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MOSCOW — Residents of Russia's capital voted Sunday in a city council election shadowed by a wave of protests that saw the biggest demonstrator turnout in seven years and notably violent police response.

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Dorian slammed into Canada’s Atlantic coast on Saturday, knocking down trees, cutting power, and blowing over a large construction crane in downtown Halifax, the capital of the province of Nova Scotia.

Turkish and US troops conducted their first joint ground patrol in northeastern Syria Sunday as part of a planned so-called "safe zone" that Ankara has been pressing for in the volatile region.

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95.

ABACO, Bahamas — Carrying possessions in plastic bags, some weary Bahamians whose homes were smashed by Hurricane Dorian waited Thursday for a flight out of the disaster zone as an international humanitarian effort to help the Caribbean country gained momentum. The death toll rose to 30.

Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo on Thursday said he will ask the Presidential Security Group (PSG) to investigate how the family of former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez, who was convicted of rape and murder, were able to enter Malacañang premises without him knowing.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that had sparked widespread protests was an olive branch that leaves demonstrators with no excuse to continue violence, the official China Daily said on Thursday.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Thursday the extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory will be formally withdrawn in the legislative council without the need for debate or a vote.

Manila ranks 103rd in the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Global Liveability report.

The city government of Manila has signed a memorandum of agreement with McDonald's to hire 135 senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in its 40 stores in the capital city.

This early, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is now drafting security plans for athletes and venues of some of the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) sports that would be held in Metro Manila.

Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon broke the law for approving the release of some inmates who were convicted of heinous crimes due to the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Law, a co-author of the law said on Tuesday.

Two online media entities will soon face libel complaints over alleged malicious articles about Presidential Spokesman and Chief Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo.

HONG KONG - Rape threats, body-shaming and doctored photos: women supporting the anti-government protests in Hong Kong say they are being harassed online by suspected pro-Beijing trolls.

Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon on Monday confirmed the release of at least 200 convicts, including three persons convicted in the Chiong sisters’ rape-slay case since the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law took effect on June 25, 2019.

BERLIN— The UN's top refugee official urged India to ensure no one is left stateless by the exclusion of nearly 2 million people from a citizenship list in Assam state.

Hurricane Dorian blasted the northern Bahamas as a monster Category 5 storm on Sunday, pummeling the low-lying island chain with torrential rains and winds of a violence unprecedented in its history.