| UPDATE 1-Hong Kong readies for more mass protests after huge, peaceful rally - ![UPDATE 1-Hong Kong readies for more mass protests after huge, peaceful rally]( "UPDATE 1-Hong Kong readies for more mass protests after huge, peaceful rally") Hong Kong is gearing up for more protests this week after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully on Sunday, marking a change to what have often been violent clashes. The protests began more than 11 weeks ago as opposition to a now-suspended bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland China for trial in Communist Party-controlled courts and have since swelled into wider calls for democracy.
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:13:45 -0400
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| UPDATE 1-Chinese police investigate FedEx package containing handgun - ![UPDATE 1-Chinese police investigate FedEx package containing handgun]( "UPDATE 1-Chinese police investigate FedEx package containing handgun") Police in southeast China's Fujian province have launched an investigation after a FedEx parcel sent from the United States was found to contain a handgun, the latest Chinese-related problem to affect the U.S. package delivery firm. Amid tense Sino-U.S. relations, Memphis-based FedEx is facing scrutiny in China on suspicion it illegally held back more than 100 Huawei packages after Washington in May placed the Chinese telecoms giant on a blacklist that effectively blocks U.S. firms from doing business with it. Police in the Jin'an district of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian, said on Weibo on Sunday that an unidentified sporting goods company had received the parcel sent from a U.S. customer via FedEx.
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 22:35:58 -0400
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| Malaysia court postpones biggest 1MDB trial involving ex-PM Najib - ![Malaysia court postpones biggest 1MDB trial involving ex-PM Najib]( "Malaysia court postpones biggest 1MDB trial involving ex-PM Najib") Najib, who lost a general election last year, has been hit with 42 criminal charges of graft and money laundering at 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and other state entities. The hearing will now begin next Monday to allow time for the completion of a previous trial that revolves around former 1MDB unit SRC International, a Kuala Lumpur High Court judge said. 1MDB, founded by Najib in 2009, is being investigated in at least six countries.
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 22:09:57 -0400
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| Wildlife roam where US once made nuclear and chemical arms -  From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife. The government converted them into refuges under U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service management, and they now protect black bears and black-footed ferrets, coral reefs and brushy steppes, rare birds and imperiled salmon. The military, the U.S. Department of Energy and private companies have spent more than $57 billion to clean up the six heavily polluted sites, according to figures gathered by The Associated Press from military and civil agencies.
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 22:06:02 -0400
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| Cathay Pacific shares rise 2.3 percent after CEO Hogg resigns -  Shares of Cathay Pacific Airways <0293.HK> rose more than 2 percent early on Monday after CEO Rupert Hogg resigned in a shock move, as the carrier grapples with the involvement of some of its employees in the city's anti-government protests. Cathay's shares rose as much as 2.3 percent to HK$10.84, their highest in two weeks. Cathay Pacific was blindsided this month when China's aviation regulator demanded it suspend staff supporting the anti-government protest movement.
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:51:29 -0400
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