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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Three arrested in connection with police killing during 'cow vigilante' clashes in India

Indian authorities have arrested three people in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer and a local man involved in clashes over the alleged killing of cows Monday.

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Sri Lanka's disputed prime minister takes his fight to the Supreme Court

Sri Lanka's prime minister is appealing a court decision that temporarily bars him and his cabinet from carrying out official duties, amid a constitutional crisis that has left the island nation without effective leadership.

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Monday, December 3, 2018

Jackie Chan releases new English memoir: 'I really was quite a nasty jerk'

Martial arts film star Jackie Chan has revealed his battles with alcohol and admitted to throwing his son across the room in a blunt autobiography published for the first time in English on Tuesday.

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Japan's final pager service to end

Japan is finally ditching pagers decades after the technology was rendered obsolete by cell phones.

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For some Indian farmers, pangolin poaching is too lucrative to resist

An increasing demand for the scales and meat of the endangered pangolin in China and Vietnam is pushing impoverished farmers in India's north-east into the illegal trade, a new report has found.

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Sunday, December 2, 2018

Rappler chief Maria Ressa returns to Manila to fight 'ridiculous' tax charges

A leading journalist and vocal critic of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has surrendered to a Manila court after arriving back in the country to an arrest warrant that was issued in her absence.

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Trump and Xi celebrate warm talks but remain far away from a final deal on trade

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