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World News Hits on Thursday


Thu 15 Aug 2019 | 09:41 AM
Ahmed Moamar

“See news” website presents Thursday`s dominating headlines of the world news.

Trump suggests 'personal meeting' with China's Xi on Hong Kong protests

President Trump in a tweet Wednesday evening suggested a “personal meeting” with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid tensions in Hong Kong and fears that an escalating trade war could trigger a global recession. (Fox News)

FBI 'indifferent' to possible China hack of Hillary Clinton's server, as State Department fought to protect her

Interviews with intelligence community officials have revealed that senior FBI leaders "seemed indifferent to evidence of a possible intrusion by a foreign adversary" into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s non-government email server, and that State Department officials allegedly sought to "downgrade classified material found on the server," according to Senate investigators still probing the matter ( Fox News)

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/08/14/russian-village-cancels-evacuation-despite-radiation-spike-a66846

Several Philadelphia police officers shot

The suspect has been taken into police custody after an hourslong standoff with the police in Philadelphia.

Before he surrendered and came out, police surrounded the row house and cordoned off the nearby streets. (CNN)

https://see.news/ahead-of-trumps-european-tour-trump-threats-to-withdraw-troops-from-germany/

Emperor Naruhito follows father's lead in expressing 'deep remorse' over WWII at memorial service

Emperor Naruhito followed in his father’s footsteps in expressing “deep remorse” over the war Japan waged in the 1930s and ’40s in his first speech at the annual ceremony commemorating the nation’s 3.1 million war dead, at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Thursday. ( The Japan Times)

Kashmir: Imran Khan says Pakistan will 'teach India a lesson'

Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has threatened to “teach Delhi a lesson” and vowed to fight until the end against any Indian violations in disputed Kashmir.(The Guardian)

Dow plunges 800 points and Asian stocks fall as recession fears grow

Signs of a global economic slowdown roiled the markets on Wednesday as shares ped and investors fled to bonds with such intensity that short-term yields rose above longer-term ones for the first time since the crisis of a decade ago – an inversion many market-watchers saw as a strong signal of an approaching recession. ( The Guardian)

Moscow Passenger Plane Catches Fire, Crash-Lands in Cornfield

A Russian passenger plane performed an emergency landing near Moscow shortly after takeoff on Thursday after birds were sucked into its engines, causing it to catch fire, the airline and state media reported.

Russian Village Cancels Evacuation Despite Radiation Spike

Locals from the closed military settlement at Nyonoksa on the White Sea coast were earlier this week told that they would have to leave the area on Wednesday morning.

Russian military authorities explained to locals that the evacuation was planned in advance and had nothing to do with last week’s missile explosion, the local 29.ru news website reported. According to the plans, trains would collect the locals and evacuate them from the area. (The Moscow Times)