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Hong Kong police have fired tear gas in confrontations with black-clad activists in a popular tourist district, as the Chinese-controlled territory was again rocked by anti-government protests. Officers with gas masks and shields on Saturday charged at hundreds of protesters who had surrounded a police station in the busy shopping …

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China on Friday vowed to fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to slap 10% tariffs on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports, a move that ended a month-long trade truce. China’s new ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said Beijing would take “necessary countermeasures” to …

Over four tonnes of the drug were being transported from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Antwerp, Belgium, when they were intercepted by authorities during a routine check two weeks ago. The shipment, listed as soya beans, was hidden in over 200 black sports bags inside a shipping container. The drugs have since …

Britain’s pro-European Union Liberal Democrats won the parliamentary seat of Brecon and Radnorshire from the governing Conservatives on Friday, a blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first electoral test since taking office. The loss reduces Johnson’s working majority in parliament to just one ahead of an expected showdown …

It’s really been long since we saw veteran Kumawood actress Kumiwaa, aka ‘Sapofo’, on our screens. But Kumiwaa has finally surfaced to tell her behind the scene story and it’s very heartbreaking. Naomi Kumiwaa Banafo was on Nana Ama Mcbrown‘s show to reveal how she’s been humiliated and arrested of …

US President Donald Trump has announced fresh tariffs of 10% on another $300bn of Chinese products from 1 September. The move is the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the two countries. It came after the latest round of bilateral talks showed little sign of a breakthrough. Investors …

Prison officials have begun transferring the ringleaders behind a deadly fight at Altamira jail in north-eastern Brazil. Fifty-eight inmates were killed when members of a criminal gang known as Comando Classe A (CCA) attacked rivals from the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) gang. The number of dead rose from 57 to …

Israel has approved the construction of 6,000 new homes for Jewish settlers and 700 homes for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The decision about new homes in settlements further extends the Israeli presence in the West Bank. But it is Israel’s approval for Palestinian homes that is unusual. Israeli …

  At least 17 people have been killed and 12 injured after a small military plane crashed into a residential area near the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. Five crew members and 12 civilians were among the dead, the army said. The aircraft was on a training flight when it crashed …