SHANGHAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Hong Kong equities dropped about 2% on Thursday to the lowest this year, and China shares sank, as investors dumped property and consumer stocks amid fears China Evergrande Group's financial woes could ripple through the broader economy.

You can preorder the phone today and will get a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds for reserving the phone early. The A53's starting price is also $50 cheaper than what last year's A52 cost at launch, with the A53 5G coming in a single configuration of 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, expandable up to 1TB with a microSD card. The A53 5G will also have an 8GB, 256GB configuration, according to Samsung, but it won't be released in the US. T-Mobile and Verizon customers can buy it on March 31, and everyone else can get it April 1 from AT&T, unlocked at Samsung.com and from retailers. Samsung hasn't announced how much that version will cost.

** "The investment lens through which global investors evaluate opportunities in China has changed and the strategies deployed towards investing in the Middle Kingdom need to adapt accordingly," wrote Norman Vilamin, CIO of Wealth Management at Union Bancaire Privee (UBP).

The Galaxy A53 5G will launch with the latest Android 12 software, and Samsung has guaranteed four years of One UI and operating system upgrades. That means it should get updates through Android 16 in 2025 and five years of security updates.

World Cup holders France have a long list of injuries that coach Didier Deschamps must take into consideration over the next few days although the preliminary list is long enough to include players in a race against time to be fit for Qatar.

Later in the morning, neighbours who heard Aisha's sobs came to help her bury the tiny body in the local cemetery.

One neighbour, Musa, confirmed Aisha's account of that episode, saying he saw the girl before she died, and saw Aisha grieving afterward.

It would cost more than £8,000 to fill a ten-year gap, but it would result in a £55,000 boost over a 20-year retirement, according to Quilter.

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The Galaxy A53 5G faces stiff competition from the new $429 iPhone SE, which adds 5G connectivity and the same chipset that powers Apple's latest premium iPhone 13 range but has the same big-bezel layout and single rear camera of its predecessors. That could make Samsung's A-series phones more appealing, with more modern phone designs and multiple rear cameras.

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"My mother's death is the first thing that pains me," said Aisha, now 26, weeping quietly. By her account, that night marked the end of a secure childhood in a loving family - and the beginning of a hellish ordeal at the hands of both the Islamist militants and the Nigerian military, who have been locked in a 13-year war over control of the country's northeast.

Aisha's ordeal encompasses some of the most extreme hardships the war has inflicted upon civilians: enslavement by Boko Haram, forced abortion by the military, the loss of one child in a military bombing and another, she suspects, to poisoning by soldiers.

But worldwide it makes one in five phones sold, more than any other manufacturer. The company's domination is mainly due to sales of its A-series of phones, which made up 58% of Samsung's overall smartphone sales in 2021, according to Counterpoint Research data provided to CNET.  Cheaper A-series phones lead Samsung's new strategy Over the last few years, Samsung's share of premium $800-and-pricier phones has fallen.

FIFA said in June the decision to expand squads was made "given the need to retain additional flexibility due to the unique timing" of this year's competition, which will interrupt the European club season.

With Fatima gone, Aisha was alone. She made her way to a displaced persons camp in the city of Yola, a crowded and chaotic place populated with many other women as traumatised as she was.

There was little food, and no money.

Each said they witnessed some of the events or heard about them afterward from Aisha. These people spoke on condition they not be fully named. Reuters is not naming her village, as well, to protect her identity.

Her story was corroborated in part by her sister; a friend and fellow captive; one of her brothers; and a neighbour. Aisha spoke to Reuters on condition that only her Muslim name be used, citing fear for her safety.

World football´s governing body will not publish the preliminary lists but some countries might choose to do so, signaling their intentions and potentially putting to bed some of the early debate about team selection.

The other A-series phones announced during the event won't be released in the US, but given how successful those phones have been around the world, they're likely to be high-quality devices in their own right.