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Hong Kong police storm metro system after protests

Footage shows officers beating people with batons and using pepper spray in train carriages. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/32doeeC via IFTTT

News station evacuated mid-broadcast due to shooting

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Odessa, Texas, CNN affiliate KOSA-TV was forced to evacuate their studio in the middle of a live broadcast due to their proximity to the shooting that left at least five people dead. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://ift.tt/34dwRaU via IFTTT

Hong Kong police breached internal and manufacturer guidelines by improperly firing projectiles

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Hong Kong police raid metro system

Riot police violently tackle suspected protesters in Hong Kong's metro system after demonstrations. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NMxLp1 via IFTTT

As Trump Escalates Trade War, U.S. and China Move Further Apart With No End in Sight

The standoff is upending the relationship between the world’s two largest economies. from World News https://ift.tt/2LhaRmS via IFTTT

Texas school district says a student was killed

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10 million people in Yemen a step away from famine. "Families are again trapped in their homes by fighting, unable to secure food and reach medical care," Lise Grande, Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said on Thursday, referring to Aden and Abyan

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We've killed off more than 50% of forest animals on Earth, a new report found — even more evidence of a 6th mass extinction

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Netanyahu accuses Channel 12 owners of 'terror attack against democracy' after the outlet published extensive leaks from the criminal cases against him

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Oxford study: India, not China, will be main driver of global economic growth over next decade.

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Woman with house full of hedgehogs says 'no more'

Paula Garner is currently nursing more than 80 poorly hedgehogs back to health. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HvHT1A via IFTTT

Thai palace shares unusually candid images of king’s consort

Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi is shown flying a fighter jet, wearing combat fatigues, and firing a gun. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Hrruew via IFTTT

Australia strips legal status of indigenous lands to build coal mine - 'We have been made trespassers on our own country,' say community leaders

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Bolsonaro will stop using 'French' Bic pens after Macron criticism

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India declares 1.9m people "illegal foreigners" putting them at risk of becoming stateless, as it builds 10 more detention camps

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Mat Dan: 'I became an accidental celebrity 6,000 miles from home'

When Daniel Tyler went backpacking, little did he know he'd end up a star in Malaysia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZG7VW3 via IFTTT

Sheryl Crow on her final album, #MeToo and being an outsider in the 1990s

The star talks about singing with her heroes on her 11th and apparently final album Threads. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZMyJ7i via IFTTT

What we learned from the Harvey Weinstein documentary Untouchable

Women who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault shed light on their stories in a new film. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Lc9Qxr via IFTTT

Former executive: Trump's claim when hiring me was extremely telling

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Barbara Res, a former executive within the Trump Organization, discusses her experience with Donald Trump's perception of women in powerful positions. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://ift.tt/2LbxJp5 via IFTTT

Hong Kong police storm subway with batons as protests rage.

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Opinion: GOP's inaction on Russian meddling makes virtual caucuses impossible for 2020

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In 2016, our democracy was attacked. The Russian government launched an unprecedented series of cyberattacks to disrupt our electoral process that included targeting the people, institutions and vendors that administer our elections. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://ift.tt/2zEN0Ij via IFTTT

Defending champion Naomi Osaka ends Coco Gauff's US Open run

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Coco Gauff will not match her magical Wimbledon run -- and Naomi Osaka's quest to defend her US Open title continues. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://ift.tt/2PI6tD4 via IFTTT

Hong Kong: ‘Revolution is war, and no war is without bloodshed’

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Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters; Telegram, will allow users to cloak their telephone numbers to safeguard Hong Kong protesters against monitoring by Chinese authorities, according to a person with direct knowledge of the effort

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64% of Americans support labor unions but membership is at a record low

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Labor unions seem to be a critical topic right now. Teachers, medical professionals, digital media employees and e-commerce workers have all entered the national conversation in recent months, either for their attempts to unionize or their calls to strengthen workers' rights. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://ift.tt/2PrmDQN via IFTTT

India Prepares for Historic Lunar Landing at Moon's South Pole

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Arkansas woman drowns in a flood after 911 dispatcher scolds her during her final minutes

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Debra Stevens was working her normal newspaper delivery route in Fort Smith, Arkansas, when rising flood waters began to overtake her SUV. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://ift.tt/2NGtHGN via IFTTT

At least 10 teens injured in shooting at a high school football game in Alabama

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Gunfire broke out after a high school football game in Alabama, leaving 10 teens injured, half of them critically. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://ift.tt/2ZCk5zn via IFTTT

Assam NRC: What next for 1.9 million 'stateless' Indians?

The latest version of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, strips 1.9 million of citizenship. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NI1Aas via IFTTT

Texas woman fears her land will be seized for Trump's wall

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A Texas woman living on the US-Mexico border fears the government could seize her land to build President Trump's border wall. CNN's Gary Tuchman reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero https://ift.tt/2ND5Acd via IFTTT