Economy
Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China
Glance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of...
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Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon the ‘most intense aerial campaign’ outside Gaza in last two decades
Israel has pummeled Lebanon with an unprecedented airstrike campaign in less than three weeks, killing over 1,400 people, injuring nearly...
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‘There will be a lot of deaths’: Israelis living near Lebanese border fear tit-for-tat escalation
Yair Pinhas grew up hiking in the hills around Kiryat Shmona, his hometown in northern Israel, near the border with...
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Who is Hashem Safieddine, rumored to be the next Hezbollah chief?
The fate of a possible successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is unclear following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. Safieddine...
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Yazidi woman captured by ISIS rescued in Gaza after more than a decade in captivity
A 21-year-old Yazidi woman has been rescued from Gaza where she had been held captive by Hamas for years after being trafficked...
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Dozens of zoo tigers die after contracting bird flu in southern Vietnam
More than a dozen tigers were incinerated after the animals contracted bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officials said. State media...
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un threatens to destroy the South with nuclear weapons if provoked
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy South Korea if attacked, state media reported...
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Billionaire who brought F1 to Singapore charged in landmark corruption probe
A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offenses by a disgraced ex-transport minister jailed a...
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Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment
Editor’s note: This story contains a graphic image and descriptions of violence. Up to 600 people were shot dead in...
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A Cambodian maid was arrested and deported by Malaysia for criticizing Cambodian leaders on social media
A Cambodian woman who worked as a maid in Malaysia has been deported to her homeland for comments she posted...
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