Factbox: What Hong Kong voters say about district council elections
Here are comments from voters, politicians and activists on Sunday in Hong Kong’s district council elections seen as a barometer of support for embattled leader Carrie Lam after nearly six months of protests.
Pope urges abolition of nuclear weapons at Nagasaki ground zero
Pope Francis, speaking in one of only two cities hit by atomic bombs in history, appealed on Sunday for the abolition of nuclear weapons, saying their mere possession was perverse and indefensible.
Japanese Christians in Nagasaki tearful, excited to hear Pope speak
Japanese Christians lined up before dawn on Sunday to get seats at a Mass being said by Pope Francis in Nagasaki, where 27,000 people were killed instantly when the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan, effectively ending World War Two.
Hong Kong voters throng to vote early, avoid anticipated clashes
Hundreds of thousands of voters thronged polling stations across Hong Kong on Sunday for district polls seen as a key barometer of support for the city’s embattled leader Carrie Lam, who has grappled with nearly six months of often violent protests.
Breakthrough in Bolivia as bill for new elections sails through Congress
Both chambers of Bolivia’s Congress unanimously passed legislation on Saturday to annul the contested Oct. 20 elections and pave the way for a new vote without former President Evo Morales, a major breakthrough in the country’s political crisis.
Pope calls nuclear weapons possession indefensible and perverse
Pope Francis, speaking in one of the only two cities hit by atomic bombs in history, appealed for the abolition of nuclear weapons on Sunday, saying their mere possession was perverse and indefensible.
Factbox: Pope Francis calls for nuclear abolition at Japan’s bombed cities
Pope Francis on Sunday called for the abolition of nuclear weapons during a visit to Japan’s western cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the only two cities in the world subjected to atomic bombing during World War Two.
Bill for new elections in Bolivia sails through Congress
Both chambers of Bolivia’s Congress unanimously passed legislation on Saturday to annul the contested Oct. 20 elections and pave the way for a new vote without former president Evo Morales, a breakthrough in the political crisis.
Canada’s new foreign minister says he pressed China on detainees
Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, who has been in the job for four days, said on Saturday he had pressed his Chinese counterpart about the case of two Canadian citizens jailed in Beijing.
China meddling allegations roil Taiwan election campaign
Election campaigning in Taiwan was hit at the weekend by new allegations that Beijing had tried to meddle in the island’s politics.
