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1. Harvey Weinstein hospitalised after rape conviction overturned: ‘needs a lot of help’

   The former film mogul’s lawyer says his client is a ‘train wreck health wise’ and is undergoing a battery of tests.

2. Hamas releases video of 2 Gaza hostages, as it ponders Israel ceasefire deal

   Captives Keith Siegel and Omri Miran appear alive in the footage, which appeared to have been taken earlier this week.

3. Houthis claim to shoot down US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage

   The Yemen-based rebels say they hit the aircraft with a missile as part of a renewed series of assaults amid the Israel-Gaza war.

4. Hong Kong van driver arrested in connection with hit-and-run smash that left 6 minibus passengers injured

   Six passengers injured after minibus hit lamp post and flipped on its side following collision.

5. Tornado hits China’s hail-battered southern city of Guangzhou as province battles deadly floods with more rain forecast

   More rain and strong convective weather forecast for city, with rainfall already at highest for April since 1951.

6. Pace of Hong Kong’s economic recovery may need to be re-evaluated but no drastic changes to forecasts, finance chief Paul Chan says

   Financial Secretary Paul Chan says Hong Kong may face a higher interest rate environment for longer.

7. ‘Timber!’: tree planted in Wan Chai by last Hong Kong governor Chris Patten in 1993 felled

   Workers cut down three-storey-tall barren weeping fig at the junction of Luard Road and Johnston Road, after efforts to save the tree failed.

8. A woman might win the presidency of Mexico. What could that mean for abortion rights?

   In a country of more than 98 million Catholics, neither of the two leading candidates – both women – has shared specific proposals on abortion.

9. China, France agree to deepen military cooperation as South China Sea tensions rise

   Agreement on inter-theatre cooperation and dialogue mechanism with PLA comes as France joins US-Philippine drills in contested South China Sea waters.

10. Curtain to close on another Hong Kong cinema with President Theatre to shut on Tuesday after nearly 6 decades

    Operator Newport Circuit says the cinema in Causeway Bay will permanently shut on April 30.