November 26, Tuesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

1. Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong are heaping pressure on the government, following their side’s landslide victory in Sunday’s district council elections.

2. Pope Francis called on university students in Tokyo to value integrity in his last speech during his visit to Japan.

3. The World Meteorological Organization says that levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit new highs last year.