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Lam promises work to narrow Hong Kong rifts, no specifics

/ from 4 hours ago

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday, August 20, she's immediately setting up a "communication platform" to narrow differences in the city after months of anti-government protests.Chief Executive Carrie Lam also said the city's police watchdog will carry out a fact-finding study of the protests and related incidents as ...

Putin, Macron hold French-Russian talks before G-7

/ from 8 hours ago

PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to give a new boost to peace talks with Ukraine and to improve Moscow's relations with the European Union during a meeting in southern France on Monday, August 19.But they disagreed on other issues, including Syria and the ...

China lashes out at Taiwan over Hong Kong asylum offer

/ from August 19, 2019

HONG KONG -- China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday, August 19, over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully in the latest massive demonstration in the Chinese territory.The government of Taiwan, a self-ruled ...

Mexico City assesses monument damage after anti-rape march

/ from August 19, 2019

MEXICO CITY -- Workers erected a wooden wall around Mexico City's iconic Angel of Independence monument Saturday, August 17, after feminists defaced it with graffiti during a raucous protest over a string of alleged rapes by police.The disorder Friday night, August 16, erupted as part of protests that arose this ...

Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacier

/ from August 19, 2019

OKJOKULL GLACIER, Iceland -- It was a funeral for ice.With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials, activists and others bade goodbye to what once was a glacier.Icelandic geologist Oddur Sigurðsson pronounced the Okjokull glacier extinct about a decade ago. ...

Far-right and antifa groups both claim victory at Portland

/ from August 19, 2019

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — With both the left and the right declaring victory following a long-hyped rally that had Portland, Oregon, on edge it seems the liberal city will continue to be a flashpoint in an increasingly divided country.City officials were mostly relieved that a downtown gathering Saturday, August 17, ...

Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63

/ from August 19, 2019

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul's strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens — and Afghanistan grieved again.The ...

Migrants jump off rescue boat to try to reach Italian island

/ from August 19, 2019

ROME -- Several migrants jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat Sunday, August 18, in a thwarted bid to reach shore in Italy, where the government's hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has refused to let the 107 passengers disembark."We have been warning for days, desperation has its limits," ...

Heavily polluted US weapons sites are now home to wildlife

/ from August 19, 2019

DENVER -- From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife.An astonishing array of animals and habitats flourished on six obsolete weapons complexes ...

Tens of thousands flood Hong Kong park for latest rally

/ from August 18, 2019

HONG KONG -- Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of umbrella-toting protesters Sunday, August 18, as they marched from a packed park in central Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity this summer.While recent rallies have been marked by violent clashes with police, organizers ...

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