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Charmaine Lo羅 嘉 晴News Anchor · Morning Report

Wed, Oct 28, 06:37 HKT

The latest developments

The latest developments across the day’s news.

• WorldIsrael’s opposition edges ahead

  Initial television projections give the opposition bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot a narrow advantage over Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel’s first election since the October 7, 2023 attacks. The projections remain preliminary and indicate that no individual party would take an absolute majority.

• FinanceAlibaba wins lobbying reprieve

  A US federal judge granted Alibaba a preliminary injunction against a restriction effectively forcing lobbying firms to choose between representing it and clients seeking Pentagon contracts, finding its free-speech challenge likely to succeed. The ruling leaves Alibaba’s Chinese military designation intact.

• WorldNordic leaders reopen contact with Putin

  Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a rare, 90-minute call with Vladimir Putin about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, following consultation with Kyiv and Washington. Neither side reported a breakthrough; US-Ukraine-Russia talks are tentatively planned for early November in Abu Dhabi.

• WorldVatican addresses Pope Leo’s cancer

  Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher said Pope Leo’s lung cancer diagnosis had changed perceptions of his health and papacy. Leo, 71, had part of one lung removed on October 13; his doctors say the cancer was localised, had not spread and requires no further treatment.