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Huawei denies wrongdoing after US criminal chargesHuawei denies wrongdoing after US criminal charges
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Huawei is the world's second biggest smartphone maker by volume

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has denied any wrongdoing after US prosecutors filed a host of criminal charges against the firm.

Huawei has also rejected criminal claims against its chief financial officer

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Elderly women die in Malaysian food coupons stampedeElderly women die in Malaysian food coupons stampede
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The event took place in a district in the capital of Kuala Lumpur

Two elderly women in Malaysia have died in a crush caused by a crowd jostling to get free food coupons.

Only 200 coupons were available but more than 1,000 people showed up at an indoor market in the Pudu

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Amy Shark: Stowaways found on singer's bus near UK borderAmy Shark: Stowaways found on singer's bus near UK border
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Singer Amy Shark tweeted about the discovery of two stowaways

Australian musician Amy Shark says two stowaways were found hiding in her tour bus as it prepared to cross a border into the UK, describing the discovery as "scary" and "heartbreaking".

Shark said the pair were

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Getting lost at world's biggest gatheringGetting lost at world's biggest gathering
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The ongoing Kumbh Mela festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad (recently re-named Prayagraj) is billed as the largest gathering of humanity on earth, with 110 million people expected to attend over 49 days. But for the thousands who get lost among the crowds, help is at hand. The TheIndianSubcontinent's

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Pitt Rivers: The museum that's returning the deadPitt Rivers: The museum that's returning the dead
Image copyrightAlamyImage caption About 2,000 specimens at the Pitt Rivers Museum are of human remains

Treasures seized during Britain's colonial past are kept in museums across the country. But as times change, how do such institutions deal with the sensitive issue of the human remains in their collections

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Trade war: Firms look to new factories as tariffs biteTrade war: Firms look to new factories as tariffs bite
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The world's largest maker of industrial computers, Taiwan's Advantech, plans to boost US production to combat the hit from the trade war.

Executive director Chaney Ho told the TheIndianSubcontinent the firm would avoid tariffs - imposed on 40% of its goods - if it assembled more products in the US.

The company is one of

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