‘Where were the police?’ Hong Kong outcry after masked thugs launch attack Police accused of doing nothing to stop suspected triads storming train station and beating people including women and children Lily Kuo and Verna Yu in Hong Kong Mon 22 Jul 2019 06.45 BST Pro-democracy activists and lawmakers in Hong Kong have accused the police of standing by as men dressed …

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  A whole nation just got hacked By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Updated 0417 GMT (1217 HKT) July 21, 2019 Asen Genov is pretty furious. His personal data was made public this week after records of more than 5 million Bulgarians got stolen by hackers from the country’s tax revenue office. In a country of just 7 million people, the scale …

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    Iran tanker seizure: UK ‘deeply concerned’ The UK government has said it is “deeply concerned” about Iran’s “unacceptable” seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf. The Stena Impero’s owners say they have been unable to contact the ship, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway in the region. Foreign …

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  Bodies found piled on staircase as Japan’s worst mass killing in decades claims 33 lives By Junko Ogura, Helen Regan and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN Updated 0811 GMT (1611 HKT) July 19, 2019 Grim details are starting to emerge from Japan’s worst mass killing in almost 20 years, as police investigate why a man torched a renowned animation studio in …

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  Kyoto Animation fire: Thirteen dead after suspected arson attack At least 13 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, local emergency officials have said. Local media quoted police as saying a man broke into the Kyoto Animation Co studio on Thursday morning and sprayed …

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  US House condemns Trump attacks on congresswomen as racist The US House of Representatives has voted to condemn President Donald Trump after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen. The resolution denounced Mr Trump’s “racist comments that have legitimised fear and hatred of New Americans and people of colour”. Mr Trump had been accused …

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    India monsoons: Collapse of four-storey building leaves more than 40 trapped in Mumbai Monsoon rains have displaced millions of people in recent weeks and killed scores across India, Nepal and Bangladesh Adam WithnallDelhi @adamwithnall A four-story building has collapsed in a densely populated neighbourhood of Mumbai amid monsoon rains in India, trapping more than 40 people in the …

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  Trump tweets racist attacks at progressive Democratic congresswomen By Devan Cole, CNN Updated 0032 GMT (0832 HKT) July 15, 2019 President Donald Trump used racist language on Sunday to attack progressive Democratic congresswomen, falsely implying they weren’t natural-born American citizens. Trump did not name who he was attacking in Sunday’s tirade but earlier this week he referenced …

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    New leak claims Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal ‘to spite Obama’ Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s former ambassador to the US. Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday. The …

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    Facebook ‘to be fined $5bn over Cambridge Analytica scandal’ US regulators have approved a record $5bn (£4bn) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been investigating allegations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained the data of up to …

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