By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam, who has governed the global financial hub through the unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and COVID-19, said on Monday she will not seek a second five-year term of office. Lam’s announcement came as media said Chief Secretary John Lee, Hong …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s incumbent president, Aleksandar Vucic, has secured 59.5% of votes in a presidential election, the State Election Commission said on Monday after counting 87.67% of ballots. The commission also said Vucic’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won 43.4% of votes in a parliamentary election. Opposition presidential candidate Zdravko Ponos, a retired army …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia’s incumbent President Aleksandar Vucic is set to win presidential vote on Sunday with 59.8% of the votes, according to a projection by pollsters Ipsos and CeSID, based on a sample of the partial polling station count. Zdravko Ponos, a retired army general representing the pro-European and centrist Alliance for Victory coalition is …
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By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis paid tribute on Sunday to journalists killed during the Ukraine war saying he hoped God would reward them for serving the common good whatever side they were on. Speaking to journalists aboard the plane returning from Malta, Francis also repeated that he was ready …
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By Anita Komuves and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban looked set for a fourth consecutive win in Sunday’s election, as voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, “illiberal” state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest’s close ties with Moscow. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine had appeared to upend …
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By Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Germany said on Sunday that the West would agree to impose more sanctions on Russia in the coming days after Ukraine accused Russian forces of war crimes near Kyiv, ratcheting up the already vast economic pressure on Russia over its invasion. Russia’s economy is facing the gravest crisis …
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By Simon Gardner BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) – The mayor of a recently liberated Ukrainian city accused Russian troops on Sunday of deliberately killing civilians during their month-long occupation of his town, allegations that Russia’s defence ministry denied. The mayor of Bucha, Anatoliy Fedoruk, showed a Reuters team two corpses with white cloth tied around their …
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By Jacqueline Thomsen and Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Ukraine has accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Kyiv, with Germany, France and others expressing outrage at the images of dead civilians. The mayor of Bucha said on Saturday that 300 residents had been killed by Russian troops during a month-long …
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By Diego Oré and Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Ricans are casting their ballots in a run-off election Sunday, choosing between an anti-establishment outsider and former leader to be the next head of the Central American country as it grapples with debt woes and social discontent. Final polling gave economist Rodrigo Chaves, a former …
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By Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Germany said on Sunday that the West would agree to impose more sanctions on Russia in the coming days after Ukraine accused Russian forces of war crimes near Kyiv, ratchetting up the already vast economic pressure on Russia over its invasion. Russia’s economy is facing the gravest crisis since …
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