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Hong Kong election turnout in focus amid anger over deadly fire

Hong Kong election turnout in focus amid anger over deadly fire

Hong Kong’s citizens were voting on Sunday in an election where the focus is on turnout, with residents grieving and traumatised after the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 years and the authorities scrambling to avoid a broader public backlash. Security was tight in the northern district

Netanyahu says he will not quit politics if he receives a pardon

Netanyahu says he will not quit politics if he receives a pardon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would not retire from politics if he receives a pardon from the country’s president in his years-long corruption trial. Asked by a reporter if planned on retiring from political life if he receives a pardon, Netanyahu replied:

Nigeria seeks French help to combat insecurity, Macron says

Nigeria seeks French help to combat insecurity, Macron says

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has sought more help from France to fight widespread violence in the north of the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, weeks after the United States threatened to intervene to protect Nigeria's Christians. Nigeria, Africa's most populous country,

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