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HONG KONG (Xinhua) — The Hong Kong police said on Monday that a total of 157 people had been arrested for violent acts in different parts of Hong Kong from Friday to early Monday.

BANGKOK — Thais across the country wed, pray, and look for lotto number inspiration on what is considered as the luckiest day of the year.

NEW YORK (AP) — A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests the lake’s fabled monster might be a giant eel.

BEIJING (Xinhua) — The following are the highlights of China's key technology news from the past week:

ABOARD THE OCEAN VIKING (AP) — A charity ship run by humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean spent a rainy Sunday searching open waters for a fragile rubber boat overloaded with migrants before finally plucking 50 people to safety not far off Libya’s coast.

SHANGHAI (Xinhua) — A "matchmaking day" was held in eastern China's Shanghai Saturday to encourage more young people to engage in social networking and match-making.

HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong urged President Donald Trump to “liberate” the semiautonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the U.S. Consulate on Sunday, but violence broke out later in the business and retail district as police fired tear gas after protesters vandalized subway stations, set fires and blocked traffic.

HONG KONG (Xinhua) — Some radical demonstrators set fires on roads and at least one exit of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) in the central areas of Hong Kong Sunday afternoon, as prolonged protests continued to disrupt traffic and cause chaos here for the third month.

BANGKOK — A court has found a group of Redshirt protesters innocent of multiple charges related to a grenade attack on a former protest...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded...