Hong Kong police launch tear gas in bid to end protest
Hong Kong police launched tear gas at protesters on Sunday, as a massive pro-democracy march continued late into the evening.
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Japan’s ruling coalition secures upper house majority
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition has secured a majority in Japan’s upper house of parliament, according to vote counts by public television and other media.
Hong Kong protesters deface Chinese emblem in latest demo
Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, with some of the marchers defacing a national Chinese emblem in their latest expression of protest against mainland authorities.
Exit polls show Abe’s ruling bloc wins elections in Japan
Exit polls in Japan show Prime Minster Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition is certain to secure the majority of 124 seats contested in upper house elections.
1,000 firefighters battle wildfires in central Portugal
Portuguese authorities say 1,000 firefighters are working to contain wildfires that have injured at least nine people.
Ukrainian leader seeks backing to fight corruption in vote
Ukrainians are voting in an early parliamentary election in which the new party of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to take the largest share of votes.
Hong Kong protesters call for inquiry into police tactics
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters have kicked off a march from a public park to call for an independent investigation into police tactics.
Nine dead after female suicide bomber targets hospital in Pakistan
A female suicide bomber struck outside a hospital in Pakistan on Sunday as the wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting incident against police.
Police get arrest warrant as survivor recalls Kyoto arson
Japanese police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect as soon as he regains consciousness from injuries in a deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio.
Ocasio-Cortez: Trump enjoyed crowd saying Send her back
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says President Donald Trump enjoyed hearing a crowd at his rally call for a US congresswoman to return to the country where she was born.
Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin marks Apollo 11 anniversary at launch site
Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin marked the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first moon landing at the Apollo 11 launch site.
Astronauts blast off on moon landing anniversary
A Russian space capsule with three astronauts aboard has blasted off on a fast-track trip to the International Space Station.
Famed architect Cesar Pelli dies aged 92
Famed Argentine-American architect Cesar Pelli, known for designing some of the world’s tallest and most well-known buildings, has died aged 92.
Funeral service held for 86 Muslims killed by Serbs
Several thousand people have attended a funeral service in northwestern Bosnia for 86 Muslims who were killed by Serbs in one of the worst atrocities of the country’s 1992-95 war.
Vatican college space holds bones of dozens, expert says
A genetics expert retained by the family of an Italian girl who went missing in 1983 said Saturday that an underground space near a Vatican cemetery holds thousands of bones that appear to be from dozens of individuals, both “adult and non-adult”.
Merkel urges Europeans to confront populism after tribute to Nazi resistance
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Europeans to confront populism, nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism as she paid tribute to the Nazi resistance in her own country.
Explosion at gas factory in central China kills at least 12
An explosion at a gas factory in central China has left at least 12 people dead, authorities said.
50 years later, one small step still represents a giant leap for Scotland’s Brian Binnie
Brian Binnie might speak with an American twang, but this redoubtable fellow is Scotland’s first astronaut and is still proud of his roots and growing up in Aberdeenshire.
Trump meets Apollo 11 astronauts on 50th anniversary of moon landing
President Donald Trump marked the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an Oval Office meeting Friday with former Apollo 11 astronauts.
Japanese animation studio fire suspect named by police
Japanese police have named a man suspected of starting a fire that killed 34 people in an animation studio.
Man climbs down side of 19-storey building to escape fire
A man climbed several floors down the outside of a 19-storey building in Philadelphia to escape a fire that injured four residents and three police officers.
Man jailed for 10 years over Scarlett Keeling’s death on Goa beach
A man has been jailed for 10 years over the drugging and death of a 15-year-old British girl whose body was found on a beach in the Indian city of Goa in 2008.
Ex-president Zuma pulls out of South Africa corruption inquiry
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has abandoned his testimony to a state commission investigating corruption allegations after claiming he is being treated unfairly.
Gibraltar chief meets Iranian officials in bid to defuse tanker row
The head of Gibraltar’s government has met privately with Iranian officials in a bid to defuse tensions surrounding the seizure of an Iranian supertanker near the British overseas territory.
Merkel criticises Trump’s ‘go back’ comments on Democratic lawmakers
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised US President Donald Trump’s comments about four female Democratic lawmakers, saying they run counter to what she considers “the strength of America”.
Dutch troops partially liable for Srebrenica massacre, court rules
The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that the Netherlands is partially liable for the deaths of 350 Muslim men who were murdered by Bosnian Serb forces during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
Iran denies US claims it destroyed Iranian drone near Persian Gulf
Iran has denied President Donald Trump’s statement that a US warship destroyed an Iranian drone near the Persian Gulf after it threatened the ship.
At least eight children killed in Philippines bus crash
A teacher and at least eight children have died after a truck carrying them to a school festival crashed in the central Philippines.
Six people injured as gas explosion destroys New Zealand home
At least six people have been injured and dozens of residences evacuated following a gas explosion which destroyed a home in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Hamilton creator joins protests against Puerto Rico governor
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has joined protests in New York demanding the resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor.
US warship destroyed Iranian drone, says Trump
President Donald Trump has said a US warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
12 Israelis remanded over alleged rape of British teenager in Cyprus
Twelve Israeli holidaymakers have been remanded in custody by a court in Cyprus after a 19-year-old British woman reported she was raped.