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World Service,29 Oct 2019,23 mins

Hong Kong ban activist Joshua Wong from local elections

Newsday

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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been banned from running for office in upcoming local elections in Hong Kong. The British prime minister Boris Johnson will make a fourth attempt to force a snap general election which he insists is needed to break the deadlock over Brexit. A new study says that narcissists are likely to be happier than most people and less likely to suffer from stress, despite many people finding them infuriating.

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