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Hong Kong official says booksellers should ensure titles won't harm national security after arrests

Hong Kong’s top security official has urged booksellers to ensure their titles do not harm national security

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Deliberations underway in trial over 2018 bridge collapse in Italy that killed dozens

Family members of the 43 people killed in the 2018 Genoa bridge collapse are expected in court for verdicts in the trial of 57 defendants

More than 500 feared dead after reports of two shipwrecks off Myanmar, UN says

Vessels believed to have departed from Myanmar in late June, with mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboardThe United Nations has said more than 500 people are feared dead after reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June.The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its refugee agency UNHCR voiced alarm in a joint statement at reports “that two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days”. Continue reading...

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More than 500 feared dead as reports of boats capsizing with Rohingya refugees

U.N. agencies say more than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal

Brazil vows to retaliate if US imposes 25% tariffs on some of its products

President Lula’s office says US move is result of pressure on White House by family of predecessor Jair BolsonaroBrazil has vowed to retaliate against Washington’s decision to impose 25% tariffs on imports of some Brazilian products.The office of the president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, described the tariffs as “a regrettable milestone” in the history of relations between the two countries and said they were the result of pressure exerted on the White House by the family of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro. Continue reading...