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October 23, 2019
Hong Kong officially withdraws controversial extradition bill
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months of unrest as it met just one of five demands of pro-democracy protesters.The rallying cry of the protesters, who have trashed public buildings in the Chinese-ruled city, set street fires and thrown petrol bombs at police, has been "five demands, not one ...
October 23, 2019
Boeing flight control system key factor in Lion Air crash: investigators
JAKARTA — Mechanical and design problems with a Boeing flight control system were key factors in the crash of a Lion Air plane last year, Indonesian investigators told victims' families in a briefing on Wednesday on their findings.All 189 passengers and crew were killed when the Boeing 737 MAX slammed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta last October.A few months later, the model was grounded worldwide after ...
October 22, 2019
India govt, Facebook spar over decryption laws at top court
NEW DELHI — India's government asked Facebook Inc on Tuesday to help it decrypt private messages on its network, citing national security requirements in a court hearing on privacy rights on social media platforms.India's Attorney General K.K. Venugopal told the Supreme Court that it was the responsibility of social media companies to share data wherever there was a threat to national security."A terrorist cannot claim privacy," Venugopal said. "For Facebook ...
October 22, 2019
Pakistani religious party vows to oust govt with protests
ISLAMABAD — The chief of one of Pakistan's largest religious parties announced on Tuesday a protest campaign aimed at ousting Prime Minister Imran Khan, raising the prospect of political turmoil as the government struggles to stabilize the economy.Fazl-ur-Rehman, leader of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party, said the government of cricketer-turned-politician Khan was "incompetent and illegitimate" and was installed by the military establishment after a rigged election last year."We have ...
October 22, 2019
Bangladesh jails key opposition lawmaker for graft
DHAKA — A Bangladeshi court sentenced a senior opposition figure to five years in jail on Tuesday for evading taxes on the sale of a car he imported when his party was last in office.The opposition in the South Asian country has long complained that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Awami League party — which tightened its grip on power following elections last year — is seeking to muzzle dissent.Harunur ...
October 22, 2019
China foreign minister slams 'unacceptable' violence in Hong Kong
PARIS — China's foreign minister on Monday denounced months of pro-democracy unrest in Hong Kong as "violence pure and simple", accusing foreign forces and the international media of fueling the political crisis.The comments, in an exclusive interview with AFP, were the most direct condemnation from a top Chinese official of the protests that erupted five months ago and have seen millions of people take to the streets calling for greater ...
October 22, 2019
Malaysia's Najib engaged in 'well-planned' plot to plunder 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian ex-leader Najib Razak engaged in a "well-planned" plot to plunder state fund 1MDB, prosecutors argued on Tuesday as a judge prepares to decide whether his first trial over the scandal should proceed.But the defense team of the 66-year-old, who was voted out of office last year in large part due to allegations he and his cronies pilfered massive sums from the fund to buy everything from ...
October 22, 2019
Philippines' Duterte cuts short Japan trip in 'unbearable pain'
MANILA — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, suffering from "unbearable pain" in his spine after a motorcycle accident, is cutting short a trip to Japan, his spokesman said on Tuesday.The 74-year-old hurt his hip in the crash last week, with his health already the subject of intense speculation following his disclosure earlier this month that he is suffering from an unrelated autoimmune disease.A statement from the leader's spokesman Salvador Panelo said ...
October 22, 2019
Some 300,000 employees of Indian state-led banks strike against mergers
MUMBAI, India — Nearly 300,000 employees of Indian state-run banks went on strike on Tuesday against government plans to consolidate the sector through mergers as part of efforts to ensure stronger balance sheets.Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has vowed to cut the total number of state-owned banks to 12, from 27 in 2017, raising fears of job losses. Under the current round of squeezing, 10 banks will be amalgamated into ...
October 22, 2019
India, Pakistan set to sign pilgrim corridor pact amid Kashmir tension
NEW DELHI — India and Pakistan are set to sign an agreement on Indian pilgrims visiting a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare cooperation between the nuclear-armed neighbors at a time of tension that has brought exchanges of fire on their disputed border.The pact will introduce visa-free access from India to the Pakistani town of Kartarpur, home to a temple that marks the site where the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, ...
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