Banking giant drawn into Hong Kong protests
HSBC is being drawn into Hong Kong's turmoil with protesters attacking branches and graffiti daubed on the famous pair of lions guarding its city-centre headquarters.

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Castro ends run for Democratic nomination for presidential race
Former Obama administration housing secretary Julián Castro has ended a run for president which pushed the 2020 field on immigration but never found a foothold to climb from the back of the pack.

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PM heckled out of town as anger builds over fire disaster
The Australian prime minister was heckled out of a fire-ravaged town in New South Wales yesterday as a mass evacuation in the state got under way ahead of worsening conditions.

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Turkey braced with 250,000 more heading for its border
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syria's north-west Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces.

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'Sky went orange and it got very scary' - Irish dad trapped by raging Australian bushfires
An Irishman living in Australia told of his "very intense" experience after being trapped on a beach with his family while the raging bushfires broke out on the east coast.

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Prince Andrew 'pleaded with Maxwell to defend him over Epstein'
Prince Andrew begged Jeffrey Epstein's alleged "madam" to clear his name by publicly defending him but she refused, it has been claimed.

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