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Hong Kong on high alert as Xi Jinping visit expected for handover
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» HONG KONG - Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Hong Kong Thursday, prompting a massive security effort ahead of celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to China.
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Marcos Jr to be sworn in as Philippine president
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» MANILA - The son of the Philippines' late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be sworn in as president Thursday, completing a decades-long effort to restore the clan to the country's highest office.
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Singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years over sex crimes
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» NEW YORK - Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex.
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Texans mourn migrants who died in sweltering truck tragedy
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» SAN ANTONIO - Texas residents gathered under a scorching sun Wednesday to mourn the 53 migrants who died this week after they were abandoned in a trailer in soaring temperatures, leaving tokens of flowers, candles and bottles of water.
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Israel's Bennett says won't run in next election as parliament set to dissolve
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» JERUSALEM - Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday he would not stand in upcoming elections, as parliament postponed a vote to dissolve itself and force the country's fifth vote in less than four years.
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Journalist murdered in Mexico, 12th this year
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» CIUDAD VICTORIA (MEXICO) - A Mexican reporter was shot dead on Wednesday in the violence-plagued northeastern state of Tamaulipas -- the 12th journalist killed so far in a particularly bloody year for the country's press.
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Cairo's floating heritage risks being towed away by grand projects
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» CAIRO: Dozens of vibrantly coloured floating homes have for decades dotted the banks of the River Nile, rare havens of leafy seclusion in the Egyptian capital's hustle and bustle -- but maybe not for much longer.
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Hong Kong on high alert as Xi Jinping visit expected for handover
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» HONG KONG: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Hong Kong Thursday, prompting a massive security effort ahead of celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to communist China.
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UK urged to cleanse 'stain' of dirty Russian money
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» LONDON: For all its tough talk against Russia, the UK's government is failing to enforce its promises to clean up dirty foreign money, a hard-hitting report by MPs said Thursday.
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India's women water warriors transform parched lands
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» CHHATARPUR, India: As the monsoon storms bear down on India, a dedicated group of women hope that after years of backbreaking labour, water shortages will no longer leave their village high and dry.
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