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Hong Kong: World’s largest contemporary art fair opens
It’s a moment art lovers have been waiting for - the world’s largest contemporary art fair opens in Hong Kong. Organisers said that the global art landscape is changing, with Chinnese paintings emerging as
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‘No sprinklers, two fire exits’: Dhaka tower fire toll rises
The death toll from a horrific blaze that ripped through a Dhaka high-rise building has climbed to 25, Bangladeshi police said, as government officials vowed tough action to improve lax safety standards. Speaking to reporters
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Gazans brace for more mass border demos at anniversary
CASABLANCA: Migrants at a squalid camp in the Moroccan city of Casablanca have few hopes for the future, after their dreams of a new life in Europe were squashed. Illegal but tolerated, the Oulad
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Year of Gaza protests leaves lives broken, medical system on brink
GAZA CITY: A year ago, Ezzedine Al-Baz’s decision to skip work and join tens of thousands at the first day of protests along the Gaza-Israel border nearly cost him his life. Baz, then 29,
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro to walk diplomatic tightrope in Israel
GAZA CITY: Protests are to take place across Gaza City on the anniversary of last year’s series of demonstrations against Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. The protests began on March 30, last year,
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Trump threatens to close border with Mexico next week
US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to close the US southern border or large sections of it next week if Mexico does not halt undocumented immigrants from reaching the border "immediately". "It could mean
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Migrant child who died in US custody had infection, autopsy finds
An autopsy has found that a seven-year-old indigenous girl from Guatemala died of a bacterial infection while detained by the US Border Patrol, in a case that drew worldwide attention to the plight of
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Activists question Central America-US security cooperation deal
Guatemala City - Central American and Mexican activists are questioning their governments' focus on security to address migration following meetings this week with US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. Nielsen met with Mexican
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US Democrats intensify demand for Robert Mueller’s full report
Democrats intensified their demands for Robert Mueller's full report after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages, while US President Donald Trump boasted of total exoneration,
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Norway museum to return thousands of Easter Island artefacts
Norway has agreed to hand back thousands of artefacts removed from Easter Island by the explorer Thor Heyerdahl during his trans-Pacific raft expeditions in the 1950s. An agreement was signed by representatives of the


