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US – China trade war leading to recession fear
NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Sunday that fears of the U.S.-China trade war leading to a recession are increasing and that Goldman no longer expects a trade deal between the world’s two largest economies before the 2020
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Police and protesters refine battle tactics
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police and protesters clashed in cat-and-mouse encounters across the city on Sunday, marking a shift in tactics during a tenth straight weekend of unrest in the former British colony where people are chafing at Chinese rule.
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Saudi-led coalition moves against separatists in Yemen
ADEN: The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Aden on Sunday in support of the Yemeni government after southern separatists effectively took over the port city, fracturing the alliance that had been battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. The infighting, which broke out
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Protesters throng Hong Kong airport, property lobby calls for calm
HONG KONG: Demonstrators crowded the arrivals hall at Hong Kong airport on Friday, handing out anti-government leaflets and waving banners in a dozen languages in an effort to raise awareness among visitors ahead of a weekend of protests planned across
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Man with loaded rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition arrested
ATLANTA: Police arrested a man in body armour, with a loaded rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition, who walked into a Walmart store in Springfield, Missouri, on Thursday, alarming customers within in a week of back-to-back shootings that shocked the
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Muslim Brotherhood affiliated “terrorists” killed
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces killed 17 “terrorists” on Thursday during an operation against suspects in last weekend’s deadly car blast in Cairo that claimed some 20 lives. The interior ministry said the 17 killed belonged to the Hasm group, an
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Houthis launch drone attacks on Saudi’s Abha airport
CAIRO: Yemen’s Houthi group launched two drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s southern Abha airport, the Iran-aligned group’s military spokesman said on Thursday. A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said later on Friday that a Houthi
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6.0 scale Richter earthquake strikes Taiwan coast
TAIPEI: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coast today, the island’s weather bureau said, shaking buildings and cutting power to around 2,000 buildings. A Reuters witness said the shallow quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake near
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US, Aus issue travel warning amid Hong Kong protests
HONG KONG: The United States raised its travel warning for Hong Kong, urging travellers to exercise increased caution in the Chinese territory due to what it described as civil unrest after months of sometimes violent street protests. The protests in
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Dr M: Lead the world in abandoning nuke weapons, Japan
TOKYO: Japan must lead the world in abandoning nuclear weapons as it is the only country to have suffered directly from their use, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. Speaking to Kyodo News during his two-day visit to Japan,
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