Hong Kong airport suspends flight check-ins

Hong Kong: Flight check-in services have been suspended at Hong Kong's international airport, the airport authority said on Tuesday, citing disruptions caused by anti-government protests. Increasingly violent protests have plunged the Asian financial hub into its most serious political crisis in decades, posing a challenge to the central government in Beijing. Protesters stage a sit-in rally at the arrival hall […]

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National Grid had THREE ‘near-misses’ in the run-up to blackout

National Grid had THREE ‘near-misses’ in the run-up to blackout that caused rush-hour chaos in Britain National Grid is being investigated by the energy watchdog after blackouts The operator blamed last week’s ‘incredibly rare’ outage on offline generators Ofgem will look at the National Grid’s handling of the energy system afterwards  Britain had three blackout ‘near-misses’ in the three months […]

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Theresa May snubbed plea to join US-led naval mission to protect ships in the Gulf as Boris Johnson signs up to mission – The Sun

THERESA May refused to join a US-led naval mission to protect ships in the Gulf, Donald Trump’s most senior aide has revealed. America’s National Security Advisor John Bolton said the former PM turned down Washington DC’s requests for help as a major row with Iran erupted. But new premier Boris Johnson ripped up her policy and signed up to the […]

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Sorry, but it’s not racist to screen out migrants who’ll be a burden

Last week’s mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, has sent public discourse about immigration off the rails. It has allowed radicals to frame as racist normal law-enforcement activities and immigration rules. We saw this in New York recently, with anti-ICE protesters stopping traffic on the West Side Highway and holding sit-ins at an Amazon store to protest the company’s compliance […]

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Grouse shooting at Balmoral is cancelled after decline in bird numbers

Grouse shooting at Balmoral is cancelled after decline in bird numbers at the Queen’s Scottish estate Grouse shooting is cancelled on the Queen’s 50,000-acre Scottish estate The grouse hunting season started yesterday on August the ‘Glorious 12th’ But heavy snowfall at the end of last year has reduced game bird breeding  Shooting grouse is relished by the Royal Family on their […]

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Mudslide swamps Washington neighborhood, destroys 3 homes

Fox News Flash top headlines for August 12 Fox News Flash top headlines for August 12 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A heavy thunderstorm Saturday in central Washington state spawned flash floods and a mudslide in one community that left several homes uninhabitable. The Chelan County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that dispatchers received a call shortly after […]

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