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China slams Hong Kong airport protesters as 'terrorist-like'
The rallies, which had paralysed one of the world's busiest travel hubs, ended with ugly clashes on Tuesday night that included protesters beating two men.
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China slams 'terrorist-like actions' by protesters at HK airport
Activists blockaded two terminals in the city on Tuesday in the latest escalation of a 10-week political crisis that has gripped the international finance hub and forced the closure of the airport.
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US aviation regulator bans select MacBook Pro laptops from flights
Apple said in June it would recall a limited number of 15-inch MacBook Pro units as their batteries were susceptible to overheating.
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Guaido warns Venezuela's Maduro over moves to advance legislative elections
Elections to renew the National Assembly, the only branch of government under opposition control, are set for December 2020.
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Notre-Dame cathedral 'still at risk of collapse' after fire
France's culture ministry insisted that the urgent need to make the cathedral safe had dictated the pace of the works, following criticism that it had ignored the risks of lead poisoning.
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Giant penguin fossil found in New Zealand
The giant waddling sea bird stood 1.6 metres high and weighed 80 kilograms, about four times heavier and 40cm taller than the modern Emperor penguin, researchers said.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for NYC
The 16-year-old Swede, whose school strikes have inspired children across the world to protest against global warming, refuses to fly because of the carbon emissions caused by planes.
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Hong Kong airport reopens amid warnings over pro-democracy protests
About 30 protesters remained at the airport early on Wednesday while workers scrubbed it clean of blood and debris from overnight.
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Asia markets rally as Trump tariff delay boost trade war hopes
High-yielding, riskier currencies also enjoyed some gains with the Mexican peso and South African rand more than one percent higher, South Korea's won gaining 0.8% and the Indonesian rupiah 0.6% up.
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Violent clashes between cops, protestors continue at Hong Kong airport
There has been a heavy police presence outside Hong Kong's airport on Tuesday.
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Protester blockade triggers second day of Hong Kong airport chaos
The new protest came as Beijing sent further ominous signals that the 10 weeks of unrest must end, with state-run media showing videos of security forces gathering across the border.
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Radiation up to '16 times' the norm near Russia blast site
The explosion at the Arctic facility on Thursday killed five scientists with Russia's nuclear agency, which later confirmed they were involved in testing new weapons.
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Don't have a cow! London uni bans beef
Professor Frances Corner, the new head of Goldsmiths, said that she was taking the drastic action to pull beef from campus cafes and shops from next month because 'declaring a climate emergency cannot be empty words'.
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China and the US need to embrace the idea of benign competition. Here’s why
Views differ on the essence of China-US competition. Most watchers see it as a classic power competition caused by a shrinking gap in strength between the two countries.
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In three shaken US cities, Lady Gaga tries to channel 'fury into hope'
The singer's aim is to bring a measure of hope to places devastated by an extraordinary week of mass shootings in a country numbed by a steady beat of news about gun violence.
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Citizen 'heroes' stop deadly Australian knife rampage
Police said a 21-year-old Sydney man had no known links to terror organisations, but he did have a thumb drive with details of mass-casualty white-supremacist attacks in the United States and New Zealand.
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Stranded passengers voice support for Hong Kong protesters
The airport, one of the busiest in the world, reopened on Tuesday morning but hundreds of flights remained cancelled and several hundred protesters returned for a fresh rally on Tuesday afternoon.
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Class dismissed: Surge in arrests of foreign teachers in China
Four law firms told Reuters that requests for representation involving foreign teachers had surged in the past six months by between four and tenfold, while teachers and schools confirmed arrests and temporary detentions for minor crimes had become commonplace.
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Venezuela pro-Maduro legislature to assess early congress elections
Any move to disband congress would fuel criticism of President Nicolas Maduro in the international community and almost certainly halt Norway-brokered talks between the government and opposition leader Juan Guaido's allies.
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Hong Kong's airport reopens after protests but more than 200 flights canceled
The airport, one of the world’s busiest, blamed demonstrators for halting flights on Monday.
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US turning Gulf region into 'tinderbox' - Iran's Zarif
Iraq, which maintains good relations with both Washington and Tehran, cautioned on Monday that the deployment of Western forces was fueling regional tension.
