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China values UN relationship despite human rights criticism

BEIJING -- As world leaders gather in New York at the annual U.N. General Assembly, rising superpower China is also focusing on another United Nations body that is meeting across the Atlantic Ocean in Geneva. Chinese diplomats are speaking out an…

Global Courant•September 18, 2022

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Montana judge blocks anti-trans birth certificate rule

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A Montana judge on Thursday blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate. District Court Judge Michael Moses chided attorneys for…

Global Courant•September 15, 2022

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Trial set to begin for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook hoax case

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A month after losing one nearly $50 million verdict, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several of the victims'…

Global Courant•September 11, 2022