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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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Epstein suicide prompts conspiracy theories, skepticism

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 23:14:16 +0000

Epstein suicide prompts conspiracy theories, skepticism

Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide in federal custody is provoking skepticism among online conspiracy theorists and even some officials who question how he could have killed himself in a highly secured part of the jail set aside for high-profile inmates.

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UN: Car bomb kills 3 UN staff outside mall in Libya

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:45:19 +0000

UN: Car bomb kills 3 UN staff outside mall in Libya

BENGHZI, Libya – A bomb-laden vehicle exploded Saturday outside a shopping mall in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least three U.N. staff members, a spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general said. The attack came even as the country’s warring sides said they accepted a cease-fire proposed by the U.N. aimed at halting combat in the capital Tripoli during an upcoming Muslim holiday.

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Trump: Kim wants to meet again, apologized for missile tests

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:18:25 +0000

Trump: Kim wants to meet again, apologized for missile tests

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.  — President Donald Trump said Saturday that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants to meet once again to “start negotiations” after joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises end. He also said Kim apologized for the flurry of recent short-range missile tests that has rattled U.S. allies in the region.

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Chinese state TV: At least 18 dead, 14 missing during typhoon

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 09:24:14 +0000

Chinese state TV: At least 18 dead in typhoon, 14 missing

BEIJING — At least 18 people were killed Saturday after Typhoon Lekima struck China’s coast south of Shanghai, knocking down houses and trees, state TV reported. Another 14 people were missing after Lekima hit land at 1:45 a.m. on Saturday in Zhejiang province, the report said. It said more than 200 houses collapsed and 3,200 […]

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China waiting out Hong Kong protests

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 09:30:08 +0000

BEIJING (AP) – China’s central government has dismissed Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters as clowns and criminals while bemoaning growing violence surrounding the months-long demonstrations. That’s partly out of concern that protesters’ demands for expanded democracy could inspire like-minded officials and intellectuals on the mainland. Yet, Beijing shows no signs of preparing for a major crackdown, […]

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UN chief asks India, Pakistan not to change Kashmir status

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 04:51:06 +0000

UN chief asks India, Pakistan not to change Kashmir status

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday came out against changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir and backed Security Council resolutions.

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Chinese regulator warns Cathay Pacific on security issues

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 03:49:33 +0000

Chinese regulator warns Cathay Pacific on security issues

The Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a warning to Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong for a number of safety and security risks.

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Police: El Paso shooting suspect said he targeted Mexicans

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 02:44:36 +0000

Police: El Paso shooting suspect said he targeted Mexicans

The man accused of carrying out last weekend’s deadly mass shooting at a Walmart in the Texas border city of El Paso confessed to officers that he had been targeting Mexicans.

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