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Halloween Is Latest Victim Of Hong Kong's Crackdown On Masked Protests
Halloween revelry in Hong Kong clashed Thursday with the reality of protests and emergency restrictions now in place, as police struggled to manage a crowd of demonstrators deliberately intermingled with costumed partygoers in a major nightlife district.
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Masks, Cash and Apps: How Hong Kong’s Protesters Find Ways to Outwit the Surveillance State
Hong Kong’s protesters wore face masks to obscure themselves from CCTVs and in fear of facial recognition software, and bought fresh pay-as-you-go SIM cards.
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US Student Wrote, "I'm From Hong Kong." Intense Chinese Anger Followed
Sitting on a bus in Boston, thousands of miles from her home in Hong Kong, college student Frances Hui crossed paths with an inquisitive fellow passenger. Where are you from? the passenger pressed.
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"Nobody Heard Us": Wife Of Lion Air's Indian Pilot On Boeing Troubles
Three months after the Lion Air plane her husband was piloting plunged into the sea, Garima Sethi sat with senior officials at the Indonesian carrier in January and urged them - again - to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8.
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Christchurch Gunman Allegedly Plotted Carnage In Quiet New Zealand Town
When the stocky Australian man moved into the bluish-gray house perched on a small incline in 2017, he told the young couple next door he had traveled the world and was now looking to settle down.
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Facebook Removed 1.5 Million Videos of New Zealand Mosque Attack Within 24 Hours
Facebook said that it removed 1.5 million videos of footage from the shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch within 24 hours of the attack.
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After Decade Of Work And $20 Billion, China Opens Longest Sea Crossing
After delays, almost a decade of construction and swelling costs that reached $20 billion, the world's longest sea crossing - connecting Hong Kong to mainland China - opened to traffic Tuesday as the latest megaproject with Beijing's stamp.
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In Indonesia Disaster Aftermath, People Yell "Tsunami" During Aftershocks
The death toll from twin disasters on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a major earthquake and the tsunami that followed, jumped to more than 800 on Sunday as rescue workers began to take stock of the wreckage - pulling out survivors buried under the rubble from a collapsed hotel, treating patients in tents, and racing to get food and water to sur...
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Over 400 Killed In Indonesia Tsunami, Earthquake; More Casualties Feared
Just 34 minutes after Indonesia was hit by another major earthquake, officials called off a tsunami warning. Aid agencies and others - still dealing with the aftermath of a devastating quake in August - breathed a sigh of relief.
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Would-Be City In Malaysia Jungle Caught In Rift Between China, Neighbours
On a recent morning, cleaners rushed to sweep around the models showing the future dreams of Forest City developers: residential skyscrapers, malls, parks, a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course.
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"Dug Holes To Escape, Had No Food For 9 Days": Thai Boys' Survival Ordeal
With a routine of digging, breaks for water and meditation, a group of young Thai soccer players and their coach stayed alive while trapped in a cave without any food for nine days before they were found by two British divers in a remarkable search-and-rescue operation that gripped the world.
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Thai Cave Rescue: Inside The Treacherous Rescue Of The Trapped Boys
The American Air Force officer was standing with three other rescuers July 8 when they finally felt a quick strong tug on the line that ran from their gloved hands into the murky pool of water at their feet, a chain all the way through the flooded cave to the chamber where 12 young soccer players and their assistant coach had been trapped for 16 da...
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To Rescue Boys, Diver Spent 63 hours Over 9 Days in Thai Cave
Divers compared it to mountain climbing, but in tight, pitch-black spaces and buffeted by swirling floodwaters, towing a child.
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Rescue At Thai Cave Ends In Triumph: How The Boys Were Led Out By Divers
Thai navy officials confirmed Tuesday that every member of a youth soccer team - 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach - had been extracted from the flooded cave where they have been marooned for more than two weeks.
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8 Out, 5 More To Go: Thai Cave Rescue Crews Prep For Final Push
Rescuers were poised late Monday for the next day's push in the painstaking, dangerous mission to free the young soccer players still trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand, 17 nights after their group went missing.
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Halloween Is Latest Victim Of Hong Kong's Crackdown On Masked Protests
Halloween revelry in Hong Kong clashed Thursday with the reality of protests and emergency restrictions now in place, as police struggled to manage a crowd of demonstrators deliberately intermingled with costumed partygoers in a major nightlife district.
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Masks, Cash and Apps: How Hong Kong’s Protesters Find Ways to Outwit the Surveillance State
Hong Kong’s protesters wore face masks to obscure themselves from CCTVs and in fear of facial recognition software, and bought fresh pay-as-you-go SIM cards.
-
US Student Wrote, "I'm From Hong Kong." Intense Chinese Anger Followed
Sitting on a bus in Boston, thousands of miles from her home in Hong Kong, college student Frances Hui crossed paths with an inquisitive fellow passenger. Where are you from? the passenger pressed.
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"Nobody Heard Us": Wife Of Lion Air's Indian Pilot On Boeing Troubles
Three months after the Lion Air plane her husband was piloting plunged into the sea, Garima Sethi sat with senior officials at the Indonesian carrier in January and urged them - again - to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8.
-
Christchurch Gunman Allegedly Plotted Carnage In Quiet New Zealand Town
When the stocky Australian man moved into the bluish-gray house perched on a small incline in 2017, he told the young couple next door he had traveled the world and was now looking to settle down.
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Facebook Removed 1.5 Million Videos of New Zealand Mosque Attack Within 24 Hours
Facebook said that it removed 1.5 million videos of footage from the shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch within 24 hours of the attack.
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After Decade Of Work And $20 Billion, China Opens Longest Sea Crossing
After delays, almost a decade of construction and swelling costs that reached $20 billion, the world's longest sea crossing - connecting Hong Kong to mainland China - opened to traffic Tuesday as the latest megaproject with Beijing's stamp.
-
In Indonesia Disaster Aftermath, People Yell "Tsunami" During Aftershocks
The death toll from twin disasters on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a major earthquake and the tsunami that followed, jumped to more than 800 on Sunday as rescue workers began to take stock of the wreckage - pulling out survivors buried under the rubble from a collapsed hotel, treating patients in tents, and racing to get food and water to sur...
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Over 400 Killed In Indonesia Tsunami, Earthquake; More Casualties Feared
Just 34 minutes after Indonesia was hit by another major earthquake, officials called off a tsunami warning. Aid agencies and others - still dealing with the aftermath of a devastating quake in August - breathed a sigh of relief.
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Would-Be City In Malaysia Jungle Caught In Rift Between China, Neighbours
On a recent morning, cleaners rushed to sweep around the models showing the future dreams of Forest City developers: residential skyscrapers, malls, parks, a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course.
-
"Dug Holes To Escape, Had No Food For 9 Days": Thai Boys' Survival Ordeal
With a routine of digging, breaks for water and meditation, a group of young Thai soccer players and their coach stayed alive while trapped in a cave without any food for nine days before they were found by two British divers in a remarkable search-and-rescue operation that gripped the world.
-
Thai Cave Rescue: Inside The Treacherous Rescue Of The Trapped Boys
The American Air Force officer was standing with three other rescuers July 8 when they finally felt a quick strong tug on the line that ran from their gloved hands into the murky pool of water at their feet, a chain all the way through the flooded cave to the chamber where 12 young soccer players and their assistant coach had been trapped for 16 da...
-
To Rescue Boys, Diver Spent 63 hours Over 9 Days in Thai Cave
Divers compared it to mountain climbing, but in tight, pitch-black spaces and buffeted by swirling floodwaters, towing a child.
-
Rescue At Thai Cave Ends In Triumph: How The Boys Were Led Out By Divers
Thai navy officials confirmed Tuesday that every member of a youth soccer team - 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach - had been extracted from the flooded cave where they have been marooned for more than two weeks.
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8 Out, 5 More To Go: Thai Cave Rescue Crews Prep For Final Push
Rescuers were poised late Monday for the next day's push in the painstaking, dangerous mission to free the young soccer players still trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand, 17 nights after their group went missing.
