Record numbers vote in Hong Kong amid angry calls for democracy
Record numbers of Hong Kong people voted on Sunday in district elections viewed as a barometer of support for city leader Carrie Lam, a turnout apparently triggered by six months of often violent pro-democracy protests.
Security forces kill three in southern Iraq protests overnight: police, medics
Security forces opened fire on protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya late on Saturday, killing at least three people, police and medical sources said.
Hong Kong vote hits record amid calls for democracy
A record number of Hong Kong people voted on Sunday in district elections viewed as a barometer of support for city leader Carrie Lam, who has been besieged by nearly six months of often violent anti-government protests.
More than a million turn out in Hong Kong test of support for China-backed leader
More than a million voters thronged polling stations across Hong Kong on Sunday in district elections viewed as a key barometer of support for city leader Carrie Lam, besieged by nearly six months of often violent pro-democracy protests.
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.
