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Protester Louis Fung speaks about why he's apologizing for a demonstration that jammed the entrance of a government tax office in Hong Kong on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Hong Kong protestors handed out flyers, held up signs, and bowed to passersby Tuesday to apologize for a sit-in demonstration the day before that blocked access to a government office for nearly two hours. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
A few Hong Kong protesters apologize for disrupting livesA small group of Hong Kong protesters has handed out flyers and bowed to passers-by to apologize for a demonstration that jammed the entrance of a government tax office
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In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019, photo, a woman waves a British flag as policemen in anti-riot gear stand guard against the protesters on a closed-off road near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. China promised that for 50 years after Britain gave up control of its last colony in 1997, this shimmering financial enclave would get to keep freedoms absent in the communist-ruled mainland that many here don't want to live without. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Hong Kong protests signal alarm special freedoms fadingChina promised that for 50 years after Britain gave up control of its last colony in 1997, this shimmering financial enclave would get to keep freedoms absent in the communist-ruled mainland that many here don't want to live without
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A woman rests as she monitors stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Major Asian stock markets declined Tuesday as traders looked ahead to a meeting between the American and Chinese presidents amid hopes for renewed trade talks. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Global stocks sink ahead of Trump-Xi meeting at G-20 summitGlobal stocks have sunk as traders look ahead to a meeting between the US and Chinese presidents amid hopes for talks on ending their trade fight
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Indonesia military: Use of child soldiers a rights violationAn Indonesian military spokesman says any use of child soldiers by Papuan independence fighters would be a violation of human rights that implicates both the rebels and state institutions
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Indian leftist groups protest US secretary of state's visitHundreds of supporters of left-wing groups have marched in India's capital to protest a visit by the U.S. secretary of state and denounce American policies in the Middle East
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Women stand near the American latest animated film "Toy Story 4" characters on display at the capital city's popular shopping mall in Beijing, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. China says its trade negotiators are talking to their U.S. counterparts on how to resolve disputes ahead of an expected meeting between their two heads of state at the G20 meeting in Japan later this week. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China hoping Trump-Xi meeting will help bridge differencesChina's foreign ministry says it hopes a meeting later this week between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will help build trust and resolve "outstanding issues."
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Malaysia shuts schools after chemical pollution sickens kidsMalaysia's government has shut more than 400 schools in a southern state after chemical pollution sickened dozens of students for the second time in three months
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Michael Nguyen, center, stands during his trial, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Ho Chin Minh City, Vietnam. The American of Vietnamese origin was sentenced to 12 years in prison for "attempt to overthrow the state." (Nguyen Thanh Chung/Vietnam News Agency via AP)
American accused of Vietnam overthrow plot gets 12-year termA Vietnamese court has sentenced an American to 12 years in jail for what was described as an attempt to overthrow the Communist nation's government
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In this Sunday, June 23, 2019, photo provided by Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities, rescuers enter a victim body onto an ambulance at a site of a collapse in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia. Rescuers on Monday were continuing to search the rubble of a building that collapsed while under construction in a Cambodia beach town, killing dozens of workers as they slept in the unfinished condominium that was doubling as their housing. (Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities via AP)
Cambodia charges 7, including Chinese, in building collapseA court in Cambodia has charged 7 people, including 4 Chinese nationals, with crimes related to the collapse of a building under construction that killed 28 workers
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Pakistan thanks Qatar for planned $3 billion investmentIslamabad thanks Qatar for $3 billion investment in Pakistan, announced by Gulf Arab nation's ruler
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In this Feb. 10, 2014, photo, a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380, top, takes off at Singapore's Changi Airport as an Airbus A320 from its subsidiary airline, Silkair sits on the tarmac, bottom. Drones buzzing around Singapore's Changi Airport have caused the delay or diversion of 63 flights in the past week, triggering an official investigation and raising questions about the motives of the offenders. Regulators said Tuesday, June 25, 2019, that 18 flights at the airport were delayed and seven were diverted the night before "due to bad weather and unauthorized drone activities(AP Photo/Joseph Nair)
Singapore probes drones at airport that disrupted 63 flightsDrones buzzing around Singapore's Changi Airport have caused 63 flights to be delayed or diverted, triggering an investigation and raising questions about the motives of the offenders
The Associated Press6 hours ago
Shareholders arrive for Nissan's general meeting of shareholders in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Japanese automaker Nissan faces shareholders as profits and sales tumble after its former star chairman faces trial on financial misconduct allegations. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Nissan governance steps, board win shareholders' approvalNissan wins shareholder approval for governance reforms, keeping Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa on its board
The Associated Press6 hours ago
A woman rests as she monitors stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Major Asian stock markets declined Tuesday as traders looked ahead to a meeting between the American and Chinese presidents amid hopes for renewed trade talks. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Asian stocks lower ahead of Trump-Xi meeting at G-20 summitMajor Asian stock markets have declined as traders looked ahead to a meeting between the US and Chinese presidents amid hopes for talks on ending their trade fight
The Associated Press9 hours ago
Probe advised of ex-defense secretary over Sri Lankan blastsSri Lanka's attorney general advises a criminal investigation of the ex-defense secretary over "major lapses" that led to a failure to stop Easter suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people
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Members of the media crowd around the family of slain University of Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang to hear an address from attorney Wang Zhidong after a jury found Brendt Christensen guilty of her murder, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Peoria, Ill. (Matt Dayhoff/Journal Star via AP)
Former student guilty in slaying of visiting Chinese scholarJurors have convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student in the slaying of a visiting scholar from China who was abducted at a bus stop
The Associated Press12 hours ago
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