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HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands rallied in a large Hong Kong suburb yesterday, driven by abiding anger at the government’s handling of an extradition bill that has revived fears of China tightening its grip over the former British colony and eroding its freedoms.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysia has seized more than 1 billion ringgit ($243.25 million) from a bank account of state-owned China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Ltd (CPP), the Straits Times newspaper said on Saturday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen visited Haiti on Saturday in an attempt to bolster support in the region after the neighboring Dominican Republic broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan last year.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s first new train passenger cars in more than four decades set off on their maiden journey across the island on Saturday in what the government hopes will prove a total revamp of its decrepit railway system with help from allies Russia and China.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s exports fell in June as the United States ramped up trade pressure, while imports shrank more than expected, pointing to further weakness in the world’s second-largest economy and slackening global growth.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Storm Barry trudged through northwestern Louisiana yesterday, weakening to a tropical depression but dropping up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain in some places to create life-threatening flood conditions along the Mississippi River.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – Sony’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home” claimed victory again during its second weekend in theaters, dominating over new releases, Paramount’s gator thriller “Crawl” and Disney’s R-rated comedy “Stuber.”

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysia has seized more than 1 billion ringgit ($243.25 million) from a bank account of state-owned China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Ltd (CPP), the Straits Times newspaper said on Saturday.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands demonstrated in cities across Sudan yesterday, witnesses said, to mark 40 days since security forces killed dozens when they stormed a protest camp in the capital Khartoum.

MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia, (Reuters) – Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians were among 26 people killed when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali port city of Kismayo, officials said yesterday, the deadliest attack in the city since insurgents were driven out in 2012.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Barry weakened to a tropical storm as it made landfall in Louisiana yesterday, after a westward shift that appeared to spare low-lying New Orleans from the massive flooding feared earlier this week.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – One of India’s biggest housing finance companies, Dewan Housing Finance Corp Ltd (DHFL) , warned yesterday that its financial situation was so grim that it may not survive.

MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia,  (Reuters) – Islamist gunmen killed 26 people, including Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians, when they stormed a hotel in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, a regional state president said on Saturday, the deadliest day in the city since insurgents were driven out in 2012.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A nationwide wave of arrests of immigrants facing deportation will commence over the weekend, U.S.

ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Turkey began taking delivery of an advanced Russian missile defence system yesterday, a move expected to trigger U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned yesterday amid fresh scrutiny of his handling of the sex abuse case against financier Jeffrey Epstein, becoming President Donald Trump’s latest adviser to leave the administration in controversy.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A senior Pakistani judge was sacked yesterday following a scandal over blackmail claims relating to the jailing of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on corruption charges, the law ministry said.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – City officials warned New Orleans residents yesterday to secure their homes, stock up on supplies and prepare to huddle indoors with Tropical Storm Barry poised to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019.

MADRID/ZURICH (Reuters) – Lab-grown meat, first introduced to the world six years ago in the form of a $280,000 hamburger, could hit supermarket shelves at $10 a patty within two years, European start-ups told Reuters.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned today amid fresh scrutiny of his handling of the sex abuse case against financier Jeffrey Epstein, becoming President Donald Trump’s latest adviser to leave the administration in controversy.