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Smith scores second century of Ashes opener as Australia build lead
AFP, Published on 04/08/2019
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - England finally saw the back of Steve Smith but only after a second century in his comeback Test saw Australia compile a potentially match-winning lead in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston on Sunday.
Second night of tear gas as Hong Kong protesters defy China warnings
AFP, Published on 04/08/2019
» HONG KONG - Riot police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters in a Hong Kong shopping district Sunday during a second consecutive night of clashes, as China delivered fresh warnings over the unrest battering the city.
Australia's Smith scores second hundred of comeback Test
AFP, Published on 04/08/2019
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Australia's Steve Smith scored his second hundred of his comeback Test when he reached three figures against England in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston on Sunday.
Growing panic in Kashmir as India, Pakistan bicker over border clashes
AFP, Published on 04/08/2019
» SRINAGAR, India: Fears of an impending curfew in the disputed region of Kashmir ratcheted up tensions Sunday, as nuclear rivals India and Pakistan traded accusations of military clashes at the de facto border.
Low-power bomb explodes in Nonthaburi
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/08/2019
» NONTHABURI: A low-power improvised explosive device exploded on a roadside in Pak Kret district. Another of the same type remained unexploded in its box on Sunday afternoon.
Nuon Chea, ideologue of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, dies at 93
Associated Press, Published on 04/08/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's UN-assisted genocide tribunal says Nuon Chea, the chief ideologue of the communist Khmer Rouge regime that destroyed a generation of Cambodians, has died. He was 93.
Abandoned motorcycles prompt Hua Hin bomb alert
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 04/08/2019
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Three motorcycles with southern licence plates abandoned at Hua Hin train station in Hua Hin district prompted a bomb alert on Sunday.
Quake hits northeast Japan, officials say no tsunami danger
Associated Press, Published on 04/08/2019
» TOKYO: A strong earthquake has struck northeastern Japan, but authorities say there is no danger of a tsunami, and there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Iran seizes third foreign ship in less than a month
AFP, Published on 04/08/2019
» TEHRAN: Iran has seized a "foreign vessel" in the Gulf, state media said Sunday, in what would be the third such seizure in a month amid heightened tensions with its foe the United States.
Hong Kong braces for largest citywide strike in decades
Published on 04/08/2019
» Hong Kong is bracing for the largest citywide strike in decades on Monday, after about 14,000 people from 20 sectors vowed to join the industrial action against the now-abandoned extradition bill, first called for by staff unions of transport operators and social workers.