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Joshua Wong arrested ahead of weekend protests
HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday ahead of another weekend of planned protests in the Chinese-ruled city that is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing more than two decades
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Trump tightens citizenship rules for children of US military abroad
Children born to US citizens stationed abroad as government employees or members of the US military will no longer qualify for automatic American citizenship under a policy change unveiled yesterday by the Trump administration. Effective Oct 29, parents serving overseas
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US warship sails near South China Sea islands claimed by China
WASHINGTON: A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea yesterday, the US military said, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The
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Bolsonaro weakens environment agency as Amazon burns
BRASILIA: As the world recoils at the sight of fires ravaging Brazil’s Amazon jungle, the nation’s far-right government is undermining the agency charged with protecting the rainforest, Reuters has learned from interviews with ten current and former employees, public records
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Climate crisis in central Africa is worse than Amazon
While focus has slowly grown on the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, it has emerged an even greater number of fires are currently burning in central Africa. Data from Nasa’s Fire Information for Resource Management System, showed at
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In spotlight after Trump offer, Greenland sees chance for an economic win
COPENHAGEN: Greenland’s leaders want to use global interest in the Arctic island aroused by US President Donald Trump’s eye-catching offer of a sale to stimulate investment and earn more from US military activity there. Some business leaders and officials are
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Bolsonaro lashes out at French president while Amazon burns
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he wants French President Emmanuel Macron to withdraw the “insults” made against him before he considers accepting a US$20 million offer from the G7 nations to help fight forest fires in the Amazon. The
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G7 leaders back Hong Kong autonomy, call for calm
BIARRITZ: G7 leaders meeting in France yesterday backed Hong Kong’s autonomy as laid out in a 1984 agreement between Britain and China and called for calm in the protest-hit city. “The G7 reaffirms the existence and the importance of the
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of asylum crackdown
US President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday asked the US Supreme Court to lift a court order preventing the government from fully enforcing a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border. California-based US District Judge
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Trump’s aggressive, mixed signals on China whiplash Wall Street
SAN FRANCISCO: US President Donald Trump’s aggressive stance and often mixed signals in his trade war with China are taking a toll on the shares of US companies that are most reliant on the world’s second largest economy. US stocks
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