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US blames Iran for Saudi oil attack, Trump says 'locked and loaded'
Earlier in the day, a senior US official told reporters that evidence from the attack, which hit the world’s biggest oil-processing facility, indicated Iran was behind it, instead of the Yemeni Houthi group that had claimed responsibility.
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Some 46,000 General Motors auto workers strike in US
The move to strike, which the Wall Street Journal described as the first major stoppage at GM in more than a decade, came after the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired without an agreement on a replacement.
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Lilly, Thailand's Greta Thunberg, wages 'war' on plastic
Thailand is the sixth-largest global contributor to ocean pollution, and plastic is a scourge.
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Explainer: Attack on Saudi leaves world without spare oil capacity
The attack on Saudi oil facilities on Saturday not only knocked out over half of the country’s production, it also removed almost all the spare capacity available to compensate for any major disruption in oil supplies worldwide.
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Venezuela's opposition says Norway-mediated dialogue with Maduro 'is finished'
The talks, most of which had taken place on the Caribbean island of Barbados, began after opposition leader Juan Guaido led a failed military uprising in April against Maduro.
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Trump rebuffs Kavanaugh impeachment calls after new sexual misconduct report
Some Democratic presidential candidates called for Kavanaugh’s impeachment, saying he lied under oath, after a New York Times report on Saturday disclosed new information about sexual misconduct allegations against him.
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Tunisians pick from varied line-up in unpredictable presidential vote
With no overwhelming frontrunner among the 26 candidates whose names appear on the ballot, the difference between losing and making a second-round run-off between the two with most votes could prove narrow.
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Hong Kong protesters hurl petrol bombs in latest wave of unrest
Some protesters threw bricks at police outside the Chinese People’s Liberation Army base in the city’s Admiralty district.
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Hong Kong activist seeks US support for pro-democracy protests
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong said on Saturday he was seeking the support of US lawmakers for the demands of his fellow protesters.
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Attacks on Saudi oil facilities knock out half the kingdom's supply
The attacks will cut the kingdom’s output by 5.7 million barrels per day, according to a statement from state-run oil company Saudi Aramco, or more than 5% of global oil supply.
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Ex-PM Cameron slams Johnson over Brexit
Former British prime minister David Cameron launched a blistering attack on the UK's current leader Boris Johnson in extracts of his memoirs published Sunday, accusing him of only backing Brexit to further his own career.
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Israel to decide Netanyahu's fate in election rerun
Final opinion polls released Friday indicate another tight race between Likud and the centrist Blue and White alliance led by ex-military chief Benny Gantz, and a repeat stalemate cannot be ruled out.
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Hong Kong police break up scattered clashes between rival protesters
The pro-China demonstrators chanted 'Support the police' and 'China, add oil' at a shopping mall, adapting a line used by anti-Hong Kong government protesters and loosely meaning: 'China, keep your strength up'.
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One hurt as blast rocks southern Swedish city
A woman in her twenties, who was passing when the explosion occurred in the centre of the city Lund around 2:30am, was found injured at the scene and taken to hospital.
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Trump confirms death of al-Qaeda heir Hamza bin Laden
US media reported in late July and early August, citing intelligence officials, that the younger Bin Laden had been killed sometime in the last two years in an operation that involved the United States.
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Spanish PM visits flood-hit areas as death toll rises to six
Since Wednesday, areas here suffered some of the heaviest daily rainfall on record, causing chaos on the roads, cutting public transport and prompting rivers to burst their banks.
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Hong Kong police break up clashes between rival protesters
The clashes in the Kowloon Bay area of the Hong Kong “special administrative zone” of China spilled out on to the streets, with each confrontation captured by dozens of media and onlookers on their smart phones. Police detained several people.
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Teenage activist Greta Thunberg takes climate protest to Trump
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who shot to global fame for inspiring worldwide student strikes to promote action against climate change, took her mission to US President Donald Trump’s doorstep on Friday with a protest outside the White House.
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Actress Felicity Huffman heads to court for US college scandal sentencing
Prosecutors recommended US District Judge Indira Talwani sentence Huffman to one month behind bars after she pleaded guilty in May.
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Skin-crawling discovery: 'body farm' scientists find corpses move
After studying and photographing the movements of a corpse over 17-months, Alyson Wilson told AFP on Friday that she found humans don't exactly rest in peace.
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Hong Kong leader to prioritise housing, jobs to try to appease protesters
Carrie Lam said in a Facebook post late on Thursday her government would increase the supply of housing, with more policies to be announced.
