Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:39:32 +0000
One of the world’s busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters crowded into the main terminal Monday afternoon.
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A Malaysian shaman has joined police from Ireland, France, and the United Kingdom in the search for a 15 -year-old London girl who disappeared from a nature resort eight days ago.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:14:09 +0000
Indian authorities have moved around a million people into emergency camps in recent days as the death toll from monsoon floods jumped Monday to at least 184.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 07:38:36 +0000
Hong Kong police are showing off water cannons as pro-democracy street protests in the Chinese region stretch into their 10th week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 05:07:35 +0000
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters boast of a broad support base but their movement has divided some neighborhoods.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:00:20 +0000
NEW YORK – You’ll finally be able to catch the late J.D. Salinger’s books in digital format.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:25:28 +0000
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) – The death toll from typhoon “Lekima” (typhoon “Hanna” in the Philippines) rose to 30 in eastern China, local authorities said yesterday, as rescue teams worked to find more than a dozen missing after the storm triggered a landslide and forced more than a million people to evacuate. The monster storm arrived […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:10:29 +0000
Despite being duped by close to P15 million, a 41-year-old American has refused to press charges against his Filipino girlfriend caught setting up a fake kidnapping to collect another P5 million. Col. Jonnel Estomo, Anti-Kidnapping Group-Philippine National Police head, said the Filipina admitted the hoax following her “rescue” in a budget hotel in Dagupan City […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 08:44:29 +0000
HONG KONG, China (AFP) – Thousands of pro-democracy protesters hit the streets of Hong Kong for the 10th weekend in a row yesterday, once again defying police after a night of “hit-and-run” rallies across the city. Activists calling for greater democratic freedoms in the city have shown no sign of standing down, despite Hong Kong’s […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 06:05:13 +0000
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – US financier Jeffrey Epstein, awaiting trial on charges he trafficked underage girls for sex, was found dead in jail Saturday of an apparent suicide, triggering outcry over how the high-profile detainee could die in custody. The government and Federal Bureau of Investigation immediately launched probes as politicians, law enforcement […]
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