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Hong Kong police arrest 29 after overnight clashes

Hong Kong police arrest 29 after overnight clashes

-- 2019-08-25 12:19:54

Hong Kong’s police said on Sunday they arrested 29 people after clashes overnight in which volleys of tear gas were fired to disperse anti-government protesters, as the Asian financial hub brace...

Australia to block domains hosting extremist content during terror attacks

Australia to block domains hosting extremist content during terror attacks

-- 2019-08-25 11:51:47

Australia will block access to internet domains hosting terrorist material during crisis events and will consider legislation to force digital platforms to improve the safety of their services, offici...

Turkey aims to invest in Lebanon: Turkish FM

Turkey aims to invest in Lebanon: Turkish FM

Xinhua 2019-08-24 18:48:06

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in Beirut on Friday that Turkey is highly interested in investing in Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. "Turkish companies want to invest in th...

US new tariff threat a feeble move, shows options running out: analysts

US new tariff threat a feeble move, shows options running out: analysts

Global Times 2019-08-24 18:27:21

The reckless tariff plans of the US that come after China's forced countermeasure tariffs on Friday showed that the US has gone too far and run out of options to save itself from the awkward situation...

Violence forces 1.9m children out of school in Africa: UN

Violence forces 1.9m children out of school in Africa: UN

Xinhua 2019-08-24 15:48:00

More than 1.9 million children across a swath of eight West and Central African countries have been forced out of their schools by violence, a UN spokeswoman said on Friday. Eri Kaneko, associate spo...

North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

-- 2019-08-24 13:06:17

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, the South Korean military said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks...

Brazil sends army to fight Amazon fires after EU threat

Brazil sends army to fight Amazon fires after EU threat

-- 2019-08-24 10:33:05

European leaders on Friday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest intensified an u...

‘Talks are useless’ in dealing with US, Rouhani says

‘Talks are useless’ in dealing with US, Rouhani says

-- 2019-08-22 15:32:22

Iran’s president struck a muscular tone on dealings with the US, saying Thursday that “talks are useless” as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers crumbles further. Presiden...

Pompeo praises ‘US ally’ Denmark amid Greenland sale row

Pompeo praises ‘US ally’ Denmark amid Greenland sale row

-- 2019-08-22 14:59:47

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has praised Denmark amid a public row over Greenland that saw President Donald Trump cancel a visit to the country. In a phone call with Danish Foreign Minister Jepp...

Huawei peaks list of China’s top 500 private firms

Huawei peaks list of China’s top 500 private firms

Xinhua 2019-08-22 13:10:46

China on Thursday unveiled its latest rankings for 500 largest private enterprises, with tech giant Huawei atop the list amid sound development of the country's private business. The list by the All-...

Banks in Hong Kong condemn violence

Banks in Hong Kong condemn violence

-- 2019-08-22 11:28:51

Some of Hong Kong’s biggest banks published full-page newspaper advertisements on Thursday calling for the preservation of law and order in the Chinese territory and condemning violence, as week...

UK, South Korea to sign ‘continuity’ trade deal

UK, South Korea to sign ‘continuity’ trade deal

-- 2019-08-22 10:54:02

The UK will sign a ‘continuity’ trade agreement with South Korea on Thursday, allowing businesses to keep trading freely after Brexit. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will sign th...

Bankers hawk hedging as  trade war hits China’s yuan

Bankers hawk hedging as trade war hits China’s yuan

-- 2019-08-21 23:06:58

In a Shanghai room packed with small businesses ranging from furniture makers to garment exporters, Zhu Yuan, a currency expert at Bank of Communications, explains why Chinese companies need to build...

Wall Street flashes recession warning as trade war backfires on US economy

Wall Street flashes recession warning as trade war backfires on US economy

Xinhua 2019-08-21 17:29:29

The Wall Street has sent warning signs of a possible economic recession ahead as the trade war continues to take a toll on American businesses, farmers and the overall economy. The slowing economy co...

Greece says won’t help Iranian tanker to reach Syria

Greece says won’t help Iranian tanker to reach Syria

-- 2019-08-21 15:09:34

Greece will not facilitate an Iranian tanker sailing in the Mediterranean to deliver oil to Syria, the country’s deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.   “We wa...

Two dead in Kashmir gunbattle

Two dead in Kashmir gunbattle

-- 2019-08-21 13:00:35

Indian security forces killed a suspected militant in a gunbattle in Kashmir on Wednesday, police said, the first clash since the federal government removed the special status of the territory this mo...

German employment up 1.0pc in Q2

German employment up 1.0pc in Q2

Xinhua 2019-08-21 12:29:35

The number of people in employment in Germany grew year-on-year by 1.0 per cent in the second quarter of 2019 to a total of 45.2 million people, the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announ...

Trump cancels Denmark visit over Greenland sale spat

Trump cancels Denmark visit over Greenland sale spat

-- 2019-08-21 11:01:36

US President Donald Trump has cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the nation's prime minister said Greenland was not for sale to the US. The president was scheduled to visit on 2 September, at t...

Xiaomi misses estimates as competition heats up at home

Xiaomi misses estimates as competition heats up at home

-- 2019-08-21 10:44:17

China’s Xiaomi Corp reported 15 per cent growth in quarterly revenue on Tuesday, missing estimates, as fewer people bought smartphones at home and rival Huawei grabbed market share. The company...

Zimbabwe to borrow $1.9b from G7 countries to repay its debt

Zimbabwe to borrow $1.9b from G7 countries to repay its debt

Xinhua 2019-08-20 13:38:02

Zimbabwe plans to borrow 1.9 billion US dollars from the Group of 7 industrialised states to clear its debts to the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube ha...

Militants kill 10 Burkina Faso soldiers

Militants kill 10 Burkina Faso soldiers

-- 2019-08-20 12:59:04

Unidentified militants killed at least 10 soldiers and wounded many others in an attack on a military unit in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the army said. Burkina Faso has been overrun by Islamist...

Zakir Naik apologises to Malaysians for racial remarks

Zakir Naik apologises to Malaysians for racial remarks

-- 2019-08-20 12:15:29

Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik apologised on Tuesday for making racially sensitive remarks in Malaysia, a day after he was questioned by police for hours over the comments. Naik, wh...

China's Guangxi sees robust growth in foreign trade

China's Guangxi sees robust growth in foreign trade

Xinhua 2019-08-19 15:16:03

South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region saw its foreign trade volume reach 264.14 billion yuan ($37.51 billion) in the first seven months of the year, up 23.8 per cent year on year, local autho...

Trump’s idea of selling Greenland to US is absurd, says Danish PM

Trump’s idea of selling Greenland to US is absurd, says Danish PM

-- 2019-08-19 12:47:26

Greenland is not for sale and the idea of selling it to the United States is absurd, Denmark’s prime minister said on Sunday after an economic adviser to President Donald Trump confirmed the US...

Turkish police detain 418 in Kurdish militant probe

Turkish police detain 418 in Kurdish militant probe

-- 2019-08-19 12:31:26

Turkish police have detained 418 people in 29 provinces in an investigation targeting suspects with links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, the Interior Ministry said on Monday, Reu...

Trump does not want to do business with Huawei

Trump does not want to do business with Huawei

Reuters 2019-08-19 12:18:06

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he did not want the United States to do business with China’s Huawei even as the administration weighs whether to extend a grace period for the company....

Fuel truck explosion leaves 10 dead in Uganda

Fuel truck explosion leaves 10 dead in Uganda

-- 2019-08-19 11:53:18

At least 10 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded in flames after losing control and ramming into three cars in western Uganda on Sunday, police said in a statement. “So far, 9 burnt bo...

Heavy rain kills 30 in parts of north India

Heavy rain kills 30 in parts of north India

-- 2019-08-19 11:40:19

Heavy rain pummelled several parts of north India on Sunday, leaving at least 30 people dead and 22 missing in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab. At least 24 people, including two from Nepal,...

Israeli army kills three Palestinians in northern Gaza

Israeli army kills three Palestinians in northern Gaza

-- 2019-08-18 15:45:42

Three Palestinians were killed and one was injured after they have been targeted by the Israeli army forces in northern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel, medics said early on Sunday morning...

India reimposes movement curbs on parts of Kashmir after clashes

India reimposes movement curbs on parts of Kashmir after clashes

-- 2019-08-18 13:15:25

Indian authorities reimposed restrictions on movement in major parts of Kashmir’s biggest city, Srinagar, on Sunday after violent overnight clashes between residents and police in which dozens w...