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Australia's prime minister concedes despite millions of votes left to be counted

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese (center) shakes hands with a voter as he and his partner Jodie Haydon (left) arrive at a polling place to cast their ballots in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday. (Rick Rycroft/AP)

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's center-left opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese in his Saturday election victory speech promised sharper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while he faces an early foreign policy test.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he quickly conceded defeat despite millions of votes yet to be counted because an Australian leader must attend a Tokyo summit on Tuesday with U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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