Mexican police protest against joining new national guard

Officers of the Mexican federal police protested on Wednesday against the newly created National Guard, saying their superiors had threatened firings if they did not join the security force, in which they face pay cuts and loss of seniority benefits.

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Chinese state media says 'Western ideologues' to blame for Hong Kong unrest

Chinese state media blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests in the former British colony.

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Chinese state media blames 'Western ideologues' for Hong Kong protests

Chinese official English-language newspapers blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests in the former British colony.

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Japan upper house poll begins, Abe's constitutional reform hopes at stake

Campaigning began on Thursday for Japan's July 21 upper house election, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc expected to keep a majority but perhaps with fewer seats, clouding hopes of achieving his goal of revising the pacifist constitution.

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Honduras fishing boat capsizes killing 26

Another 47 people are rescued from the vessel, which sank off the country's eastern Mosquitia region.

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Mexico arrests five suspects in kidnapping of Cancun call center workers

Five suspects have been arrested in the kidnapping of more than two dozen call center workers who were likely caught in a business dispute in the Mexican tourist city of Cancun, a state official said on Wednesday.

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Trump officials say U.S.-China trade talks to resume next week

Top representatives from the United States and China are arranging to resume talks next week to try to resolve a year-long trade war between the world's two largest economies, Trump administration officials said on Wednesday.

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US 'hell-bent' on hostility despite talks, North Korea says

Pyongyang harshly criticises the US just days after the countries' leaders had a historic meeting.

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Australian government set to secure support for $110 billion tax cut plan

Australia's conservative government looked set to secure the required support on Thursday to pass A$158 billion ($110.47 billion) worth of tax cuts over the next decade, a fillip to an economy that is threatening to stall.

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Trump says immigrants 'unhappy' with detention centers should stay home

President Donald Trump, facing renewed criticism from Democrats and activists over his handling of a migrant crisis on the U.S.- Mexico border, said in a Twitter post on Wednesday that immigrants unhappy with conditions at detention centers should be told "not to come."

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Trump says immigrants 'unhappy' with detention centers should stay home

President Donald Trump, facing renewed criticism from Democrats and activists over his handling of a migrant crisis on the U.S.- Mexico border, said in a Twitter post on Wednesday that immigrants unhappy with conditions at detention centers should be told "not to come."

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At least 26 dead after fishing boat capsizes off Honduran coast

At least 26 people died after a lobster-fishing boat capsized off the Atlantic coast of Honduras during poor weather conditions, an armed forces spokesman said on Wednesday, in one of the country's worst-ever accidents at sea.

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Christine Lagarde: The 'rock star' of finance

Christine Lagarde is on track to become the first woman to run the European Central Bank.

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Plane stowaways: Do any survive?

How often does something like this happen and what would conditions have been like?

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Key to a happy retirement? Fun housemates

Four Canadian pensioners say the secret to a happy retirement is good roommates.

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Hong Kong protests, Beijing's tightening grip rattle business community

Chaotic scenes of protesters rampaging through Hong Kong's legislature, trashing furniture and daubing graffiti over walls have sent jitters through the business community, which worries about the impact on the city's status as a financial hub.

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Despite Turkey's assurances, U.S. still eyes sanctions, F-35 exit

The Trump administration still plans to impose sanctions on Turkey and remove it from a critical fighter jet program if the NATO ally acquires Russian air defenses, U.S. officials told Reuters, despite the Turkish president's assurances to the contrary.

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Dam bursts in India after rains, killing six

Heavy monsoon rains caused the breach of a small dam in western India, washing away dozens of homes and killing at least six people with 18 missing, a government official said on Wednesday.

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