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US, Japan agree trade deal ‘in principle’

10:09 pm August 25, 2019

Biarritz (France): US President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday announced a deal in principle on a major bilateral trade deal. “It’s a very big transaction,” Trump said after talks with Abe on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the French resort town of Biarritz. “Billions and billions of dollars,” […]

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Top Iranian official lands at G-7 summit in surprise visit

8:57 pm August 25, 2019

BIARRITZ: A top Iranian official paid an unannounced visit Sunday to the G-7 summit and headed straight to the building where leaders of the world’s major democracies have been debating how to handle the country’s nuclear ambitions. The surprise arrival of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif came just two days after his meeting with […]

Hong Kong police say violent protesters forced use of water cannon

Hong Kong police draw guns in latest protest violence

8:53 pm August 25, 2019

HONG KONG: Police in Hong Kong drew their guns Sunday night after a small group of protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and used tear gas to clear pro-democracy demonstrators who had taken over a street. The confrontations were the latest violence in a summer of protests that have shaken the city’s government and […]

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Hong Kong police and protesters clash, ending violence lull

11:34 pm August 24, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong protesters threw bricks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded with tear gas, as chaotic scenes returned to the summer-long anti-government protests on Saturday for the first time in nearly two weeks. Hundreds of black-clad protesters armed with bamboo poles and baseball bats fought with police officers wielding batons on a […]

G7: French police use water cannon on anti-capitalist protesters

11:14 pm August 24, 2019

Biarritz: Police fired water cannon at about 400 anti-capitalist protesters blocking roads in a town near the venue of the G7 summit in southwest France. A few protesters threw rocks at police but the crowd in Bayonne was largely peaceful, with some activists dancing. Police responded with warning shots and then water cannon. The incident […]