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Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of atomic bombing

-- 2019-08-06 12:38:36

Hiroshima marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city with its mayor renewing calls for eliminating such weapons and demanding Japan's government do more. Mayor Kazumi Matsui raised...

Kashmir remains in communication blackout

Kashmir remains in communication blackout

-- 2019-08-06 12:29:39

Indian-administered Kashmir remains in a state of lockdown a day after it was stripped of special status that gave it significant autonomy. Landlines, mobiles and internet, which were cut off on Sund...

Death toll from Texas shooting reaches 22

Death toll from Texas shooting reaches 22

-- 2019-08-06 12:14:27

Two more victims of a shooting rampage at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas in the US died of their wounds on Monday, police said, raising the death toll to 22 in the massacre as US President Donald T...

Trump freezes all Venezuelan govt assets in US

Trump freezes all Venezuelan govt assets in US

-- 2019-08-06 11:39:14

US President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States on Monday, sharply escalating an economic and diplomatic pressure campaign aimed at removing sociali...

N Korea took $2b in cyberattacks for weapons programme: UN report

N Korea took $2b in cyberattacks for weapons programme: UN report

-- 2019-08-06 10:54:34

North Korea has generated an estimated $2 billion for its weapons of mass destruction programmes using “widespread and increasingly sophisticated” cyberattacks to steal from banks and cryp...

UN urges restraint by India, Pakistan over Kashmir

UN urges restraint by India, Pakistan over Kashmir

-- 2019-08-06 10:48:56

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, his spokesman said on Monday, after India revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region...

N Korea launches more missiles ahead of US-S Korea military drills

N Korea launches more missiles ahead of US-S Korea military drills

Reuters 2019-08-06 10:43:52

North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, the South Korean military said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang protested that joint US-South Korea milit...

Escalating tariffs will lead to further yuan depreciation

Escalating tariffs will lead to further yuan depreciation

Global Times   2019-08-05 21:55:47

The yuan's sudden slump against the US dollar on Monday added fuel to speculation that China's central bank is allowing currency depreciation to cushion threatened US tariffs.  US President Dona...

Drug dealer  dresses up as  daughter to  escape jail

Drug dealer dresses up as daughter to escape jail

-- 2019-08-05 21:20:22

A drug dealer in Brazil was caught trying to escape from the jail where he was locked up by disguising himself as his 19-year-old daughter, reports BBC. Prison authorities in Rio de Janeiro release...

White nationalism feeds off failed globalisation adaptation

White nationalism feeds off failed globalisation adaptation

Global Times 2019-08-05 20:57:09

Atrocity by white supremacist extremists is emerging as arguably the premier domestic-terrorist threat in an increasing number of Western countries. It's no exaggeration to say white nationalist viole...

Asia must be wary of US missile plan

Asia must be wary of US missile plan

Global Times 2019-08-05 20:41:34

US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said Saturday that he was in favor of deploying ground-based intermediate-range missiles in Asia. If that is the case, it will certainly trigger an intense arms race...

South Korean president for ‘peace economy’ with North Korea

South Korean president for ‘peace economy’ with North Korea

-- 2019-08-05 17:35:31

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Monday described the country’s escalating trade war with Japan as a wake-up call to revamp its economy and issued a nationalistic call for economic c...

Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Tonga

Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Tonga

-- 2019-08-05 15:28:46

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northwest of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, the United States Geological Survey said on Monday, Reuters reported. There were no immediate reports of...

Turkey says all parties should cooperate in eastern Mediterranean

Turkey says all parties should cooperate in eastern Mediterranean

-- 2019-08-05 15:07:13

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on all parties in the eastern Mediterranean to cooperate with Turkey to solve problems in the area. Turkey has sent two drilling ships to explo...

India decides to end Kashmir's special status

India decides to end Kashmir's special status

Reuters 2019-08-05 12:52:49

India’s Hindu nationalist-led government introduced a measure in parliament on Monday to revoke the special constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir, the most far-reaching move on the disputed...

UN calls for sanctions on Myanmar army businesses

UN calls for sanctions on Myanmar army businesses

Reuters 2019-08-05 11:28:08

United Nations investigators urged world leaders on Monday to impose targeted financial sanctions on companies linked to the military in Myanmar, and said foreign firms doing business with them could...

19 die in Cairo car explosion

19 die in Cairo car explosion

-- 2019-08-05 10:56:54

A multiple-car crash set off an explosion that ignited a fire at Egypt's main cancer hospital and caused 19 deaths, the government said. The health ministry said 30 others were injured by the crash n...

Kashmir turmoil rises as India restricts movement

Kashmir turmoil rises as India restricts movement

-- 2019-08-05 10:17:16

The disputed region of Kashmir was thrown into further turmoil in the early hours of Monday as regional leaders said they feared being arrested and Indian officials imposed restrictions in the city of...

Cambodian Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist, 'Brother Number Two', dead at 93  

Cambodian Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist, 'Brother Number Two', dead at 93  

-- 2019-08-04 22:06:18

Nuon Chea, the chief ideologist and ‘Brother Number Two’ of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, whose brutal rule in the 1970s led to the deaths of some 2 million people, died on Sunday in Phnom...

Japan needs to balance alliance with a prickly US amid China’s rise

Japan needs to balance alliance with a prickly US amid China’s rise

Global Times 2019-08-04 17:57:22

Japan is regarded as a maritime country whose strategic security depends on the US. Sometimes Japan's policy is oriented by continental strategy; sometimes it is oriented by maritime strategy; and som...

HK won't succumb to radical protesters

HK won't succumb to radical protesters

Global Times 2019-08-04 17:51:28

A fresh round of demonstrations took place in Mong Kok, Hong Kong on Saturday, and again they led to violence. At one point, a group of radical protestors removed a Chinese national flag from a pole a...

Nine confirmed killed in Ohio mass shooting

Nine confirmed killed in Ohio mass shooting

-- 2019-08-04 14:27:18

Nine people have been killed and at least 16 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio in the US, police have confirmed. First reports came in at about 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT) of a shooting out...

25 dead, six missing after boats capsize in Philippines

25 dead, six missing after boats capsize in Philippines

AP 2019-08-04 13:52:14

Rescuers plucked more bodies in rough seas where three ferry boats capsized after being buffeted by fierce wind and waves off two central Philippine provinces, bringing the death toll to 25 with six m...

Honduran president denies links to drug trafficking

Honduran president denies links to drug trafficking

Reuters 2019-08-04 13:28:03

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Saturday (local time) denied reports from a US court filing linking him to drug trafficking, accusing criminals of seeking revenge against him. “The...

US ‘very confident’ to build maritime coalition in Gulf: Pompeo

US ‘very confident’ to build maritime coalition in Gulf: Pompeo

-- 2019-08-04 12:40:04

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that he was “very confident” the United States would be able to build a maritime coalition in the Gulf, despite a lukewarm response from Eu...

Tanzania plane crash kills two South African citizens

Tanzania plane crash kills two South African citizens

-- 2019-08-04 12:28:38

A light plane crashed in western Tanzania on Saturday, killing two South Africans, officials said late on Saturday. The plane with registration ZU-TAF-19 is a four-seater Sling plane from South Afric...

Libyan coast guards rescue 62 illegal immigrants

Libyan coast guards rescue 62 illegal immigrants

-- 2019-08-04 12:10:14

Libyan coast guards on Saturday rescued 62 illegal immigrants off the country's western coast, said the Libyan anti-illegal immigration department. "A coast guards patrol rescued 62 illegal immigrant...

HK police make fresh arrests, city braces for further protests

HK police make fresh arrests, city braces for further protests

-- 2019-08-04 11:17:31

Hong Kong police said on Sunday they arrested more than 20 people after violent clashes with anti-government protesters overnight, as the Chinese-controlled territory braced for more protests and a ge...

20 dead, dozens injured in Texas Walmart shooting

20 dead, dozens injured in Texas Walmart shooting

-- 2019-08-04 10:29:26

A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others as panicked shoppers and employees scurried for cover before the gunman...

Russian police detain over 800 in opposition crackdown

Russian police detain over 800 in opposition crackdown

-- 2019-08-04 10:25:48

Russian police forcibly detained over 800 people attending a protest in Moscow on Saturday (local time) to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after authorities warned th...