US census 2020: Trump retreats on citizenship question President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said officials would obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have delayed a census. The retreat follows a …

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  Iranian boats ‘tried to intercept British tanker’ Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf – before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said. HMS Montrose moved between the three boats and the tanker British Heritage before issuing verbal warnings to the Iranian vessels, …

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  Hong Kong families are feuding as China extradition bill exposes generational fall in living standards By Jessie Yeung, CNN Updated 0352 GMT (1152 HKT) July 10, 2019 In the now widely-shared Facebook video, a young man in a Hong Kong restaurant stands up at his table and glares down at his family members. “You’re criticizing my friends, …

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  Hong Kong extradition bill ‘is dead’ says Carrie Lam Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the controversial bill that would have allowed extradition to the Chinese mainland “is dead”. In a press conference on Tuesday, Ms Lam said the government’s work on the bill had been a “total failure”. But she stopped short of …

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  Trump warns Iran ‘better be careful’ on nuclear enrichment US warning comes after Iran announces it will begin enriching uranium beyond a cap set in the 2015 nuclear deal. Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has warned Iran it “better be careful” after Tehran announced it would begin enriching uranium beyond a limit set in …

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  Iran nuclear deal: Government announces enrichment breach Iran has announced it will break a limit set on uranium enrichment, in breach of the landmark 2015 deal designed to curb its nuclear ambitions. Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran still wanted to salvage the deal but blamed European countries for failing to live up to …

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  Another, stronger quake in Ridgecrest shakes Southern California, causing more damage By ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE, ROSANNA XIA, RUBEN VIVES and KAREN KAPLAN JUL 06, 2019  A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Southern California on Friday night, the second major temblor in less than two days and one that rocked buildings across Southern California, adding more jitters to an already nervous region. The …

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  China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families By John SudworthBBC News, Xinjiang China is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to new research. At the same time as hundreds of thousands of adults are being detained in giant camps, a …

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  Are parts of India becoming too hot for humans? By Shekhar Chandra, CNN Updated 0326 GMT (1126 HKT) July 4, 2019 Intense heat waves have killed more than 100 people in India this summer and are predicted to worsen in coming years, creating a possible humanitarian crisis as large parts of the country potentially become too hot to be …

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    By killing whales, is Japan trying to revive a dying industry? By Ivan Watson, Yoko Wakatsuki, Mark Phillips. Graphics by Jason Kwok and Jordan Ashmore, CNN Updated 0753 GMT (1553 HKT) July 3, 2019 For the whale hunters, the inaugural expedition was a big success. Hours after heading out to sea, their ships returned with the carcasses …

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