Hong Kong protesters threaten new airport disruptions after street clashes

Hong Kong protesters have called for demonstrations at the city's international airport after a night of heated clashes with police in one of the world's most populated districts.

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A new kind of dinosaur has been unearthed in Japan

A new kind of duck-billed dinosaur has been discovered in Japan.

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Why South Korea wants Japan to ban the Rising Sun flag from the Tokyo Olympics

Tensions have once again flared between Japan and South Korea -- and this time, it's over a flag.

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Carrie Lam's impossible job

To be Hong Kong Chief Executive is an impossible job, seemingly by design.

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After a summer of tear gas, can Hong Kong protesters go back to being students?

After a summer defined by tear gas and political activism, Hong Kong's young people say they simply can't return to normal student life.

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The Thai entrepreneur who believes pretty jewelry can build a better earth

Proud Limpongpan started a jewelry company that makes a profit while doing good.

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US woman charged with human trafficking after allegedly trying to smuggle infant out of Philippines

An American woman has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly trying to smuggle a six-day-old baby out of the Philippines.

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Politician grills economist on her marital status in South Korea

She's a top economics professor who studied at Harvard and has served on government committees -- but to one South Korean politician, she hasn't done enough for the nation if she hasn't given birth.

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Explosion at an Indian firecracker factory kills 23 people

Twenty-three people were killed and 14 others injured in a large explosion at a firecracker factory Wednesday in northern India, police said.

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China says its drone can hunt like Spiderman

China says it has developed a new hunter drone that can disable other drones -- or even small aircraft -- by firing a 16-square-meter (172 square feet) web at them.

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Hong Kong government's attempt to outflank protesters is doomed to fail

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Wednesday that she will finally withdraw the loathed extradition bill that kick-started three months of violent protests. The move was greeted not with the relief or happiness she might have hoped for, but with frustration and anger that the compromise had taken so long.

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Narendra Modi Fast Facts

Read CNN's Narendra Modi Fast Facts and learn more about India's prime minister.

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Philippines Supreme Court upholds ban on same-sex marriage

The high court dismissed a petition filed by a 33-year-old gay man seeking to legalize same-sex marriage, because he doesn't have a partner and therefore can't claim to be a victim of existing laws.

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Hong Kong leader to finally withdraw extradition bill, lawmaker says

Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam will fully withdraw the extradition bill that sparked three months of protests, pro-Beijing lawmaker Michael Tien told CNN Wednesday.

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Japan wants to hire guards for contested islands also claimed by China

Japan's National Police Agency has asked the government to pay for more than 100 police officers to guard the country's remote territories, including a group of contested islands that are also claimed by China.

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US woman held in Philippines after airport staff find baby in her bag

An American woman is in custody in the Philippines after she allegedly tried to fly out of the country with a baby in her hand luggage, local authorities said.

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Brazilian women promised K-pop fame were forced into prostitution: police

A group of Brazilian women who traveled to South Korea hoping to join its multibillion-dollar K-pop industry instead found themselves trafficked into prostitution, according to South Korean police.

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Transgender woman granted long term residency in Japan

For the first time, Japan's government has recognized the right a foreign transgender person to remain in Japan. The decision was made on the basis of her long term relationship with a local citizen.

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Chinese official says Trump's fentanyl tweets are 'not true at all'

One of Beijing's top drug officials has rejected allegations by US President Donald Trump that China is to blame for the majority of the supply of the deadly drug fentanyl to the United States.

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Man kills eight schoolchildren in China on first day of class

Eight young children were killed in a school attack in the eastern Chinese province of Hubei on Monday. It was their first day of class.

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US and Taliban reach agreement 'in principle' on Afghanistan, envoy says

President Donald Trump's special envoy for Afghanistan said Monday that the US and the Taliban have reached an agreement "in principle," pending final approval by the President.

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Hong Kong leader says she'd quit if she could, according to leaked tape

Hong Kong's beleaguered leader Carrie Lam has said she would quit if she had a choice and blamed herself for causing "unforgivable havoc" that has led to months of anti-government protests in the city, according to a leaked audio recording obtained by Reuters.

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Hong Kong court overturns ban on pro-democracy candidate Agnes Chow

As if Hong Kong's summer of discontent wasn't chaotic enough, a leading pro-democratic lawmaker may have just been unseated by one of his own allies.

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Hong Kong students strike on first day of school

After Hong Kong's 13th consecutive weekend of pro-democracy protests, some of the city's students are skipping class and protesting.

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Hong Kong's leaders are offering protesters a dangerous choice

The young protesters who have thronged Hong Kong's streets for three months warned the city's leaders from the beginning: "If we burn, you burn with us."

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Hong Kong girds for airport "stress test" after violent night

Hong Kong authorities have suspended the main public transport line to the city's International Airport, after protesters began a "stress test" of routes leading there. This comes weeks after a previous airport occupation severely disrupted travel to and from the Asian financial hub, and less than 24 hours after a fiery night of clashes between police and protesters.

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