The US attorney for the western district of Texas, John Bash, said federal authorities were treating the massacre as a case of domestic terrorism.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said the decision was made related to "five death-row inmates convicted of murdering, and in some cases torturing and raping, the most vulnerable in our society — children and the elderly".
The US has been "hypocritical" as it claimed the Hong Kong act was "in support of Hong Kong people", it said, adding that such actions undermined the relationship between the SAR government and the central government under "one country, two systems".
The Type 052D class is the most capable fleet escort deployed by the Navy, he said. It has a full displacement of nearly 7,000 metric tons and a wide range of weapons, including a single-barrel 130-mm naval gun and a close-in weapon system, as well as 64 vertical launching cells containing HHQ-9 long-range anti-aircraft missiles and YJ-18 or YJ-83 anti-ship cruise missiles. The fighting power of a single Type 052D ship is the combat force equal of several previous models put together, Wu said.
The US cruise ship Viking Orion is docked at the port city of Haikou for the first time in Haikou city, South China's Hainan province, Oct 5, 2018. [Photo/IC]
The US had recorded 1,204,475 cases by that time, also the highest in the world, the university's tally shows. Globally, over 3,670,000 people have been infected.
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The US Treasury Department alleged that Zarif "acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran," who was placed under sanctions in June.
The US firm is now seeking merger and acquisition opportunities in the country and expanding its product portfolio, with an aim to double sales revenue in the next few years, according to Zheng.
The U.S. lawsuit was filed in federal court in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle. It hinges on a now-defunct Amazon policy that prevented third-party sellers from offering their products on other sites or channels at a lower price, under the company’s Services Business Solutions Agreement.
The United States claims that it has "patiently urged China" and that China ignored the US request, but the truth is that trade differences have always been an important issue to China, who has been promoting the resolution of differences through dialogue and consultations with maximum sincerity and patience, with the hope to protect China-US trade and economic cooperation, satisfy the growing needs for a better life of the Chinese people, and promote quality growth of the Chinese economy. From February to June this year alone, China engaged in four rounds of high-level economic talks with the United States, and has announced the China-US Joint Statement with important consensus reached on strengthening trade and economic cooperation and avoiding a trade war. But due to domestic politics, the United States has gone back on its words, brazenly abandoned the bilateral consensus, and insisted on fighting a trade war with China. China has done its utmost to prevent the escalation of trade frictions. The United States is fully responsible for the current situation.