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Beijing has put US energy products on a list of goods it will hit with a 25% tax (Reuters)

Beijing: 

China's Unipec, the trading arm of state oil major Sinopec, has suspended crude oil imports from the United States due to a growing trade spat between Washington and Beijing, three sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.

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China's top religious authority launched an investigation Thursday after two monks alleged that a prominent Buddhist abbot and Communist Party member coerced several nuns into having sex with him, one of the country's most high-profile #MeToo moments.

The allegations against abbot Xuecheng and the Beijing Longquan Monastery burst into the public

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The SpaceX Dragon is expected to bring along more than 3,800 pounds of cargo.

Washington: 

After delivering more than 5,900 pounds of science and supplies, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth on Friday.

The spacecraft will depart the ISS, along with critical scientific research, at 12.37

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"The possibility of a no-deal is uncomfortably high at this point," Mark Carney said.

London: 

 Bank of England Governor Mark Carney on Friday warned that the possibility of a no-deal Brexit was "uncomfortably high" and "highly undesirable" but still "unlikely".

"The possibility of a no-deal is uncomfortably high at this point," Carney told BBC radio.

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Pervez Musharraf's passport and identity card were cancelled since he failed to return to the country.

Islamabad: 

A special court in Pakistan on Friday scheduled the hearing of a high treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf for August 20.

The case will be heard by a bench headed by Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali.

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Retired academic Sun Wenguang, mid-80s, was speaking live to a TV show for Voice of America (AFP)

Beijing, China: 

A vocal critic of China's government has disappeared without a trace after security forces strong-armed their way into his home in the middle of a phone interview with a US-funded television network.

Retired academic Sun Wenguang, who is

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