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Everest region bans single-use plastic
Single-use plastics have been banned in the Everest region to reduce the vast amounts of waste left by trekkers and mountaineers, Nepali authorities said...
Trump called NRA to say he wouldn’t impose stricter gun background checks after they...
Donald Trump softened his support for improved background checks on gun buyers after speaking to the head of the National Rifle Association (NRA) –...
Money, muscle, media: how China has handled Hong Kong protests
China has deployed a three-pronged strategy to suffocate pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong -- propaganda, economic leverage and intimidation. Here is a look...
Death row inmate to be executed by lethal injection despite claim of innocence: ‘We’d...
A death row inmate is set to be executed by lethal injection for the abduction, rape and murder of a Houston college student, despite...
The Trump-Greenland effect: Deplorable policies buried in an avalanche of absurd optics
Trump's reality TV 'rivals' are never climate change, or whatever is causing declining life expectancy, or the country that attacked our elections.
UPDATE 3-China detains employee of Britain’s Hong Kong mission, UK urged to act
A Chinese national working at Britain's Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China's border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese...
Hong Kong protest moves peacefully to mob-attack subway
A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China...
Hong Kong protesters clash with police, angry at lack of prosecutions after subway mob...
Thousands of Hong Kong residents held a sometimes scrappy anti-government protest on Wednesday at a suburban subway station that was attacked by a mob...
Trump scraps Denmark visit after Danes say Greenland not for sale
US President Donald Trump Tuesday postponed a planned visit to Denmark after Danish officials insisted its autonomous territory of Greenland was not for sale....
WRAPUP 1-Hong Kong protests spread to subway as bank warns of economic fallout
A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China...
