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Hong Kong protests: China flag trampled in mall unrest
They jumped up to smash overhead surveillance cameras, used hammers to knock ticket sensors off gates and spray-painted and broke the screens of ticket machines, using umbrellas to shield their identities. Dissenters have since broadened their demands for the direct election of their leaders and police accountability. Activists are also frustrated by what they see as Beijing's tightening grip ov... [Full Article...]
British tanker still detained in Iran ―Report - Foreign
Several high-profile incidents in recent months have increased the tension between Iran and the West in the Middle East and in the most important oil shipping corridor in the world, the Strait of Hormuz , which is in close proximity to Iranian coasts. [Full Article...]
Puerto Rico schools closing ahead of Tropical Depression Karen
A 6.0-magnitude quake rocked Puerto Rico as the island prepares to be hit by Tropical Depression Karen on Tuesday. At least three aftershocks followed the initial natural disaster, including a magnitude 4.7, the USGC said. The quake was felt across Puerto Rico and was the strongest to hit the island in recent years. More than 25,000 homes still have blue tarps for roofs and the electric grid r... [Full Article...]
Labour pledges 32 hour working week with no loss of pay
But in recent decades the link between increasing productivity and shorter hours had been broken. Those in the country with the shortest full-time week, the Netherlands, work, on average, 34.9 hours. And Labour will set up a Working Time Commission with the power to recommend increased statutory leave entitlements. Speaking later to his party, Mr McDonnell said Labour was right to "trust the p... [Full Article...]
European Union court: Dutch tax deal with Starbucks is not state aid
The judgements show that the General Court, Europe's second-highest court, in general endorses the European Commission's methodology in its tax crackdown but stipulates the Commission must do its homework properly to prove its case - potentially a bad omen for Apple fighting a record 13-billion-euro Irish tax order. [Full Article...]
3 magnitude natural disaster in Delhi, parts of north India
The deputy commissioner AJK said that emergency has been imposed in hospitals. The quake had its epicentre somewhere in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. "The (most) damage is in areas between Jhelum and Mirpur", said the chief of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, Lieutenant General Mohammad Afzal. [Full Article...]
Eight babies killed in Algeria hospital fire - emergency services
Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui has ordered an "urgent" investigation and the country's health minister visited the scene to investigate further. Speaking on Algerian TV today, the health minister suggested a defective anti-mosquito device could have caused the fire and this will be investigated. [Full Article...]
Macron to meet Trump, Rouhani to push mediation efforts
But Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, who arrived in New York Monday for the U.N. General Assembly, has said there will be no negotiations until Trump eases or lifts sanctions, which the USA agreed to do under the original deal. 'It is essential for us to take part in the UN General Assembly and talk at various levels, ' he said at Tehran's Mehrabad airport. "France is trying to put together pr... [Full Article...]