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(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong activists set fire to rail-station entrances and banks, and vandalized stores after an unauthorized march ended, forcing police to use water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters. Tens of thousands of people earlier marched from Tsim Sha Tsui to West Kowloon despite a police ban on the event because of…

Two days after Mexican authorities spectacularly failed to keep Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s third son in custody, eight people are dead and nearly 50 dangerous prisoners who escaped from prison remain at large. On Thursday, 35 elite Mexican military troops descended on a home in the the city of Culiacán to carry out a U.S.…

New York (AFP) – A New York court found the brother of the president of Honduras guilty of drug trafficking Friday, in a blow to the leader of the Central American country. Juan Antonio Hernandez, known as Tony Hernandez, was convicted by a jury on all four counts, a spokesperson in the Manhattan prosecutor’s office…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Opposition groups called Saturday for more protests to demand that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández be removed from office after his younger brother was convicted of drug trafficking in a New York court. Thousands of Hondurans protested into the early hours of the morning after Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández was convicted…

More than 300 Indian nationals who paid tens of thousands of dollars each trying to get into the United States arrived in New Delhi Friday after an “unprecedented” mass deportation by Mexico. The move, which saw those deported flown back to the capital on a charter flight, follows a deal on illegal migration struck between…

After Hillary Clinton suggested that the Russian government was “grooming” her for a third-party run in the 2020 presidential elections, Hawaii representative and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard returned fire Friday afternoon, challenging the 2016 Democratic nominee to join her in the 2020 primaries. Click Here: Spain Football Shop In a fiery response to Clinton’s…

CNN host Van Jones criticized Hillary Clinton for her recent remarks suggesting Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) was “a favorite of the Russians” in the 2020 presidential race. “She’s playing a very dangerous game,” Jones said during a segment on “Erin Burnett Out Front” on Friday. “Hillary Clinton, if you’re concerned about disinformation ― what the Russians do, is they spread disinformation and get…

Welcome to 2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race. Reminder: There are 108 days until the Iowa caucuses and 382 days until the 2020 presidential election. [Who’s running for president? Click here for Yahoo News’ 2020 tracker] 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said this week that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, is…

As if disarming a gunman in the presence of high school students wasn’t a laudable feat enough, the manner in which ex-Oregon wide receiver Keanon Lowe did so back on May 17 is truly astonishing. Through a public records request, KOIN 6 News obtained video surveillance footage of the college football star-turned high school coach leading the…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez officially announced her backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders for president on Saturday, calling him an inspiration for her own grassroots campaign. Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., lauded as a superstar among progressives, received a raucous reception from the crowd at Queensbridge Park, in Queens, N.Y., as she outlined her working-class upbringing and the effect of…