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Clashes after peaceful crowd takes Hong Kong message to US consulate

Many of those marching waved American flags
Pro-democracy activists jammed Hong Kong streets in a march to the United States consulate on Sunday in a bid to ramp up international pressure on Beijing, but hardcore protesters later clashed with riot police across the city's core.Millions have demonstrated over the last 14 weeks in the biggest challenge to China's rule since the city's handover from Britain in 1997.The protests were lit by a now-scrapped plan to allow extraditions to the authoritarian mainland, seen by opponents as the latest move by China to chip away at the international finance hub's unique freedoms.
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A police convoy escorts two buses with tinted windows from the high-security prison of Lefortovo in Moscow as a long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev gets underway

Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners in landmark 'first step' to ease tensions

Russia and Ukraine made a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners on Saturday, a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of tensions and conflict.Two planes carrying 35 prisoners from each side landed simultaneously in Moscow and Kiev, where the passengers emerged under sunny skies."We have taken the first step," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the tarmac after greeting and hugging former detainees. "We have to take all the steps to finish this horrible war."
Pakistan has denied India's president the right to fly through its airspace in a new escalation of tensions; India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) is pictured welcoming India's President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi on August 21, 2019

Pakistan denies use of airspace to Indian president

Pakistan has denied India's president the right to fly through its airspace in a new escalation of tensions; India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) is pictured welcoming India's President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi on August 21, 2019

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