Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's security trial delayed over health concerns
Hong Kong judges on Friday postponed the trial of Jimmy Lai until the pro-democracy media tycoon is provided with a heart monitoring device and related medication -- the second delay to the case this week.
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Asia stocks mixed before US-Russia summit
Asian stocks were mixed Friday after better-than-expected Japanese growth and weak Chinese data, while oil slipped back ahead of a US-Russia summit on Ukraine.
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Putin hails North Korean troops as 'heroic' in letter to Kim
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed North Korean troops sent to fight in Ukraine as "heroic" in a letter to Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported Friday.
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Fleeing the heat, tourists explore Rome at night, underground
It was already 30C at 9:30 am as New Zealander Olivia Ansari waited with other tourists outside Rome's Catacombs of Saint Callixtus, seeking relief underground from the punishing summer heat.
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Online cockfighting thrives in Philippines despite ban and murders
Divers have spent more than a month searching a lake south of Manila for the bodies of men with links to the Philippines' bloody national obsession: cockfighting.
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Keeping cool with colours -- Vienna museum paints asphalt to fight heat
Equipped with an infrared thermometer, Austrian artist Jonas Griessler measures the sweltering heat in an inner courtyard in the centre of Vienna.
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Raising the bar: Nepal's emerging cocktail culture
On a lively weekend, a bartender in Nepal's capital Kathmandu balances carefully a slice of titaura, a local tangy and spicy hog plum treat, on top of a martini glass.
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El Salvador plans 600 mass trials for suspected gang members
El Salvador plans to hold around 600 mass trials for the tens of thousands suspected gang members who have been detained without charges in the country since 2022, the Central American country's attorney general said Thursday.
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Trump's tariffs drown Brazil's fish industry
When the water pump is switched on, hundreds of tilapia come to the surface of a pond at a Brazilian fish farm. Their final destination is now uncertain because of US President Donald Trump's stiff tariffs.
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's collusion trial resumes after delay
A Hong Kong court on Friday began hearing closing arguments in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, following a one-day delay because of bad weather.
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