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1. #HONG KONG: Protests have successfully forced the delay of a bill that would allow extradition to mainland China, by bringing Hong Kong to a standstill.
2. #STABBING: The man who was fatally stabbed on Dublin’s O’Connell Street yesterday morning has been named as Peter Donnelly, aged 39, from Kilkenny.
3. #TRUST: RTÉ News online and TheJournal.ie are the most popular online news sources in Ireland, according to the Reuters Digital News Report for 2019.
4. #WHITE PAPER: US President Donald Trump inadvertently revealed some details of his immigration deal with Mexico, after waving a white sheet of paper in front of reporters while denying to answer questions about it, reports the BBC.
5. #NCH: Construction has begun on the building frame of the new National Children’s Hospital, as officials are due to appear before the Oireachtas committee later today.
6. #CLIMATE CHANGE: The UK has said it will cut greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero by 2050, under the terms of a new government plan, reports the BBC.
7. #DEEPFAKE: Instagram won’t take down an ultra-realistic video of Facebook’s CEO bragging about controlling billions of people’s “stolen” personal data.
8. #CITYSCAPE: A surge in public sector jobs has meant it has taken a big share of office space in Dublin over the last year.
9. #RESPECT: The writer of the acclaimed drama series ‘Chernobyl’ has criticised inappropriate selfies taken by tourists visiting the nuclear disaster site, reports the Guardian.
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