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HK readies for more protests, Trump intervenes

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong braced on Thursday for more mass demonstrations through the weekend, with the weeks-long crisis escalating after pro-democracy protests forced the cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights this

New Trump rule targets poor, could cut legal immigration in half

Shawdesh Desk: US president Donald Trump’s administration unveiled a sweeping rule on Monday that some experts say could cut legal immigration in half by denying visas and permanent residency to

N Korea holds fresh missile tests protesting at war games

Shawdesh Desk: North Korea conducted the latest in a series of missile launches Saturday to protest US-South Korean war games, just hours after United States president Donald Trump expressed his

Gunman kills 20 at Texas Walmart store shooting

Shawdesh Desk: A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others as panicked shoppers

US woman charged in massive Capital One data breach

Shawdesh Desk: A tech engineer in the western US state of Washington was arrested Monday on charges of stealing sensitive data from more than 100 million credit card applications at

Trump condemned for terming Baltimore as ‘infested mess’

Shawdesh Desk: United States president Donald Trump was hit with new accusations of racism on Saturday after he attacked a prominent African-American lawmaker and branded the majority black city of

Think Boris Johnson breaks the mold? Wait until you meet his girlfriend

Shawdesh Desk: When Boris Johnson’s girlfriend Carrie Symonds joined the entourage of staff who gathered outside 10 Downing Street to watch his first speech as British Prime Minister, witnesses reported

Supreme Court allows Trump wall funding

Shawdesh Desk: The US Supreme Court has given President Donald Trump permission to use $2.5 billion (£2 billion) of Pentagon funds for a section of wall on the southern border.