Flying 6000 miles to vote: Hong Kong sees record turnout for key election
Voters flew in from around the world, lined up until the early hours and turned out in record numbers to elect the city's parliament Sunday. The poll for the Legislative Council is the first major election since hundreds of thousands took to the streets for the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement that shut down parts of the city -- a special administrative region of China. "It shows that there is a major change in the mentality of Hong Kong people," says Chinese University of Hong Kong professo..>> view originalBrexit Bulletin: Theresa May Plays Her Own Tune
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Several people were injured and others were feared trapped after a structure collapsed in north Tel Aviv on Monday, officials said. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said emergency units were on the scene of the collapse in the Ramat Hachayal neighborhood and urged locals to avoid the area. It was not immediately clear what sort of structure was involved in the incident. Moshe Levi, a United Hatzala rescue worker, said he found "a lot of wounded people" when he arrived at the scene. "Th..>> view originalGerman local elections portend troubles for Merkel
The Sunday contest was viewed by many as a referendum on Chancellor Angela Merkel's immigration policy, and her party suffered a significant defeat on Merkel's home turf.Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD, defeated the Christian Democratic Union -- Merkel's party -- in local elections in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern this weekend, coming in second behind the Social Democratic Party, according to exit polls.Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is Merkel's home state.Experts say the results don't mean th..>> view originalKolkata Testifies to the Grace of Mother Teresa, Its New Saint
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The missiles were fired from areas around Hwangju county, in North Hwanghae province, towards the Sea of Japan, South Korea's military said in a statement. Officials said the launch was believed to be of mid-range Rodong missiles, and flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) "without giving any prior navigational warning." That missile entered Japan's air defense identification zone, the first time that has happened. Monday's launch also fired missiles into the Japanese defense zone, again witho..>> view originalChina Agrees on Steps Toward Reducing Steel Exports
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BEIRUT Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media and a monitor said.It was not immediately clear if there was any link between the blasts reported along a road outside Damascus, in the state-held cities of Homs and Tartous - which hosts a Russian military base - and in northeastern city of Hasaka, which is controlled by Kurdish YPG fighters.No group claimed responsibility for the attacks ..>> view originalASEAN Summit May Bow to Chinese Pressure on South China Sea
VIENTIANE, Laos — Southeast Asian leaders are likely to avoid any official mention at a summit this week of an arbitration ruling that shot down China's expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea, according to a draft of their final declaration, in a victory for Beijing's diplomatic clout.But the draft also expresses strongly stated concern about Beijing's construction of man-made islands in the South China Sea, which Southeast Asian countries fear could destabilize the region.The d..>> view original
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