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Indonesian capital to be moved to East Kalimantan
JAKARTA: Indonesian president Joko Widodo announced the capital would be moved to an area that forms part of the North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara regions in its province of East Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. Widodo said moving
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Hong Kong stocks slump most in Asia, yuan falls to 11-year low
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks tumbled the most in Asia and the yuan weakened to an 11-year low amid concern over the intensifying trade war. The Hang Seng Index dropped 3% at 10:33 a.m. in Hong Kong, poised for its
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36 arrested, including 12 year old as demos escalate
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police said on Monday they arrested 36 people, the youngest aged 12, after violence during anti-government demonstrations escalated as protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at security forces who responded with water cannon and tear gas. Sunday’s protests
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29 arrested, more protests expected in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested 29 people after clashes overnight in which volleys of tear gas were fired to break up anti-government protests and as the Asian financial hub braced for further demonstrations in the day. Activists on Saturday
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Thousands march in Hong Kong as police in black masks look on
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters marched in a gritty industrial district of the Chinese-ruled city today, with some police wearing new black masks looking on, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention helped fuel tension. The offshore
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India’s top opposition leaders plan to visit Kashmir despite unrest
NEW DELHI: India’s top opposition leaders including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi went ahead with their plans to visit the Kashmir valley in defiance of requests from local authorities not to do so. The local administration of Jammu and Kashmir
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BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley dies at 66
Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister and a stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), passed away today. He was 66. Arun Jaitley was ill for the last two years. In 2018, Arun Jaitley underwent a kidney transplant surgery, following
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Kashmir protesters defy restrictions, clash with security forces
SRINAGAR: Security forces used tear gas against stone-throwing local residents in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar yesterday, after a third straight week of protests in the restive Soura district despite the imposition of tight restrictions. Paramilitary police tried to
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Hong Kong airport operating as usual, for now
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s airport and the roads and railways leading to it were operating normally today despite plans by protesters to implement a “stress test” of transport links to the aviation hub early in the day. Those seeking to
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Trump slaps extra 5% tariff on Chinese goods, China unrelenting
US President Donald Trump yesterday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some US$550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest
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