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Trump ends preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
Preferential economic treatment ends and Chinese officials face the threat of sanctions.
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Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
Nearly every country will see their populations fall as the world has fewer babies.
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Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail in Epstein sex trafficking case (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
The British socialite denies grooming underage girls for the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Foreign students in US: Trump administration drops deportation plans (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
Foreign students had been told they were at risk if their classes moved online during the pandemic.
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Naya Rivera: Glee star died of accidental drowning, California officials say (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
Her body was found several days after she went missing last week during a boating trip with her son.
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Harvey Weinstein: Judge rejects $18.9m settlement (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
Dozens of women would have shared the payout but other accusers had objected to its terms.
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New York Times to move Hong Kong staff to Seoul over press freedom fears (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
The paper warns the city's new security law is undermining Hong Kong as a global media hub.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court oldest justice treated for possible infection (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
The 87-year-old undergoes a procedure to clean out a bile duct stent in Baltimore's hospital.
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Michigan face mask row ends in fatal police shooting (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
A Michigan officer kills a man suspected of stabbing someone who chided him for not wearing a mask.
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Biden sets out $2tn plan for carbon-free electricity by 2035 (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
The Democratic presidential candidate says "let's not waste any more time" as he outlines $2tn plan.
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Belarus election: Hundreds protest after Lukashenko's rivals barred (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
Hundreds protest against President Lukashenko, as two main election rivals are barred from running.
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Amazon's hand-washing policy in spotlight (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
As part of legal action brought by workers in New York, Amazon's policy on toilet breaks is debated.
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Coronavirus in South Africa: Inside Port Elizabeth's 'hospitals of horrors' (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
A BBC investigation exposes chronic failures in the health system in one of the poorest areas.
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Could US or UK ban TikTok? (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
With the short-video app already banned in India, Sophia Smith Galer looks at whether the UK or the US could be next.
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Coronavirus: The last-round fight for NYC's bastions of boxing? (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
With no clear path to reopening, New York's boxing gyms fear they may never return after the pandemic.
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US election: Do postal ballots lead to voting fraud? (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
President Trump says postal ballots lead to widespread fraud - but what evidence is there?
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Egypt desperate to revive coronavirus-hit tourism industry (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
The pandemic brought Egypt's tourism industry to a virtual halt, affecting millions of livelihoods.
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Coronavirus: Why attitudes to masks have changed around the world (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump both publicly wore face masks for the first time. Why now?
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David LaChapelle's London shopfront exhibition opens (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)
The photographer's work returns to London on a massive scale.
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Tea, drugs and war: Hong Kong's British history explained (Tue, 14 Jul 2020)
How the British obsession with tea in the 1800s started the unique story of Hong Kong.
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