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China: US criticism over South China Sea is 'slander'

Reuters
Jul 22 09:03 PM

BEIJING - Remarks by US officials on China's role in the South China Sea are slanderous, its foreign ministry said on Monday, after the United States voiced concern over reports of Chinese interference with oil and gas activities in the disputed waters. Read more »

Cambodia denies secret deal with China on naval base

Kyodo News
Jul 22 09:03 PM

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen denied Monday his government made a secret deal with China to allow Chinese armed forces to use part of the country's sole naval base. Read more »

45 injured as thugs attack Hong Kong subway commuters

Kyodo News
Jul 22 08:32 PM

A group of thugs said to be triad gangsters attacked commuters at a subway station in Hong Kong following an anti-extradition bill protest late Sunday, leaving at least 45 people injured, with police criticized for failing to protect them. Read more »

Smoke spread so fast at Japanese animation firm victims couldn't open rooftop door

Reuters
Jul 22 12:02 PM

KYOTO, Japan - Smoke spread so fast through the Japanese animation company hit by an arson attack last week that a majority of victims who had tried to flee through a rooftop door were unable to open it before perishing, Japanese media said on Monday. Read more »

Israel prepares to demolish homes on Jerusalem outskirts, stoking Palestinian fears

Ali Sawafta, Reuters
Jul 22 11:57 AM

SUR BAHER, West Bank - Israeli forces began preparations to demolish homes near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem under the cover of darkness on Monday, in the face of Palestinian protests and international criticism. Read more »

China strikes secret deal to allow armed forces at Cambodian naval base: WSJ

Reuters
Jul 22 09:31 AM | Updated Jul 22 01:02 PM

WASHINGTON (UPDATE) - China will be able to place armed forces at a Cambodian naval base under a secret agreement the two nations have reached, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, although Cambodian officials denied such a deal had been struck. Read more »

End in sight for US heat wave that set temperature records

Brian Knowlton, Agence France-Presse
Jul 22 07:44 AM | Updated Jul 22 07:45 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States sweltered in dangerously hot weather on Sunday, with major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington broiling in temperatures that rose into triple digits.   Read more »

Trump says minority congresswomen should 'apologize to America'

Frankie Taggart, Agence France-Presse
Jul 22 06:40 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump renewed his attacks Sunday on four Democratic congresswomen he launched xenophobic tweets against last week, demanding they apologize "for the horrible (hateful) things they have said."   Read more »

Japan's ruling bloc set for upper house majority, may get 2/3 - NHK exit poll

Linda Sieg and Chang-Ran Kim, Reuters
Jul 22 12:02 AM | Updated Jul 22 12:26 AM

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc won a solid majority in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, but it was uncertain whether the coalition and other allies could seal the two-thirds majority needed to keep alive his dream of revising the pacifist constitution, exit polls and media projections showed. Read more »

Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protests descend into chaos

Greg Torode and Marius Zaharia, Reuters
Jul 21 11:58 PM

Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in chaotic scenes late on Sunday as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by the city's political masters in Beijing. Read more »

Over 20,000 rally in Moscow as election anger boils over

Nikolai Korzhov and Anna Smolchenko, Agence France-Presse
Jul 21 05:10 PM

MOSCOW - More than 22,000 people packed a Moscow square Saturday to demand free and fair local polls, incensed by the authorities' refusal to put popular opposition candidates on the ballot. Read more »

Pinoys warned vs illegal recruitment to Libya

ABS-CBN News
Jul 21 03:28 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday warned Filipinos against individuals and agencies recruiting workers to conflict-stricken Libya. Read more »

One giant leap: 50 years ago, humanity's first steps on the Moon

Sébastien Vuagnat with Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Jul 21 01:17 PM

In the US, its 50th anniversary has revived public enthusiasm for crewed space flight, as NASA charts out new missions to the Moon and on to Mars. Read more »

Astronauts hailed as heroes 50 years after historic moon landing

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Jul 21 10:13 AM

Vice President Mike Pence joined astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Saturday at the launch pad in Florida that sent the moonwalker and his two crew mates to space for humankind's first steps on the lunar surface 50 years ago.   Read more »

Nearly 150 million people sweltering through deadly US heat wave

Brian Knowlton, Agence France-Presse
Jul 21 09:21 AM

The United States was sweating through a weekend of dangerously hot weather, with major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington experiencing temperatures approaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).   Read more »