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North Korean state news agency KCNA said on Friday another test of super-large multiple rocket launchers a day earlier had been a success, but the test drew protests from neighboring Japan and South Korea. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/320vfyR

China will not tolerate anything that challenges the bottom line of the "one country, two systems" formula that governs Hong Kong, a senior China parliamentary official said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/326CtkS

WTI Crude: Oil prices steadied on Friday after a rough week, squeezed about 4% lower by a combination of rising global supply and uncertain future demand. from Zee Business: World News https://ift.tt/2WtI4Ri

Gold prices were little changed on Friday as investors evaluated whether the Federal Reserve`s would continue to cut rates, but the metal was set for a second weekly gain as the uncertainty surrounding a US-China trade deal boosted safe-haven appeal. from Zee Business: World News https://ift.tt/2N6ICcw

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A Spanish court sentenced five men charged with gang-raping a 14-year-old-girl to 10 to 12 years in jail for sexual abuse Thursday, concluding that it wasn't rape, which carries a harsher sentence,... from NDTV News - World-news https://ift.tt/2q5r8Ex

Rescue services were searching for seven missing passengers of a South Korean fire department helicopter that crashed into the sea off the disputed islets of Dokdo on late Thursday, officials said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/321Irn5

Nearly a decade after receiving U.S. citizenship, Guatemalan-born Mayra Lopez thought she had cleared all the hurdles for her parents to join her in the United States. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/332AYFZ

Hong Kong cleaned up its famed party zone Lan Kwai Fong on Friday after a night of clashes marred Halloween festivities when police fired tear gas at protesters and were heckled by fancy dress revelers. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34iw9Ix

Stephen Biegun, a respected US foreign policy veteran in the difficult job of leading diplomacy with North Korea, was named Thursday as the State Department number two -- a role that could become even... from NDTV News - World-news https://ift.tt/2JEP7RY

Thousands of civil servants, police and teachers are being sent to a military camp in Thailand for intensive training in community service and loyalty to the monarchy, according to the Royal Palace... from NDTV News - World-news https://ift.tt/2BYpvuT

The UK Parliament on Thursday suspended Keith Vaz, one of Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MPs, for six months after he was found to have "expressed willingness" to purchase cocaine for male... from NDTV News - World-news https://ift.tt/2C6pmpf

Halloween revelry in Hong Kong clashed Thursday with the reality of protests and emergency restrictions now in place, as police struggled to manage a crowd of demonstrators deliberately intermingled... from NDTV News - World-news https://ift.tt/2PxS2zD

Woman finds husband hilariously terrorizing neighborhood in Michael Myers costume A video shared on Facebook by Sabrina Zimmerman shows her husband, Greg, riding a bicycle down the street, wearing the famed mask from the cult horror film “Halloween.” Attached to the bicycle is a small carriage with a baby skeleton inside.

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The Canadian attorney general has filed affidavits asserting that information identifying Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's electronic devices was not shared with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during her December 2018 arrest in Vancouver, court documents showed on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ccud8N

The United States said on Thursday it had imposed sanctions on the Iranian construction sector and trade in four materials used in its military or nuclear programs, even as it waived sanctions to let foreign firms continue non-proliferation work in Iran. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3234muc

Thousands of civil servants, police and teachers are being sent to a military camp in Thailand for intensive training in community service and loyalty to the monarchy, according to the Royal Palace and interviews with trainees and organizers. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PAE4gs

Ghana has declared 2019 the 'year of return' and is encouraging the African diaspora to visit the country, but why are some deciding to make it their new home?

Thinning ice and snow cover is leading to more rock-falls and landslides.

The president of Hungary posted a powerful image of himself kneeling to pray with evangelist Nick Vujicic. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/33eYGPr

Britain's government will not name a successor to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney before a national election due on December 12, a finance ministry official said. from NDTV News - World-news https://ift.tt/2BZ8MYr

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Authorities in Hong Kong tightened security and braced for potential evening clashes between masked "Halloween" pro-democracy protesters and fancy-dressed clubbers in a popular party district in the heart of the city. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36mK3Ly

A small aircraft crashed into an apartment building off Interstate 85 in northeast Atlanta on Wednesday, police said. from NDTV News - World-news https://ift.tt/36hoX1g

Peru's government on Wednesday announced plans for an ambitious reform package including better health care and a higher minimum wage amid regional protests against market reforms and social injustice that have rocked neighbors Ecuador and Chile. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N2lk7V

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday stepped up recent U.S. rhetoric targeting China's ruling Communist Party, saying it was focused on international domination and needed to be confronted. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36kNIJV

Facebook announced Wednesday that it had removed three networks of accounts it says are associated with Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked businessman whom U.S. authorities... from NDTV News - World-news https://ift.tt/2N4qsbL

Japan's justice minister stepped down on Thursday - the second resignation from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly formed cabinet in less than a week - after a media report that his office gave out gifts such as potatoes and corn to constituents. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Wthis9