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‘Regulations Kill’ the Vibe for Hong Kong’s Indie Music Scene

Policy experts say that Mr. Hui’s troubles at Hidden Agenda, the beating heart of Hong Kong’s “live house” indie music scene, illustrate how zoning and performance rules in this city of 7.4 million are so restrictive that they impede artistic expression and cultural development. Photo Hui Chung-wo, the owner of …

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Trump says discussed forming cyber security unit with Putin

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. Trump said he had raised allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “I strongly pressed President Putin twice about …

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French deficit pledge will help euro zone budget discussions, ECB’s Coeure says

Axel Schmidt | Getty Image French President Emmanuel Macron at a press conference at the Chancellery on May 15, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The French government has committed to stick to plans to cut the deficit to 3 percent of economic output this year despite overspending this year by its …

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UK-US trade deal wouldn’t be enough to make up for leaving the EU

Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty Images A Union flag flies near the Elizabeth Tower, commonly referred to as Big Ben, at the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 29, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday met with British Prime Minister Theresa May and said he hoped …

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What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Defiant Ones’ and ‘Amelia Earhart’

Photo Dr. Dre in “The Defiant Ones.” Credit G L Askew II, via HBO Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine get the star treatment from HBO, while Alec Baldwin gets his own from Spike. And a recently discovered photograph may solve the mystery of what happened to the aviator Amelia Earhart …

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At G-20 summit, Trump promises $639 mln in food, humanitarian aid

Getty Images President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump (not pictured) arrive at Hamburg Airport for the Hamburg G20 economic summit on July 6, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. “We’re facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War Two,” said Beasley, a Republican and former South Carolina governor who was …

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Hamburg police fear further violence on final day of G-20 summit

Leon Neal | Getty Images A woman gestures during the ‘Welcome to Hell’ anti-G20 protest march on July 6, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. In the last three days, more than 200 police officers have been injured. Some 143 people have been arrested and 122 taken into custody. The number of …

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Putin plane makes detour avoiding Poland, Baltics on way to G-20

Mikhail Klimentyev | Kremlin | Sputnik | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a live nationwide broadcasted call-in in Moscow, Russia, June 15, 2017. Russian television later showed Putin emerging from a plane with same registration in Hamburg as he arrived for the summit, where he had his first meeting …

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Some ‘Game of Thrones’ Deaths Are Tragic. Others, Not So Much.

Catelyn Stark (Michelle Fairley) Season 3 The Red Wedding — a betrayal where you would least expect one — was painful to watch. The celebration was actually a trap meant to lure the Starks and their bannermen into an enclosed space without their weapons, where they would be caught off …

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