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Polls open under shadow of Trump aid threat

Hondurans are voting in an election threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. The bill has five presidential candidates, but the poll is seen as essentially a three-way contest between former defense minister Risi Moncada of the left-wing Liberal Party, centrist…

Indonesia searches for hundreds missing in deadly floods

Astudestra Adjeglastri,jakartaand patrick jackson Reuters Residents view flood damage in Padang on Sunday Rescue workers in Indonesia are searching for at least 400 people reported missing, many believed to be buried under landslides about a week after tropical cyclone rains…

Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israeli president

james cook,Jerusalem, Pauline Coraand patrick jackson USEPA Netanyahu says pardon will lead to national reconciliation in Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the country’s President Isaac Herzog to pardon him in a corruption case he has been fighting.…

Thousands mourn as death toll rises to 146

Reuters It is understood that devastating fires in many high-rise buildings in Hong Kong have killed at least 146 people. Police announced the death toll at a news conference on Sunday and warned that they “cannot rule out the possibility…

Escargots worth €90,000 stolen from French farm

Thieves stole snails worth €90,000 (£79,000; $104,000) from a farm in northern France that supplies gourmet restaurants. L’Escargot Des Grands Crus in Bouzy, near Reims, said its entire stock of fresh and frozen snails had been sold out, a “real…