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North Korea says Kim supervised weapons tests, criticizes Seoul

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 04:51:09 +0000

North Korea says Kim supervised weapons tests, criticizes Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul.

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As protesters scatter, Hong Kong residents take their place

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 03:24:41 +0000

As protesters scatter, Hong Kong residents take their place

HONG KONG – After the protesters evacuated, the residents took their place.In one Hong Kong neighborhood on Saturday, riot police fired multiple rounds of tear gas, prompting demonstrators to flee after they started a fire outside a police station and threw eggs at its exterior. But while the pro-democracy protesters left to occupy yet another district, the residents who were watching from the sidelines descended by the hundreds.

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Hong Kong protesters and police face off in familiar cycle

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 22:41:35 +0000

Hong Kong protesters and police face off in familiar cycle

HONG KONG – On one end of a Hong Kong street, protesters dressed in black ducked behind umbrellas and makeshift barricades, occasionally throwing bricks or slinging rocks.

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Hong Kong protesters, police ready for another likely clash

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 05:10:05 +0000

Hong Kong protesters, police ready for another likely clash

HONG KONG – Protesters and police prepared Sunday for a likely showdown in central Hong Kong, one day after clashes led to 11 arrests and left at least two dozen injured in an outlying district toward the border with mainland China.

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UN finds organized crime expanding in Southeast Asia

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:33:14 +0000

UN finds organized crime expanding in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK – Organized crime syndicates in Southeast Asia are flourishing in the illegal trafficking of drugs, wildlife, counterfeit goods and people, a U.N. report said Thursday.

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Activist Hong Kong singer faces down China at UN rights body

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 22:39:53 +0000

Activist Hong Kong singer faces down China at UN rights body

GENEVA –  Just like her fellow Hong Kong protesters, pop star Denise Ho is standing up to China. Just like them, she seems to have gotten under Beijing’s skin — this time at an international human rights venue.

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Hong Kong police begin to clear streets of protesters

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:23:26 +0000

Hong Kong police begin to clear streets of protesters

HONG KONG – Hong Kong citizens marched for hours Sunday in a massive protest that drew a late-in-the-day apology from the city’s top leader for her handling of legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony.

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Fire breaks out at Bangkok mall complex; 1 reported dead

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:23:01 +0000

Fire breaks out at Bangkok mall complex; 1 reported dead

BANGKOK – A fire broke out at a major mall complex in Thailand’s capital on Wednesday, with initial reports from Thai emergency services saying one person has died and two were injured.

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