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HONG KONG This round of currency intervention in Hong Kong is far from over. That’s according to analysts, who’re watching the interplay between the amount of money in the

The Buzz | Should media avoid naming the gunmen in mass shootings?

A few months after teen shooters killed 12 classmates and her father at Columbine High School, Coni Sanders was standing in line at a grocery store with her

France cleans up Champs-Elysees after yellow vest rioting

Paris cleaned up one of the world’s most glamorous avenues yesterday after rioting by an ultraviolent core in the dwindling yellow vest protest movement angry at President

Brazil | School shooting rampage leaves eight dead, many wounded

Two masked men armed with a gun, knives, axes and crossbows descended on a school in southern Brazil Wednesday, killing five students and two adults

Nigeria | Dozens trapped in Lagos school collapse

Emergency crews sifted through debris as night fell on frantic efforts to rescue scores of school children and others feared trapped inside a three-story building that

Offbeat | Germany: Crematorium goes up in flames, bodies survive

A fire at a crematorium in southern Germany has caused significant damage to the building — but the 20 bodies stored inside remained intact. German news

This Day in History | 1990 – Observer journalist executed in Iraq

Britain has strongly condemned the Iraqi authorities over the execution of The Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft in Baghdad. Mr Bazoft - who came to live in

World briefs

BELT & ROAD China pledged greater cooperation with American and European companies on Belt and Road ventures, in its latest bid to counter criticism that President Xi Jinping’s

Ethiopia to send plane’s black box abroad as grief grows

The black box from the Boeing jet that crashed and killed all 157 people on board will be sent overseas for analysis but no country

USA | CEO steps down as dozens ensnared in college admissions scam

A college admissions scandal moved from bombshell indictments to guilty pleas in a matter of hours, yet the full fallout from the federal case against the rich and

Offbeat | Harry Potter publisher Arthur A Levine leaves longtime job

The man who helped introduce J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books to U.S. audiences is leaving his longtime job at Scholastic and starting his own publishing house. Yesterday

This Day in History | 1964 – Jack Ruby sentenced to death

Jack Ruby has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F Kennedy.

World briefs

HONG KONG’s de facto central bank intervened to defend the local currency’s peg against the dollar for the second time in days. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority bought

The Buzz | Woman forgets child at airport, forces plane to make U-turn

A forgetful — and frenzied — mother demanded the plane she had taken off in return to the airport after realizing she had left her baby girl in

UK lawmakers seek to stop no-deal Brexit as EU warnings grow

Britain and the European Union braced today for a chaotic, cliff-edge Brexit after U.K. lawmakers rejected the divorce deal that the two sides had agreed upon.

Aviation | 2nd crash renews safety concerns for Boeing’s prized new jet

The second deadly crash of a prized new airplane in five months has renewed safety concerns about the 737 Max that could shape Boeing’s fortunes for

USA | Google paid former exec USD35m after harassment claim

Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal USD35 million in an exit package when he was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation, according

Offbeat | Social media to stream Asian football games amid piracy battle

Seeking to resolve the television piracy of Qatari-owned broadcast rights by Saudi Arabian interests, the Asian Football Confederation will use its Facebook and YouTube channels to broadcast Saudi-hosted

This Day in History | 1970 – Conservative victory in first teen election

The Conservatives are celebrating a record majority in the Bridgwater by-election. They won by 10,915 votes, the largest in the constituency for 50 years. It was the

The Buzz | College coaches, others indicted in admissions bribery case

Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among at least 40 people indicted in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal. Loughlin appeared in the ABC sitcom “Full

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