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Hong Kong reduces Covid quarantine for arrivals

Hong Kong will cut mandatory hotel quarantine for international arrivals from one week to three days from Friday, Chief Executive John Lee announced in an easing of Covid restrictions that have severely curbed travel.. Lee, Hong Kong's ex-security chief turned city leader, announced Monday that the quarantine period for arrivals would be shortened to three days' hotel quarantine plus four days of health monitoring at home or a hotel of their choice.

Mon, Aug 8, 2022 1 mins read
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How a Czech football hooligan became a UFC champion, via Japan

Jiri Prochazka was a football hooligan in his native Czech Republic until martial arts and an ancient Japanese text inspired him to turn from street fighting to cage fighting -- and become a UFC world champion.. As a teenager he fell in with the local Ultras -- football hooligan gangs -- supporting FC Zbrojovka Brno and fought in more than 100 street battles with rival fans.

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 3 mins read
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Chad peace talks accord to be signed without key rebel group

Chad's military leader will sign a deal on Monday with more than 40 opposition groups to launch national peace talks, but the central African country's main rebel outfit has refused to take part.. "Getting this many groups to sign the accord is a good launchpad for the national dialogue, but it will struggle without outfits such as FACT," said the head of one political group that has agreed to sign on Monday.

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 2 mins read
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London police strip-searched hundreds of kids: new data

London's under-fire police force strip-searched more than 600 children over a two-year period, most of them black boys, according to new data released Monday.. The 15-year-old black schoolgirl was strip-searched by female officers in 2020 after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis, despite them being aware she was menstruating.

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 1 mins read
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Gustavo Petro sworn in as Colombia's first leftist president

Gustavo Petro on Sunday took the oath of office as Colombia's first-ever leftist president, before a crowd of hundreds of thousands at his inauguration in Bogota.. "I swear to God and promise the people that I will faithfully enforce the constitution and the laws of Colombia," said Petro in his oath of office.

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 2 mins read
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Mexican president heads to mine disaster zone

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he would visit a disaster-hit coal mining region on Sunday to see firsthand a major operation to try to rescue 10 workers.. I'm going to the situation," Lopez Obrador told reporters during a trip to the western state of Colima.

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 2 mins read
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Mexico president says to visit mine disaster zone

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday that he would visit the coal mining area where rescuers are battling to save 10 workers who have been trapped for four days.. Lopez Obrador had earlier declared Saturday "a decisive day" for the operation in Agujita in the municipality of Sabinas.

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 1 mins read
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More Ukraine grain sets sail as new strike hits nuclear site

Four more ships loaded with grain set off from Ukrainian ports on Sunday, as Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for a new strike at a Russian-occupied nuclear plant. . Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations Sunday over who bombed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site in southern Ukraine.

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 3 mins read
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Iran says UN nuclear watchdog should resolve outstanding issues

Iran on Sunday demanded that the UN nuclear watchdog "completely" resolve outstanding issues related to questions over nuclear material at undeclared sites, amid resumed talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal. . The 2015 deal gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme to guarantee that Tehran could not develop a nuclear weapon -- something it has always denied wanting to do.

Sun, Aug 7, 2022 1 mins read
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