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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 06:44

Vietnam demands Chinese ships to leave Vanguard Bank

Vietnam has called on China to remove a survey vessel and coastguard ships from disputed waters in the South China Sea, amid a tense stand-off between the two countries since early July.

2019-07-21 11:20

Hong Kong rally calls for police to be respected

Hundreds of thousands of government supporters gathered beside the administration's headquarters to show solidarity and support for police on Saturday, a day before yet another massive march by extradition bill protesters.

2019-07-21 11:03

Fukushima beach opens to swimmers eight years after nuclear disaster

Children were making a splash in the water and surfers catching a wave near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Saturday as a beach finally opened to them for the first time since the 2011 nuclear disaster. A cheering crowd came back to the Kitaizumi beach about 25 kilometres north of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as the city of Minamisoma officially started...

2019-07-20 20:44

Iran says it seized British tanker, denies U.S. brought down drone

Iran said it had seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, Friday, but denied Washington's assertion that the U.S. Navy had downed an Iranian drone, as tensions in the Gulf region have begun to grow again. Britain said it was urgently seeking information about the Stena Impero tanker, which had been heading to a port in Saudi Arabia and suddenly changed course afte...

2019-07-20 09:24

Mainland China sends back murder suspect to Hong Kong

Mainland Chinese authorities have sent back a 27-year-old murder suspect 10 days after he fled across the border from Hong Kong following an incident outside a hair salon in Yuen Long. Hong Kong authorities received custody of the man at the Lok Ma Chau checkpoint on Tuesday.

2019-07-17 14:17

Trump supports claim Google has 'treasonous' ties to China

US President Donald Trump has once again put Google in his crosshairs, saying on Tuesday that his administration would look into what he claimed were “seemingly treasonous” ties between the tech giant and China.

2019-07-17 12:09

Trump under fire for attacks on far-left Democratic congresswomen

US President Donald Trump came under fire from Democrats and even some members of his own Republican Party on Monday after launching an extraordinary xenophobic attack on four far-left Democratic congresswomen. "All they do is complain," Trump told reporters at a White House event featuring products "Made in America." "These are people that hate our country," he said of the f...

2019-07-16 10:00

China's growth cools further as tariff war pressures mount

China's economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington. The world's second-largest economy grew 6.2% over a year ago, down from the previous quarter's 6.4%, government data showed Monday.

2019-07-16 09:28

Huge power outage plunges Manhattan into darkness

A power outage gripped New York's Manhattan on Saturday, sending Broadway theaters plunging into darkness, subways grinding to a halt and flicking off billboards in Times Square. About 42,000 customers lost electricity in the early evening, according to the Con Edison utility. Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter that the outage was caused by a "manhole fire," but later told ...

2019-07-14 11:25

Clashes erupt as Hong Kong protest targets Chinese traders

Several thousand people marched in Hong Kong on Saturday against traders from mainland China in what is fast becoming a summer of unrest in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Violent clashes broke out at the end of the march between police and a group of mostly young protesters who say they believe peaceful demonstrations have failed to bring about change.

2019-07-14 04:14

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