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The Irish in charge of Hong Kong
Nine of Hong Kong's 28 governors were Irish, including the first of them, Belfast's Henry Pottinger (pictured). These days, his name is remembered on a street known for some of Hong Kong's finest eateries, but the Pottinger was a bull-headed warrior who pretty much ordered the British Crown to take on a permanent presence in Hong Kong.
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Elon Musk's car company Tesla is among five of the world's tech giants accused of aiding child labour in Africa.

A legal complaint on behalf of 14 families from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was filed on Sunday by International Rights Advocates - a US-based human rights non-profit group.

It accuses the firms - which also include Apple Inc,

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An anti-racism campaign has sparked criticism by depicting different races of humans as monkeys.

Serie A, Italy's top football division, commissioned Simone Fugazzotto, who is known for painting monkeys, to create artworks to tackle prejudice in the game.

Football in Italy has suffered regular racist incidents on and off the pitch, including last

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Second World War allies and their former enemy, Germany, have marked the 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's last major offensive - the Battle of the Bulge.

At a ceremony at the Mardasson memorial in Bastogne, Belgium, US defence secretary Mark Esper paid tribute to the 19,000 American troops who died.

More than 10,000 German soldiers were killed.

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A "miracle berry" that can alter taste buds and a new snowdrop found through a Facebook post are among the plant and fungi species discovered this year.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is highlighting its weird and wonderful discoveries from 2019.

Dr Martin Cheek, a botanist and scientist at Kew, says the discoveries could "help us tackle some of

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By Zein Ja'far, Middle East editor, in Beirut

Lebanon's government was once again forced to delay the nomination of the prime minister on Monday, after the country was rocked by some of the worst violence since protests began.

In Beirut, violent clashes saw riot police fire tear gas and water cannon against the thousands of demonstrators who had

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