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The US Army is now starting a security assessment of TikTok, one of the world's most famous apps. The app is owned by a Chinese company and a Democratic lawmaker has raised concerns regarding China's lax privacy laws. The company that owns the app has said that it does not share US user data with the Chinese government, but not everyone is convinced.

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At least eight more protesters have surrendered to the police outside Polytech University as the standoff between the police and protesters slowly comes to an end. Some students are still looking for escape routes out of the university to avoid being arrested or facing charges. The police have not set a deadline for when the siege will end.

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Haitao Xiang, a Chinese national who used to work for Monsanto, has been accused of stealing trade secrets for China by the US Justice Department. The incident serves as proof that China has been asking its citizens to steal intellectual property from their American employers. Xiang has plead not guilty.

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Pope Francis, on the last day of his trip to Thailand, said that the Thai people should not see Christianity as a foreign religion. Although Christians comprise less than 1 percent of the total population and are largely treated well in modern times, this was not always the case. Catholics were heavily persecuted in Thailand during World War 2.

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Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first sitting Israeli Prime Minister to be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different cases. Israel’s attorney general alleges Netanyahu of accepting worthy gifts of more than $260,000 in exchange for political favors. He also intervened with Israeli regulators and lawmakers on behalf of two media companies to get positive media coverage. Netanyahu denied all charges and termed this as “Witch Hunt”

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Donkey Sanctuary, a donkey welfare advocacy organization, reported that donkey populations all over the world were threatened by the demand for donkey hides in traditional Chinese medicine 'ejiao'. The report states the world could lose 50 percent of its donkey population in less than 5 years, and advocates for sustainable ingredients to be used in ejiao, calling out gross mistreatment of donkeys bred for use in ejiao.

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Days after Iran's National Security Council ordered a complete shutdown of internet services to reduce the impacts of planned mass protests over gasoline price hikes, the country's internet services are gradually being restored, with the Revolutionary Guard reporting that peace has been established, and Amnesty international claiming over 100 protesters killed in the ensuing police action. The Iranian government has rejected the estimate.

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An Aidwatch study from the European NGO group Concord found that 90 percent of the EU's aid, the world's single largest aid donor group, may never arrive at target countries. This is ascribed to 'inflated aid', which is aid tied to institutions in the donor country rather than to institutions in the developing country. Aidwatch also notes most EU countries' failure to contribute the agreed 0.7 percent of GDP.

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After Trump announced that the US no longer considers Israel's settlements in the West Bank in violation of international law, several international bodies including the UN expressed their opposition to the decision. The US government has defended its decision and has said that they are still interested in establishing peace in the region.

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The Dutch government has stopped giving aid directly to the Palestinian government as the government used the money to pay salaries to the families of Palestinian 'terrorists' who have been jailed in Israel. The aid was initially given so the government could pay the salaries of justice employees. Now the Dutch government will just give aid to NGOs instead.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said that he is not aware of any plans to remove 4,000 US troops from South Korea and that all the rumors that have been floating online are either incorrect or exaggerated. He went on to say that South Korea is an ally and the US would not threaten an ally over the failure of cost-sharing talks.

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The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, has announced that he will be stepping back from royal duties for the foreseeable future. This decision is coming as a result of his controversial interview about his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffry Epstein. The Prince has also been accused of sexual misconduct although nothing has been proven so far.

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Google has announced that advertisers who are running political ads will no longer be able to target their ads to people based on their political leanings or voter record. Previously advertisers were able to target their ads based on data that Google collected via user activity. This led to a large amount of controversy during the 2016 election.

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The resource-rich islands in the East of Papa New Guinea are soon going to vote in order to decide whether or not the islands should become independent. There are currently 200,000 voters on the Bougainville islands and they will all cast their ballots on 23rd November. The referendum is coming as a result of a brutal civil war that ravaged the area for an entire decade.

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One of the most explosive public impeachment hearings held on Wednesday when President Donald Trump’s top Europe envoy Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators that there was a quid pro quo in Ukraine dealings. Democrats seized the opportunity to make the case that Trump abused his power by conditioning official acts to benefit his re-election campaign.

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Fritz von Weizsacker, son of former German president Richard von Weizsacker, an outstanding doctor and head of a clinic in Berlin was stabbed to death while delivering a medical lecture on liver fat at Schlosspark clinic. The attacker seated in the audience in the first row, jumped up in the middle of the lecture and stabbed von Weizsacker repeatedly. The attacker was tackled by 20 people and was stopped from fleeing.

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Greece's new conservative government has announced plans for relocating more than 27,000 migrants residing in heavily crowded refugee camps on the islands of Lesbos, Chios, and Samos. The refugees will be relocated to closed centers where they will undergo checks for identification, relocation, and deportation. These places have been likened by campaigners to detention centers since refugees will not be allowed to move freely until their status confirmation.

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The Oxford Union, a debating society independent from the university, recently faced severe criticism for forcible removal of blind international relations scholar Ebenezer Azamati from a debating event, under the president's direction who believed him to be acting violently. Consequently, Brendan McGrath, the president of the Oxford Union resigned and issued an unreserved apology to Azamati.

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The wave of mass protests and civil unrest that has gripped the rest of South America has now come to Colombia, which has been relatively stable compared to its neighbors. The government of Ivan Duque has steadily declined in popularity since his election last year, and tens of thousands are expected to join the call for protests against his government.

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FBI investigators who were looking into Epstein's death are also looking into the possibility that 'criminal enterprise' could be involved in the death. The coroner ruled the death a "suicide" although two prison guards who were supposed to be guarding him have admitted to falsifying records to cover up their absence from the scene.

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During the last ITV leaders' debate, the Conservative party renamed its Twitter account to 'factcheckUK' and tweeted Conservative party talking points to its 75,000 followers. The party has come under fire from the company, as Twitter has warned them that it will take 'decisive corrective action' if the incident is repeated, stating that such a re-branding was a deliberate attempt to spread misinformation by making the Conservative party Twitter appear as an independent fact-checker.

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The US Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would protect human rights in Hong Kong, to support the protesters. The bill has attracted large amounts of criticism from the Chinese government and would place sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for human rights violations within the city. They have recently passed another bill that would limit the export of crowd control munitions to the Hong Kong police force.

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Yorgen Fenech, prominent Maltese businessman, was arrested by police. He has been cited as a person of interest in the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2007. Before her death, Galizia was investigating a data leak from Fenech's business. Since then, a collective of journalists continued her investigations and revealed Fenech's involvement in a shell company making payments to Panama, with government links.

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Around 1000 students at Polytech University have been arrested by the police as the campus is still under siege. Around 100 students were stuck on campus as some tried to escape via the sewers. It is still unknown how many managed the escape but firemen have now blocked off the route due to a large number of snakes in the sewers.

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Simon Cheng, a former worker of the UK's consulate has said that he was tortured in China and was accused of creating unrest in Hong Kong. He was detained for 15 days and kept hooded and handcuffed for almost the entire duration. The British government has said that his claims are credible and have asked the Chinese government to hold the perpetrators responsible.

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