HONG KONG -- Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam on Thursday night took to a live streaming on social media and communicated with residents over her third policy address and the current situation.

Lam also answered dozens of netizens' questions ranging from housing, education, welfare, medical service, and the handling of the current unrest that has been battering Hong Kong over the past four months. (HK-Carrie Lam-Policy Address-Live Streaming)

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NEW DELHI -- India's second Lunar mission "Chandrayaan-2" on Thursday sent its first illuminated image of the Moon's surface, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The illuminated image was acquired by the "Imaging Infrared Spectrometer (IIRS)" onboard the "Chandrayaan-2" which is designed to measure the reflected sunlight and emitted part of Moon light from the Lunar surface in narrow and contiguous spectral channels ranging from 800-5,000 nanometer. (India-Moon-Image)

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PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan -- The security forces have killed 12 militants in a tunnel used by the insurgents as a hideout to target security forces in the eastern Logar province, said an army statement released here Thursday.

Acting upon intelligence report, the security forces targeted a Taliban hideout in Charkh district on Wednesday and killing 12 armed insurgents on the spot, the statement said. (Afghanistan-Militant-Death)

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TOKYO -- Since a deadly typhoon battered wide swathes of Japan last weekend, with the death toll rising to 77, government officials are starting to better gauge the full scope of the damage left in the wake of the devastating storm.

Typhoon Hagibis, the most powerful to hit Japan in decades, pummeled embankments and levees, and caused numerous rivers to overflow and homes to collapse. (Japan-Typhoon-Death)

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HONG KONG -- Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Thursday that the HKSAR government will review the existing laws and strengthen measures against online doxxing and bullying of police officers.

The police have made great efforts over the past four months, and the policy address delivered Wednesday by the chief executive has expressed gratitude and reiterated support to the police in law enforcement, Lam said at a Question and Answer Session at the Legislative Council (LegCo) on the 2019 policy address. (HK-Online Doxxing-Police) Enditem

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