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HONG KONG — Hong Kongers on Sunday delivered another apparent snub to China’s “patriots only” overhaul of the city’s electoral system, as local polls that barred the opposition from standing drew the lowest turnout in decades. Fewer than 1.2 million Hong Kongers – just 27.5% of those eligible – voted …

06:29 AM, December 11, 2023 California organizers defend pro-Palestinian ‘Teach-In’ from criticism it’s ‘anti-Israel propaganda’ Teachers in Oakland, California, held a pro-Palestinian “teach in,” on Wednesday, which asked elementary school-age children to draw what they think a Zionist leader looks like and define a massacre. Oakland Unified School District’s superintendent, Kyla Johnson-Trammell, issued …

A US F-16 fighter jet crashed today in the West Sea in South Korea, while its pilot was able to eject from the aircraft before it fell.The fighter jet crashed when it fell into the water, after taking off from an air base in Gunsan, 178 km south of the …

WELLINGTON — When New Zealand’s new government announced it was scrapping the country’s world-leading tobacco laws, it came as a particularly hard blow to Māori people. With the Indigenous community having the highest smoking rates, its leaders had fought for reforms for years. The country’s model was the first to …

The COP28 climate summit in Dubai entered its final two days as Sultan Al Jaberthe Emirati oil executive who’s presiding over this year’s talks, sought to produce a text that would include a commitment to reduce the world’s consumption of oil and gas for the first time. Early on Monday, …

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – DECEMBER 09: (EDITOR’S NOTE: The photo depicts death): Relatives and friends of Muhammad Abdullah Hasaballah, a 22-year-old man killed by air strikes in Khan Yunis, react as they attend the funeral of his body on December 09, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry …

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s new far-right president has vowed to deliver economic “shock treatment” in his first speech after formally taking office. Javier Milei warned Argentines “there is no money” and recommitted to a program of harsh austerity measures. The populist outsider won a surprise election victory in November with …

SEOUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) – A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in South Korea on Monday while on a routine training flight and the pilot was rescued after ejecting when the aircraft experienced an “in-flight emergency,” the U.S. Air Force unit stationed in the country said. The pilot was rescued …

Lawyers and supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) gather near the Jatiya Press Club on the occasion of International Human Rights Day yesterday, to demand the release of BNP activists in police custody after they were arrested as part of the nationwide crackdown in Dhaka. Five members of Bangladesh’s main …

DUBAI —As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN’s agriculture wing launched on Sunday a ground-breaking plan that looks to transform the world’s agrifood systems from a net emitter to a carbon sink by 2050. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified 10 priority …