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Trump under pressure in 2nd week of impeachment hearings

Trump under pressure in 2nd week of impeachment hearings

President Donald Trump faces more potentially damning testimony in the Ukraine scandal as a critical week of public impeachment hearings…
Hong Kong university protesters defy surrender warnings

Hong Kong university protesters defy surrender warnings

Dozens of exhausted pro-democracy protesters barricaded inside a Hong Kong university defied warnings Tuesday to surrender, as a police siege…
Smoke haze blankets Sydney as bushfire threat rises

Smoke haze blankets Sydney as bushfire threat rises

Sydney was shrouded in dangerous haze Tuesday as smoke from bushfires blazing along Australia’s eastern seaboard sent pollution levels soaring…
Trump says will ‘strongly consider’ testifying in impeachment probe

Trump says will ‘strongly consider’ testifying in impeachment probe

President Donald Trump on Monday said he is “strongly” considering answering a challenge from opposition Democrats to testify in his…
More than 100,000 children in migration-related US detention: UN

More than 100,000 children in migration-related US detention: UN

More than 100,000 children are currently being held in migration-related detention in the United States, often in violation of international…
Symbolic swearing-in for Sri Lanka’s new president

Symbolic swearing-in for Sri Lanka’s new president

Sri Lanka’s new president and scourge of the Tamil Tigers Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday urged minorities unnerved by his election…
Police swoop as Hong Kong protesters try to flee

Police swoop as Hong Kong protesters try to flee

Hong Kong riot police swooped on pro-democracy protesters trying to flee a university they had set ablaze Monday, in one…
Asian markets mixed as dealers eye trade talks, Hong Kong rallies

Asian markets mixed as dealers eye trade talks, Hong Kong rallies

Asian markets were mixed Monday on broad optimism that China and the United States are close to a mini trade…
Britain’s Prince Andrew sparks backlash after ‘disastrous’ TV interview

Britain’s Prince Andrew sparks backlash after ‘disastrous’ TV interview

Britain’s Prince Andrew provoked a backlash Sunday following an extraordinary TV interview branded “disastrous” by public relations experts in which…
Protesters set fire to hold off police at Hong Kong campus

Protesters set fire to hold off police at Hong Kong campus

Pro-democracy demonstrators holed up in a Hong Kong university campus set the main entrance ablaze Monday to prevent surrounding police…
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