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Huge queue as Hong Kongers mourn Elizabeth II
Huge queue as Hong Kongers mourn Elizabeth II

Crowds of Hong Kongers queued in sweltering heat on Monday to pay tribute to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, some expressing nostalgia for the city's colonial past at a time when China is seeking to purge dissent. - 'Mourning the past not a crime' - Britain never gave Hong Kongers universal suffrage and many democracy veterans now in jail used to campaign against colonial rule.

Appeal trial opens over 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack in France
Appeal trial opens over 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack in France

The appeal trial opened in Paris on Monday for two men suspected of helping the gunmen who stormed the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly and a Jewish supermarket in January 2015, the first of a wave of Islamist terror attacks that have rocked France in recent years.

Ethiopia rivals urged to seize moment for peace
Ethiopia rivals urged to seize moment for peace

The international community on Monday urged warring sides in Ethiopia to seize the moment for peace after Tigrayan rebels said they were ready for talks led by the African Union to end almost two years of brutal warfare.