Number of registered electors in Hong Kong drops for fifth year to 4.12 million
Despite overall decline, new voter registration surged 78 per cent year on year to 64,900 this year, the highest number since 2021
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Number of registered electors in Hong Kong drops for fifth year to 4.12 million
Despite overall decline, new voter registration surged 78 per cent year on year to 64,900 this year, the highest number since 2021
· Jess Ma
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Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has held talks with newly appointed UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in London.
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Spain says integrity of Schengen area 'absolutely guaranteed'
More than 48,000 migrants have now returned to Morocco from Spain's Ceuta as the Spanish government assures that the integrity of the Schengen area is 'absolutely guaranteed'.
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Congestion fees in Tel Aviv to be implemented in 2028 despite Transportation Minister opposition
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Manchester City will step into a new era when they start the Premier League season without the guidance of transformative manager Pep Guardiola.
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A group of men in their seventies stand in a war scene and hold each other up. A woman without a home throws her body against the floor, again and again, because the floor is the only home she has. Two heads of the empire lean into each other with something close to pleasure. Above all of it moves a figure the creat…
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Michigan hospital pays $410K to settle lawsuit by physician assistant fired over transgender policy
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India’s Modi wants to forgive CJP protesters who hurled ‘vile abuse’ at him
The prime minister calls the insults directed at him and his late mother ‘mistakes made in youth’ that require guidance, not legal action
· Agence France-Presse
India’s Modi wants to forgive CJP protesters who hurled ‘vile abuse’ at him
The prime minister calls the insults directed at him and his late mother ‘mistakes made in youth’ that require guidance, not legal action
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WA government prepared as bird flu cases rise nationwide
The state government says evidence of local transmission of H5 bird flu in South Australia is “concerning, but not unexpected” after a further 20 cases of the disease were recorded nationwide
· Michael Philipps
Labor MP urges party to back greyhound racing ban
A Queensland Labor MP has called on her party to take a greyhound racing ban to the next election, arguing a controversial new track in her electorate could be converted to an athletics facility in the lead-up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
· Cameron Atfield
India and China revive Himalayan trade at high-altitude pass
Six years after Nathu La’s closure and the deadly Galwan border clashes, its reopening throws local traders a lifeline
· Junaid Kathju
India and China revive Himalayan trade at high-altitude pass
Six years after Nathu La’s closure and the deadly Galwan border clashes, its reopening throws local traders a lifeline
· Junaid Kathju
US subs will be ‘enduring’ in Australia, Pentagon says after Conroy confusion
Washington: Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy’s clarification on the future of American submarines at HMAS Stirling has satisfied the Pentagon, which says their presence in Western Australia will be “enduring”.
· Michael Koziol
Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham creates a new power hub in Manchester
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· Jill Lawless
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· Thomas Gamba-Ellis
Labour holds Greater Manchester mayoralty after counting goes to second round
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· Isabel Loubser
Trump has been losing his battle to cut interest rates
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· Josh Boak
Taiwan’s political parties deadlocked over efforts to boost military drone capacity
Disagreements over funding and oversight threaten to undermine measures to improve the military’s capacity to wage unmanned warfare
· Lawrence Chung
Taiwan’s political parties deadlocked over efforts to boost military drone capacity
Disagreements over funding and oversight threaten to undermine measures to improve the military’s capacity to wage unmanned warfare
· Lawrence Chung
Chaos Agent: Anthony Fauci Represents A System That Needs To Be Cleansed
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us
· Tyler Durden
A breathalyser pregnancy test: How AI is sniffing out the next farming revolution
An electronic nose, powered by artificial intelligence, is helping Dr Bronwyn Darlington and her dairy cows, Soy and Oatley, to fit with the modern tastes in milk names, as Armadale, Flower, Pumpkin and Dixie sniff out the next revolution in global agriculture.
· Mike Foley
Trump says Rubio’s anti-ICC campaign intended to shield Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump has said that secretary of state Marco Rubio's campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC) was intended to defend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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SEC, Big Ten add long-missing support to college sports bill
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· Eddie Pells
WA set to fall short of vaccination target as free flu jabs come to end
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· Keane Bourke
Trump Defends Anti-Weaponization Fund But Admits It's Effectively 'Dead'
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· Tyler Durden
Lebanese PM says latest Israeli attack 'blatant violation' of ceasefire
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, has condemned the latest Israeli attack on southern Lebanon as “a blatant violation of the ceasefire”.
· Middleeasteye
Negeri Sembilan votes as Malaysia’s political allies lock horns again
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· Ushar Daniele
Negeri Sembilan votes as Malaysia’s political allies lock horns again
The state election comes on the back of a bruising loss for Anwar’s PH in Johor, in another test of the strength of his coalition government
· Ushar Daniele
Bessent’s ‘to do’ list: buy $5-10 billion worth of Japanese yen, photo shows
CAMP DAVID, Maryland – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday exposed a “to-do” list during U.S. President Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting indicating he was contemplating U.S. purchases of $5 billion to $10 billion worth of Japanese yen, a photograph taken during the meeting held at Camp David shows.
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Araghchi says US actions ‘main causes’ of regional insecurity
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has told his Indian counterpart that the US’ violations of the Islamabad MoU and continued military action against Iran were the main causes of insecurity in the region and the Strait of Hormuz, IRNA reported.
· Middleeasteye
Trust In Higher Education Hits Another Low As The Public Rejects Institutional Bias
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· Tyler Durden
Ready player 3: India offers Asean a US-China alternative
India pitches trade, missiles and room to hedge as the US and China vie for regional influence
· Sam Beltran
Ready player 3: India offers Asean a US-China alternative
India pitches trade, missiles and room to hedge as the US and China vie for regional influence
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'Mirage': Voice architect Noel Pearson breaks silence at Garma on referendum defeat
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India's 'cockroach' protesters have wounds consistent with pellet-gun fire, say experts
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· Bbcnews
The Papers: 'Spanish border crisis' and 'iron chancellor'
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Fifa scraps controversial World Cup investment plan
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Global development must benefit investors too, including China: UNDP head
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· Shigesaburo Okumura
US proposes cuts to Colorado River use for Arizona, California and Nevada
Three western states in the United States would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway.
· Al Jazeera
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Eisenkot, Likud clash over BoP framework for Hamas disarmament, IDF withdrawal from Gaza
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George Santos agrees to settlement over Kalshi trades
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· Philip Marcelo
Greater Manchester elects mayor to replace Andy Burnham, who left job to be UK leader
Bev Craig, the Labour Party candidate, departs Broad Oak Primary in Didsbury after voting in the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election, in Manchester, England, Thursday July 30, 2026. (Annabelle Lee-Ellis/PA via AP)
· Jill Lawless