Defiant masked protesters rampaged, police fired tear gas, and a teen was wounded by gunfire hours after Hong Kong's embattled leader banned masks at rallies, invoking rarely used emergency powers to quell four months of anti-government demonstrations.

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police shot and wounded a teenage boy on Friday, as violent protests erupted across the Chinese-ruled city hours after its embattled leader Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emergency powers last used more than 50 years ago.

Article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/teenager-shot-as-violence-flares-hours-after-hong-kong-imposes-emergency-powers-idUSKBN1WJ05T
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Harry is to sue the publishers of Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper and the Daily Mirror over allegations of phone-hacking as he and his wife Meghan step up their battle with the tabloid press.

Article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-legal/britains-prince-harry-to-sue-tabloid-press-owners-over-phone-hacking-idUSKBN1WJ25A
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It is the issue that will have to surface eventually. Why are people saying both slab and ring foundations were systematically under-scoped following the earthquakes? JOHN McCRONE investigates.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/115950286/nine-years-on-and-does-christchurch-have-a-still-unfolding-house-foundation-problem
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ey appointments reaffirm commitment to delivery and growth in the region August 30, 019 – CANBERRA, Australia – Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) announced today that, effective 1 September, Joe North has been appointed Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand, with Scott Thompson assuming the newly created position of Deputy Country Executive, Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand.

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A fast-moving cold blast has hit New Zealand on Saturday, leaving behind "winter-like temperatures" in the South Island as it moves up the country.

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Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam has used a colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks after months of angry protests.

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