1990s of an audacious hope: that opposition politicians and activists could pressure Hong Kong’s iron-fisted … Read more

Federal Cuts Prompt Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers

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[ad_1] Johns Hopkins University, one of the country’s leading centers of scientific research, said on Thursday that it would eliminate more than 2,000 workers in the United States and abroad because of the Trump administration’s steep cuts, primarily to international aid programs. The layoffs, the most in the university’s history, will involve 247 domestic workers … Read more