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  Hong Kong braces for another mass protest

  Reuters . Hong Kong | Updated at 01:36am on July 21, 2019

  Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to voice support for the police and call for an end to violence, after a wave...

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  Putin says he sympathised with Trump before US polls

  Reuters . Moscow | Updated at 12:00am on July 21, 2019

  Russian president Vladimir Putin said he had ‘sympathised’ with Donald Trump before the 2016 presidential election that swept Trump to power because of his desire...

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  Ho Chi Minh’s body in great condition: Vietnam

  Reuters. Hanoi | Updated at 02:20pm on July 19, 2019

  The embalmed corpse of Vietnam’s founding leader, Ho Chi Minh, is in great condition, state media said on Friday, a month after the government recruited...

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  Eight killed in blast near Kabul University

  Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 02:05pm on July 19, 2019

  At least eight people were killed and dozens more wounded Friday when a bomb detonated near a major university in Kabul while students were waiting...

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  Anime fans pay tribute to Japan studio arson victims

  Reuters. Kyoto | Updated at 01:49pm on July 19, 2019

  Animation fans gathered at the site of Japan’s worst mass killing in 18 years on Friday, laying flowers and offering prayers for the 33 people...

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  SE Asia’s meth gangs making $60b a year: UN

  Agence-France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 12:00am on July 19, 2019

  Southeast Asia’s drug gangs are making over $60 billion a year pumping out record amounts of methamphetamine, then laundering the profits through the region’s mushrooming...

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  33 dead in suspected arson attack on Japan animation studio

  Agence France-Presse . Tokyo | Updated at 12:19pm on July 18, 2019

  A suspected arson attack at an animation production company in Japan killed 33 people and injured dozens more on Thursday, after a man reportedly doused...

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  HK’s expat police become focus of protester rage

  Agence France-Presse . Hong Kong | Updated at 12:00am on July 18, 2019

  A peculiar legacy of Hong Kong’s colonial past has emerged as a focal point of rage for anti-government protesters: a dwindling band of expat police...

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  Indo-Pak spy case ruling due at WC

  Agence France-Presse . The Hague | Updated at 03:07pm on July 17, 2019

  The International Court of Justice will decide on Wednesday on India’s bid to remove an alleged

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  Thousands evacuated in Taiwan ahead of typhoon

  Reuters . Taipei | Updated at 02:19pm on July 17, 2019

  Taiwan moved thousands of people to safety on Wednesday as the island braced for its first typhoon...