Hong Kong metro stays shut after night of violent protests

Hong Kong's metro system will stay shut on Saturday, the rail operator said, paralyzing transport in the Asian financial hub after a night of chaos in which police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro stations.

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U.S. agency reviews whether 2,000 Teslas should have been recalled

U.S. regulators said on Friday they were reviewing whether Tesla Inc should have recalled 2,000 of its electric cars in May instead of issuing a software upgrade to fix a potential defect that could have resulted in battery fires.

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Trump-Ukraine inquiry: Democrats demand documents from White House

“The president has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction, and cover-up,” Democrats say.

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Canada opposition chief pressed on U.S. citizenship, drops candidate for anti-gay comments

Andrew Scheer, the head of Canada's opposition Conservatives, on Friday dropped one of his candidates for the Oct. 21 election and faced repeated questions about why he had not revealed that he has dual U.S. citizenship.

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Trump suspends entry of immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation suspending entry of immigrants who cannot pay for their healthcare costs and will not be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the United States.

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Hong Kong metro system to remain shut as city reels from night of violent protests

Hong Kong's rail operator said the entire metro system would remain shut on Saturday in an unprecedented move as the city braced for more demonstrations after a night of chaos when police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro stations.

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Hong Kong rail operator MTR suspends all services due to vandalism

Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp said all services would be suspended on Saturday due to "malicious vandalism" as violent protests erupted across the Chinese-ruled city hours after the government invoked emergency powers.

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Ecuador unions call off anti-austerity protests after 370 arrests in two days

Ecuador's transport unions on Friday called off protests against the scrapping of fuel subsidies by President Lenin Moreno after two days of unrest that halted transport nationwide and resulted in almost 370 arrests.

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EU rejects Britain's request to run weekend Brexit talks: The Times

The European Union rejected a British government request to allow Brexit talks to run through weekend, The Times newspaper reported https://bit.ly/2Ipq7gM on Saturday.

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Ecuador transport unions suspend protests against cuts to fuel-subsidy

Ecuadorean transport unions agreed on Friday to suspend protests against President Lenin Moreno's scrapping of fuel-subsidies, a union spokesman said, after two days of unrest that halted transport nation-wide and resulted in almost 370 arrests.

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Sanders health scare involved a heart attack, his doctors say

U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack earlier this week, his physicians said on Friday, describing his health scare in more specific terms than previously disclosed.

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House Democrats subpoena White House for documents in Trump impeachment probe

U.S. House Democrats on Friday subpoenaed the White House for documents they want to see as part of their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump.

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Ecuador protests: Hundreds held as president decries ‘criminals’

Ecuador's president refuses talks with "criminals”, as protesters vent fury over fuel subsidy cuts.

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Boeing crash victims' lawyer to seek testimony from 737 MAX whistleblower

An attorney representing families of passengers killed in a Boeing Co 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia said on Friday he will seek sworn evidence from a Boeing engineer who claims the company rejected a proposed safety upgrade to the 737 MAX because it was too costly.

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North Korea, U.S. envoys to resume high-stakes nuclear talks over weekend

As negotiators for the United States and North Korea resume talks over Pyongyang's nuclear program this weekend, analysts say that the leaders of both countries face increased incentives to strike a deal, but that it is far from clear they will find common ground after months of deadlock and increased tensions.

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Iraq protests: 'No magic solution' to problems, PM says

Mr Mahdi tells protesters "your voice was heard", as the country reels from days of unrest.

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