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The U.S. consul in Hong Kong has condemned violence among government critics but also said all should have the right to express their views peacefully, including foreign residents with longstanding ties to the Asian financial hub.
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Sri Lankan police on Tuesday arrested the country’s police chief and its former defense secretary for alleged negligence leading to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people at churches and hotels.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 00:57:30 +0000
TOKYO – Japanese whalers returned to port Monday with their first catch after resuming commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years, achieving the long-cherished goal of traditionalists that is seen as largely a lost cause amid slowing demand for the meat and changing views on conservation.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:51:59 +0000
VIENNA – OPEC is extending its deal to cut production for another nine months in bid to keep oil prices from sagging as the oil cartel faces a weakening outlook for global demand.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:35:15 +0000
The chief of the Transportation Security Administration says travelers should see only a slight increase in checkpoint wait times over the four-day July 4 holiday weekend despite the diversion of about 350 employees including screeners to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:30:52 +0000
WASHINGTON – The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:35:17 +0000
HONG KONG (AFP) – Anti-government protesters laid siege to Hong Kong’s parliament yesterday as the territory marked its China handover anniversary, smashing windows, battling police armed with pepper spray, and plunging the city further into crisis. The angry scenes ramped up tensions in the financial hub which has been rocked by three weeks of historic […]
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Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that’s seen as a largely lost cause.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 23:33:52 +0000
LA HACHADURA, El Salvador – The bodies of the father and daughter who drowned together last week while trying to cross the Rio Grande to the U.S. returned to El Salvador on Sunday for burial.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 23:28:33 +0000
BERLIN – Germany has recorded a new high temperature for June just days after an early summer heat wave toppled a 72-year-old record.
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