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Lauren Chadwick

China

Back to school: Hong Kong students boycott class

Hong Kong students staged a protest on Monday after weekend protests resulted in violence.

United Kingdom

'I don't want an election,' says PM as bookies slash odds

The prime minister says anti-no deal Conservatives could be kicked out of the party.

World News

'Treat the cavity, not the toothache': Experts on G7 Amazon fire cash

The cash will be used to primarily to pay for more firefighting planes. But experts told us that was not addressing the root cause of the problem.

China

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists arrested ahead of planned protests

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were arrested ahead of planned protests over the weekend.

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Business

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572 million to abate opioid epidemic

A district judge in the U.S. state of Oklahoma ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million in damages over the opioid crisis in the state.

France

Spouses of G7 leaders visit Basque country

The spouses visited museums and took a tour of Basque country while world leaders met during the G7 summit.

France

Iranian Foreign Minister meets with French President in surprise talks

Iran's foreign minister met with the French president and foreign minister on the margins of the G7 summit.

United Kingdom

India, Russia, China among top sulfur dioxide emitters — report

Greenpeace ranked the top pollution hotspots in the world by tracking anthropogenic sulfur dioxide emissions across the globe.

World News

Facebook introduces new privacy feature in three countries

Facebook rolled out a new privacy feature in Ireland, Spain, and South Korea to allow users to sever the connection between their Facebook accounts and other websites.

United Kingdom

UK officials will stop attending most EU meetings from September

UK officials will stop attending most EU meetings from September 1 in order to focus on the future relationship of the UK and EU, the government said in a statement.

Denmark

Pompeo calls Danish foreign minister amid public row over Greenland

US President Donald Trump cancelled an upcoming visit to Denmark after the Danish prime minister said she would not discuss the sale of Greenland to the US.

France

What's the G7? A look at the economic summit coming to France

The Group of Seven (G7) is an international gathering of some of the world's largest economies. This year, economists expect world leaders to discuss trade and technology.

Russia

Watch: Huge opposition rally in Moscow

Russians vowed to protest in favour of candidates being allowed to run in elections.

United Kingdom

Why is the Irish backstop so important in Brexit negotiations?

The Irish backstop is a sort of insurance policy to keep the Irish border open post-Brexit.

United Kingdom

UK power outage was not caused by cyberattack, says National Grid

The failure of two power generators in the UK caused chaos to transportation and power outages for hundreds of thousands of customers.

World News

Open Arms: Richard Gere delivers groceries to stranded migrant ship

In pictures posted to the charity's Twitter account, Gere was shown unloading boxes of fruit, vegetables, and water

World News

Eat plants, conserve land to curb climate change — IPCC

A special report found that land is under growing pressure from climate change and better management is essential for reducing greenhouse gases.

World News

UK foreign secretary says 'huge appetite' for US-UK trade deal

Dominic Raab said there was a huge appetite for a US-UK trade deal post-Brexit after meeting with Trump and other US officials in Washington.

France

France issues more than 700 fines under new street harassment law

French authorities have issued over 700 fines since a street harassment law came into effect last year.

United Kingdom

Could new UK PM Boris Johnson call a snap general election?

Speculation is swirling over whether the UK's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pull off a shock by calling an early general election.

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