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China will face American journalists in Hong Kong in retaliation if the United States does not renew the visas of Chinese journalists in the US, said the chief editor of the Chinese newspaper Global Times. Tensions between the…

Northern Ireland politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume has died at the age of 83, Irish public service broadcaster reports. Hume was one of the key figures in the Northern Ireland peace process, which ended a bloody…

The Hong Kong government is likely to announce that the parliamentary elections will be postponed on Friday afternoon. The South China Morning Post newspaper reports this based on anonymous sources. The election is now scheduled…

A U.S. House of Representatives select committee hears the bosses of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. It is the first time that all four have been heard at the same time and for Jeff Bezos from Amazon, it is the first time in…

The wildfires in Australia early this year have killed or fled at least 3 billion animals. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reports this based on a study led by the University of Sydney. In January, when wildfires raged in much of New…

Qatar is going to make another attempt to win the Olympics. The Gulf State Olympic Committee has made a formal request to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to enter into the discussion. Qatar does not aim for a specific…

Canada has announced an independent investigation into the deadliest shooting ever in the country. It also examines whether the police response to the murder, which killed 22 people, was sufficient. A panel of three experts will…

Tesla made another profit in the second quarter. It is the fourth quarter in a row in which the electric car maker writes black numbers. That means the company can be included in the S&P 500 stock market index. During the…

American President Donald Trump does not like it; all those kneeling athletes. Trump watched on TV on Monday evening as manager Gabe Kapler of baseball club San Francisco Giants and a few of the players all got down on one knee…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has intervened in the construction of an important hospital. He found "serious problems" during an inspection, according to state media, and fired the project managers. Kim had identified the…