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Hong Kong’s beleaguered leader Carrie Lam has said she would quit if she had a choice and blamed herself for causing “unforgivable havoc” that has led to months of anti-government protests in the city, according to a leaked audio recording obtained by Reuters.

Saeid Mollaei should have been focusing on the defence of his World Judo Championship title. Instead, the Iranian judoka was fretting about his safety and his family’s safety.

Meng Meng, a 6-year-old giant panda, has given birth to two twin babies. It is the first time a panda gives birth in Germany.

Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas Sunday night as a Category 5 storm. Its the strongest storm to ever hit the Bahamas.

A far-right party scored its strongest-ever results in two key state elections in eastern Germany on Sunday, finishing second behind the country’s major parties.

In an era where men’s tennis has been dominated by the “Big 3” of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka can at times be a forgotten man.

Construction has begun on a soaring tower that will become Japan’s tallest skyscraper. The ambitious Toranomon-Azabudai project, in central Tokyo, aims to be “a city-within-a-city,” according to the scheme’s developers.

PM Hubert Minnis says reports suggest “unprecedented devastation” from the category-five storm.