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LA Opera declines details on Placido Domingo investigation

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Los Angeles Opera has declined to release any details of its promised investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against opera legend Placido Domingo, the company's...

Aug 18, 2019
World News
Defiant Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats

HONG KONG (AFP) -- Hong Kong democracy activists are hoping to get out a huge crowd later Sunday in a bid to show the city's leaders that their protest movement remains defiant despite increasingly s...

Aug 18, 2019
World News
S. Korea expresses 'deep concerns' over Abe's offering to controversial war shrine

South Korea on Thursday expressed "deep concerns" over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ritual offering to a war shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's imperialistic past. Abe sent the offering to T...

Aug 15, 2019
World News
As China pressure mounts, Hong Kong's Cathay sacks two pilots

Cathay Pacific said Wednesday two pilots had been sacked, as the Hong Kong carrier comes under huge pressure from Beijing to clamp down on staff supportive of anti-government rallies. "One is curren...

Aug 14, 2019
World News
Opera's Domingo faces sexual harassment probe, shows canceled

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Opera legend Placido Domingo faced a growing #MeToo storm Tuesday as the Los Angeles Opera opened an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him and two...

Aug 14, 2019
World News
Flights resume at Hong Kong airport after protests

HONG KONG (AFP) -- Flights resumed Tuesday at Hong Kong airport a day after a massive pro-democracy rally there forced the shutdown of the busy international transport hub. Early Tuesday, passengers...

Aug 13, 2019
World News
Hong Kong mops up after weekend of violence, braces for more protests

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Metro stations in Hong Kong resumed regular service on Monday and streets were being cleaned of debris as the city recovered from another night of violent clashes between anti-...

Aug 12, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Disgraced money manager Jeffrey Epstein dead in apparent suicide

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday after an apparent suicide in the New York jail cell where he was being held without bail on sex-trafficking charge...

Aug 11, 2019
World News
India's Modi defends powderkeg Kashmir move

NEW DELHI (AFP) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday his powderkeg move to strip the disputed Kashmir region of its autonomy was necessary to stop "terrorism", as Pakistan voiced furt...

Aug 9, 2019
World News
Korean climber falls to death from Matterhorn

A Korean climber died Tuesday on the Matterhorn in Switzerland, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The unidentified climber fell to his or her death from a height of about 3,700 meters while r...

Aug 8, 2019
World News
Taiwan rattled by 6.0 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's northeastern coastal city of Yilan on Thursday, the island's weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of damage. A Reuters witness said the quake...

Aug 8, 2019
World News
China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards

BEIJING (AP) -- China said Wednesday that it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious honors, as Bei...

Aug 7, 2019
World News
Hong Kong unrest spreads as leader warns city on brink

HONG KONG (AFP) -- Hong Kong's unrest spread more widely throughout the financial hub Monday as riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters at multiple locations and the city's leader warned of...

Aug 6, 2019
World News
US designates China a 'currency manipulator' as trade war rages

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The United States on Monday formally accused China of manipulating its currency, marking the second major escalation in the two countries' spiraling trade war in just 24 hours. W...

Aug 6, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] S. Korea’s electronics output ranks 3rd in 2018

South Korea’s electronics output was the world’s third largest in terms of value last year thanks to brisk sales of memory chips, an industry report showed. The total production of the electronics...

Aug 5, 2019
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