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A majority of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers plan to remain in office after China’s decision to extend their terms without a planned election. Sixteen of 23 sitting opposition lawmakers will keep
Amazon is aiming to kickstart the holiday shopping season early this year. The company is holding its annual Prime Day over two days in October this year, after the pandemic forced
China lashed out at the passage of a bill by the U.S. House of Representatives that threatens sanctions over the alleged use of forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, calling
The former chairman of a state-owned real estate company was sentenced to 18 years in prison yesterday on corruption charges, a court announced. Ren Zhiqiang, who became known for speaking up
Britain’s top medical advisers yesterday painted a grim picture of exponential growth in illness and death if nothing is done to control the second wave of coronavirus infections, laying the
Oktoberfest celebrations got underway yesterday in Munich with the traditional tapping of a keg and the cry of “O’zapft is!” — “It’s tapped!” — but this year’s festival is very
The European head for the World Health Organization is warning of “alarming rates of transmission” of the coronavirus in parts of the continent. Dr. Hans Kluge says the largest proportion remains
The global economy is not doing as bad as previously expected, especially in the United States and China, but has still suffered an unprecedented drop due to the coronavirus pandemic,
A decade-long global effort to save Earth’s disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers
A global development agency said the world’s 20 major industrialized nations have seen their economies shrink in an unprecedented manner between April and June amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Paris-based Organization
Twitter said that starting this week it will label or remove misleading claims that try to undermine public confidence in elections. The policy will apply to tweets that attempt to undermine
A Department of Homeland Security official said in a whistleblower complaint that he was pressured by more senior officials to suppress facts in intelligence reports that President Donald Trump might
Key European Union leaders have a video conference scheduled with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week to discuss issues ranging from climate change to the coronavirus pandemic. The EU said in
The ongoing deterioration of Australia’s relationship with its largest trading partner is seen impacting banks, consumer firms and tourism-related stocks that make up almost half the weight of the nation’s
Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma, the German hospital treating him said yesterday. Navalny, a fierce, high-profile critic
The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands yesterday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged
Australia’s economy suffered its sharpest economic contraction since the Great Depression due to the pandemic, with data released yesterday confirming the country is in its first recession in 28 years. The
Health authorities in Portugal are allowing the country’s Communist Party to let 16,500 people into its annual open-air festival next weekend - an unusually high number for a gathering in
Hong Kong authorities say nearly half a million people have registered for a free universal coronavirus testing program that is due to begin today. Residents registering online have already booked out
Zimbabwe’s parks authorities are investigating the death of 11 elephants in a forest in the west of the country, a parks spokesman said yesterday. The carcasses of the elephants were discovered
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