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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler stands on the frontline with protesters as the police deploys teargas. Wheeler has previously demanded the withdrawal of federal officers from the northwestern US city, accusing them of dangerously escalating the situation
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21.08.2024
Portland mayor teargassed at protest against federal crackdown
The NBA's lucrative broadcast and merchandise interests in China went into a tailspin in 2019
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21.08.2024
NBA pulls out of Xinjiang project
'Person. Woman. Man Camera. TV,' the US president recited as he revealed details of a cognitive test he claimed to have 'aced'
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21.08.2024
Trump touts five-word memory test as showing he is 'cognitively there'
Yu was born and trained in China but competed internationally for Singapore
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21.08.2024
World championship skater opens up about China abuse
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Senators in Chile give the thumbs up as they vote on pension reform
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Chile's Senate approves pension reform law
Tianwen-1 launched aboard a Long March 5, China's biggest space rocket
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China launches Mars probe in space race with US
Papua New Guinea had largely avoided the coronavirus pandemic, until the recent outbreak
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Fearful Papua New Guinea calls for WHO virus help
The US House approved a measure to remove from Capitol Hill statues of people who served in the Confederacy during the 1861-1865 Civil War, including this one of Confederate vice president Alexander Hamilton Stephens (L)
World 21.08.2024
US House approves removing Confederate statues from Capitol
Bike sales are exploding in countries across the world
World 21.08.2024
On yer bike: cycling industry out-pedalled by demand
The reimposition of a lockdown on five million people in Melbourne has dealt a blow to hopes for Australia's economic recovery
World 21.08.2024
Australia warns economy to shrink record 7% in Q2
China's one-child rule, which ran from 1979 to 2016, meant daughters have also been tasked with safeguarding their parents' wealth and bloodline -- previously this had been the preserve of male heirs
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China's two-child policy means more babies named after mum
A protest in Mali capital's Bamako earlier this month, as the country's opposition demands the president resign
World 21.08.2024
Five African leaders in Mali to resolve political crisis
Singapore (pictured) and Hong Kong have long been compared
World 21.08.2024
Will Hong Kong become like tightly-ruled but stable Singapore?
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