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Junta leader General Mamady Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election held over the weekend, according to incomplete results released late on Tuesday, the country’s first election since a 2021 coup. Doumbouya won 86.72 per cent of the votes counted so far, according to the General Directorate of Elections. Ahead of the vote on Sunday, analysts had predicted that a weakened opposition would result in Doumbouya’s win. The election was widely seen as a means to legitimise...

VJ Edgecombe scored 25 points, including a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left in overtime to give the 76ers a 139-136 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday night.

Thinking about a swim at the beach before the year runs out? You may want to think again, as several water contact closures and advisories are in effect along the San Diego County coastline.

Politics around leadership of the state’s higher learning institutions and funding of younger students’ schooling dominated the public education field during 2025. The state’s education budget is the mechanism that keeps schools paid — public and (some) private. Until it doesn’t. A state audit revealed last month a problem public and private schools were experiencing […]

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Beijing has appointed Zhang Yong, a senior staff member from a state-owned shipping and logistics services group, to serve as a deputy director in the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced on Wednesday. Zhang, executive vice-president of Chinese shipping conglomerate Cosco Shipping Group and also its news spokesman, will replace Qi Bin, who was appointed last November, according to the ministry’s announcement. The liaison...

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Eurostar says it plans to run all of its services on Wednesday but there may still be delays and cancellations.

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Venezuela strike scrutiny increases after Trump comment

CXMT Corporation, parent of Chinese memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), aims to raise 29.5 billion yuan (US$4.2 billion) from an initial public offering in Shanghai to fund technology upgrades, as Beijing presses ahead with its drive for tech self-reliance amid geopolitical tensions. The Shanghai Stock Exchange received CXMT’s application for a listing on the Nasdaq-style Star Market, a filing on the bourse’s website showed on Tuesday night. This marks a critical step towards...

Hong Kong authorities will ramp up inspections at bus stops and tourist spots starting on Thursday, when new rules banning smoking while queuing or near designated facilities take effect. While some residents told the Post on Wednesday that they were aware of the new measures, visitors in Tsim Sha Tsui said they were not but would comply. Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office head Manny Lam Man-chung said that the move aimed to enforce new smoking control measures and raise public...