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Israel demolishes Palestinian homes near West Bank barrier 0
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- July 22, 2019
SUR BAHER, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces demolished a cluster of Palestinian homes near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, in the face of protests and international criticism. Israel said the 10 apartment buildings, most of them still under construction, had been built illegally and posed a security risk to
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Britain’s beaming Prince George celebrates sixth birthday 0
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- July 22, 2019
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince George turned six on Monday with his parents releasing pictures of their grinning eldest son wearing an England soccer shirt to mark the occasion. The birth of George, the third-in-line to the throne and the oldest of Prince William and wife Kate’s three children, caused a media frenzy in 2013.
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Zip-wire calamity to wild rugby tackles: The comedic face of UK’s Johnson 0
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- July 22, 2019
FILE PHOTO: London’s Mayor Boris Johnson collides with 10-year-old Toki Sekiguchi during a game of Street Rugby with a group of Tokyo children, outside the Tokyo Square Gardens building October 15, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Dangling helplessly from a zip-wire while waving British Union Jack flags, Boris Johnson and his attempt to
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Britain weighs response to Iran Gulf crisis with few good options 0
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- July 21, 2019
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Britain was weighing its next moves in the Gulf tanker crisis on Sunday, with few good options apparent as a recording emerged showing that the Iranian military defied a British warship when it boarded and seized a ship three days ago. Little clue has been given by Britain on how it plans
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In direct challenge, black-clad protesters deface Beijing’s Hong Kong office 0
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- July 21, 2019
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters descended on China’s representative office in Hong Kong on Sunday, as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by the city’s political masters in Beijing. Millions have rallied over the past two months in an
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Hong Kong locks down as thousands gather for latest anti-extradition bill rally 0
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- July 21, 2019
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands gathered in sweltering heat in Hong Kong on Sunday for the latest in a series of mass protests over an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled financial hub into crisis and revived public opposition to Beijing’s tightening grip. Anti-extradition demonstrators march to call for democratic reforms, in Hong Kong,
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