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Pro-democracy candidates advance in key Hong Kong elections

By Ken Moritsugu, Eileen Ng, Associated Press

So far, pro-democracy candidates have won 159 out of 452 seats in 18 district council races.

Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid

By Steve Peoples, Associated Press

Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president.

Ginsburg hospitalized for treatment of chills and fever

By Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized after experiencing chills and fever, the court said Saturday.

Mudslides, floods kill 34 people in western Kenya

By Tom Odula, Associated Press

Kenya’s interior minister says 29 people have been killed in mudslides, among the 34 people overall who lost their lives Saturday amid flooding in the East Africa nation.

New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo

By Associated Press

Newly released documents show Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled.

Feds fight back as Epstein death conspiracy theories swirl

By Michael Sisak, Associated Press

At another time in history, the indictment of two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself might have served as an emphatic rebuttal to suspicions that the wealthy sex offender was actually murdered. Not in…

Sumatran rhino extinct in Malaysia as lone survivor dies

By Associated Press

The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer on Saturday.

Pope denounces ‘evil’ of nukes as he fulfills Japan dream

By Nicole Winfield, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Pope Francis denounced the “evil” of nuclear weapons on Saturday as he began a three-day visit to Japan and fulfilled a dream to be a missionary in a land with a rich but bloody Christian past.

US judge awards $180M to Post reporter held by Iran

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

A U.S. federal judge has awarded a Washington Post journalist and his family nearly $180 million in their lawsuit against Iran over his 544 days in captivity and torture while being held on internationally criticized espionage charges.

Pence on surprise Iraq trip to reassure Kurds, greet troops

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday in the highest-level American trip since President Donald Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria two months ago.