Responding to Patten's remarks about Hong Kong in an earlier media report, the official said that it is shameless and absurd for Patten, who was not democratically elected, to picture himself as a "guardian" of human rights and freedoms.
Republicans also approved a handful of resolutions, including one that backs Columbus Day as a federal holiday and another that labels the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors the country's hate groups, as a "radical organization".
Relations between the ROK and the DPRK soured this month as Pyongyang protested against anti-DPRK leaflets flown across the inter-Korean border by ROK civic groups, mostly composed of defectors from the DPRK.
Ren said there has been rising confidence among enterprises as the environment for business, innovation and investment in the country kept improving during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) period.
Researchers hope green ammonia could one day power a low-carbon planet, but for now most ammonia is "gray"-extracted from natural gas or coal. This method emits on average around 2.4 tons of carbon dioxide for each ton of ammonia produced, according to the International Energy Agency-accounting for about 1 percent of global CO2 emissions today.
Researchers from the Manchester-based National Graphene Institute demonstrated the filtration capabilities of ultrathin, graphene-oxide membranes. The technology could be used to separate particles from solvents in the manufacture of medication, and to transform seawater into clean drinking water.
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Relay races for Suvorov Attack, interaction and combined races for Clear Sky will be taking place in the coming days before the final results are unveiled at the end of the games on Aug 8.
Residents ride bikes at a park in Hong Kong, on July 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Resident Michael Schmidt said declaring the area blighted "is beyond me''.
Relations between the US and the Palestinians have spiraled since Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December. Since then he has cut US funding to a United Nations agency that assists Palestinian refugees and threatened to withhold aid money to the Palestinians unless they resume negotiations with Israel.