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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged letters

Masked pro-democracy protesters marched through Hong Kong in defiance of a ban on face coverings as much of the city ground to a halt on Saturday, with the subway suspended and many shops shuttered following another night of violence.Thousands of protesters staged unsanctioned marches and flashmob protests at multiple locations, a day after the city's leader outlawed face coverings at protests, invoking colonial-era emergency powers not used for half a century.

Harbor Freight Tools has issued a recall of pocketknives due to a potential lacerations hazard.

Although the U.S. unemployment is at its lowest rate in decades, U.S. retail and manufacturing sectors are shedding jobs.