HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested a 24-year-old man at the city’s airport in the early hours of Thursday on suspicion of attacking and injuring an officer during protests against a new national security law that Beijing imposed on the financial center. Chinese national flags are seen on …
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SYDNEY / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks posted a spike on Wall Street on Thursday, although sentiment was cautious ahead of US employment data. FILE PHOTO: An SGX sign is displayed on the Singapore Stock Exchange on July 19, 2017. REUTERS / Edgar Su MSCI’s broader index of Asia …
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution demanding an “immediate cessation of hostilities” for at least 90 days in key conflicts including Syria, Yemen, Libya, South Sudan and the Congo to confront the pandemic of coronavirus. New cases of coronavirus in the United States increased by nearly 50,000, …
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CORRECT AMOUNT TO MILLIONS, NOT BILLIONS – FILE – In this Aug. 2, 2012, file photo, Australian actor Geoffrey Rush arrives for the opening of the Melbourne International Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia. On Thursday, July 2, 2020, an Australian court rejected a newspaper editor’s appeal against the $ 2.9 …
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Hong Kong officials celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the territory’s return to China on Wednesday hours after Beijing’s imposition of a new national security law drew international condemnation. Executive Director Carrie Lam joined her predecessors and other officials at the edge of the port for a flag-raising ceremony, as the …
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