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Thu, July 27, 2017 | 13:33

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Trump bans transgender people from US military

U.S. President Donald Trump will ban transgender people from serving "in any capacity" in the country’s armed forces. In a tweet Wednesday, Trump cited medical costs and eroding military readiness and unit cohesion as reasons for the ban. The decision scrapped the policy signed under previous President Barack Obama in 2016 to end a ban on transgender individuals.

Americas | 2017-07-27 13:30

Apollo 11 moon dust sells for $1.8 mil

Moon dust” collected by Apollo 11, the first manned space shuttle to land on the moon, sold for $1.8 million (2 billion won)) at an auction on Thursday, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Americas | 2017-07-21 16:59

US student detained in China after taxi driver dispute

The family of an American university student detained in China for five days without charge or contact beyond the police station have enlisted the help of US politicians to try to secure his release. Guthrie McLean, a student at the University of Montana, was detained on Sunday evening in Zhengzhou in Henan province and formally arrested the following day.

SCMP | 2017-07-21 10:33

100 days down: still no China-US trade deal but all-out row 'unlikely'

China and the United States have failed to reach a deal on ways to reduce their trade imbalance despite high-level talks in Washington. Observers said relations between the two countries had worsened but China and the US would both take steps to avoid an all-out confrontation between their closely tied economies.

SCMP | 2017-07-21 10:27

UK woman speaks in 'un-British' accents after MRI scan

Can an MRI scan damage your brain? Apparently it can. British woman Michaela Armer, 47, found herself speaking in several “un-British” accents after she had an MRI scan two years ago, according to the Daily Mail and other media. She reportedly speaks in six accents -- Chinese, Filipino, South African, Italian, Polish or French. A video clip posted by the British newspaper sho...

Europe | 2017-07-20 15:16

Man who pushed Korean to his death on New York subway track walks free

A Sierra Leone man dubbed the “subway fiend” after he pushed a Korean man to his death on a Manhattan subway track in 2012 has been acquitted of murder. A jury of seven women and five men also found Naeem Davis, 34, not guilty of charges of first- and second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, according to the New York Times.

Americas | 2017-07-18 13:47

The secret lives of Chinese missionaries in northern Iraq

Last month’s execution of two Chinese missionaries by Islamic State (IS) militants in Pakistan put the risks of such work into stark relief but two young Chinese Christians who have lived close to an IS stronghold in northern Iraq for more than a year said life could be more peaceful there than back at home.

SCMP | 2017-07-17 13:56

X-Men actress Fan Bingbing hits back at fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing announced on Thursday she was suing exiled tycoon Guo Wengui in the United States for defamation, joining a queue of plaintiffs hitting back at the fugitive over largely unsubstantiated allegations. In a statement posted on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, Fan’s management team accused the Chinese businessman of “malicious slander” that had “sev...

SCMP | 2017-07-17 11:36

Airbnb host fined for discriminating against Asians [VIDEO]

An Airbnb host who canceled a Korean-American woman’s reservation because of her ethnicity and made racially provocative comments has been ordered to pay $5,000 damages for racial discrimination.

Americas | 2017-07-16 15:10

17 years of hell: Hong Kong prisoner recounts his time in Philippine jail

Inside his 60 sq ft cell in the notorious New Bilibid Prison in Manila, convicted Hong Kong drug offender Tang Lung-waicompleted a mission impossible - writing a book detailing his ordeal in the Philippines over the past 17 years.

SCMP | 2017-07-16 11:25

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