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Argentina, Uruguay restoring power after massive blackout

BUENOS AIRES -- Electricity services have been restored to more than 70 percent of Argentina and Uruguay following a massive blackout that left around 48 million people without power on Sunday, autho...

Jun 17, 2019
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Meghan and Harry release Father’s Day photo of baby Archie

LONDON — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex have released a photograph of their 6-week-old son Archie for Father’s Day. The sepia-toned photo, posted Sunday on the royal couple’s Instagr...

Jun 17, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Huge crowds march in Hong Kong, piling pressure on leader

HONG KONG — Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents, mostly clad in black, jammed the city’s streets Sunday in a vehement show of opposition to proposed legislation that has stoked fears of expandin...

Jun 16, 2019
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Ivanka Trump, Kushner took in as much as $135M last year

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner took in as much as $135 million in revenue during their second year as aides to President Donald Trump, generated from their vast real estate holdings, stocks and bonds...

Jun 15, 2019
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US Senate confirms top diplomat for East Asia

The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed a former Air Force brigadier general as the top American diplomat for East Asia. David Stilwell was confirmed to be assistant secretary of state for Ea...

Jun 14, 2019
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Boris Johnson wins first round of UK leadership vote

Boris Johnson overwhelmingly won the first round of voting Thursday in the race to replace outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May, with the field of candidates narrowed to seven from 10. Conser...

Jun 13, 2019
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China extradition clashes plunge Hong Kong into historic violence

Hong Kong was rocked Wednesday by the worst political unrest since its handover to China, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to storm parliament and blocked ...

Jun 13, 2019
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Hong Kong police use tear gas as protesters try to storm parliament

HONG KONG (AFP) -- Violent clashes broke out in Hong Kong on Wednesday as police tried to stop protesters storming the city's parliament, while tens of thousands of people blocked key arteries in a s...

Jun 12, 2019
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[Graphic News] North Korea ranks at bottom for press freedom: report

North Korea, along with China, Syria and other countries, has been rated as the worst in terms of press freedom, a recent report by a US freedom watchdog showed. US-based Freedom House released th...

Jun 10, 2019
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Violence mars end of huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition

A huge peaceful protest in Hong Kong against controversial plans to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland descended into violence early Monday as police fought running battles with small pockets...

Jun 10, 2019
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[Graphic News] Swine fever to affect pork market for years

Millions of pigs have been culled as African swine fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating global food chains, with pork prices expected to soar from the food markets of Hong Kong to Americ...

Jun 9, 2019
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UK's May quits as party leader, starting succession race

LONDON (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brex...

Jun 7, 2019
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Macron praises May and looks beyond Brexit on D-Day

VER-SUR-MER (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron looked beyond the current tensions with Britain over Brexit on Thursday as he paid tribute to the neighbours' shared history and "common future" ...

Jun 6, 2019
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Amid trade war, China's Xi talks up economy, heads to Moscow

Chinese President Xi Jinping is talking up the Chinese economy's resilience as he heads to Moscow for a state visit affirming increasingly close ties between the former Cold War rivals. In interview...

Jun 5, 2019
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[Graphic News] Brazil largest coffee producer in world

Brazil is the largest coffee producing country in the world, having produced more than 51 million bags of beans in 2017-2018. The world’s second largest producer is Vietnam, with production of 29....

Jun 5, 2019
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