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China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong
Associated Press, Published on 02/12/2019
» HONG KONG: China said Monday it will suspend US military ship and aircraft visits to Hong Kong and sanction several American pro-democracy and human rights groups in retaliation for the signing into law of legislation supporting anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous territory.
Police shoot protester with live round
Associated Press, Published on 01/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Police shot a teenage protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving him bleeding and howling on the ground, in a fearsome escalation of anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Tens of thousands marched in a day of rage as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years in power.
Flights out of Hong Kong cancelled again
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Protesters severely crippled operations at Hong Kong's international airport for a second day Tuesday, forcing authorities to cancel all remaining flights out of the city after demonstrators took over the terminals as part of their push for democratic reforms.
Protesters clog Hong Kong airport again after it reopens
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Protesters clogged the departure area at Hong Kong's reopened airport Tuesday, a day after they forced one of the world's busiest transport hubs to shut down entirely amid their calls for an independent inquiry into alleged police abuse.
Protests escalate as Hong Kong marks handover
Associated Press, Published on 01/07/2019
» HONG KONG: Frustration among protesters in Hong Kong boiled over Monday, with one group attacking the legislative building and tens of thousands of others marching through the city to demand expanded democracy on the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China.
Trump joins Canada, Mexico leaders to sign new trade pact
Associated Press, Published on 30/11/2018
» BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: President Donald Trump joined the leaders of Canada and Mexico at a global meeting in Argentina on Friday to sign a revised North American trade pact that he called "groundbreaking" and a benefit for "working people."
Chinese 'gait' surveillance IDs people by how they walk
Associated Press, Published on 06/11/2018
» BEIJING: Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition'' software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from cameras.
Italy looks to place blame for bridge collapse that killed 39
Associated Press, Published on 16/08/2018
» GENOA, Italy: As more bodies were pulled from a mountain of jagged concrete and twisted steel left by a highway bridge collapse that killed 39, prosecutors focused on possible design flaws and past maintenance of the heavily used span, and politicians squabbled over blame.
Anwar wants Malaysia to scrap race policies
Associated Press, Published on 17/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Pardoned Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim said Thursday that decades-old affirmative action policies for the country's Malay majority must be discarded in favour of a new programme to help the poor regardless of race.
Singapore ties with US, NKorea make city-state summit site
Associated Press, Published on 11/05/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's diplomatic ties with North Korea and its relative proximity made the city-state a natural choice for the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.