A Chinese national was arrested Thursday on charges of acting as an illegal agent for Beijing when serving as the campaign manager for an unnamed politician elected to a city council in Southern California two years ago. The arrest of Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 64, came at a time of rising concerns that the Chinese government…
A French court found the ex-husband of Ms. Pelicot, Dominique Pelicot, guilty and sentenced him to 20 years in jail. Fifty other men were also convicted in the mass rape trial. #Giséle #Pelicots #ExHusband #Guilty #Mass #Rape #Trial
Ukraine’s Zelensky urged both the European Union and the United States for unity on Thursday ahead of Trump’s return to the White House, stressing that “European guarantees won’t be sufficient for Ukraine” and the importance to secure a durable peace. #Zelensky #Trump #work #stop #Putin #save #Ukraine
U.S. and Arab mediators are working round-the-clock to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, sources close to the talks said, while in the Gaza Strip medics said Israeli strikes had killed 41 Palestinians on Thursday. The mediators, at talks in Egypt and Qatar, are trying to forge a deal to pause the 14-month-old war in the Hamas-ruled enclave that…
The Guinness World Records are known for highlighting the most interesting, unique and even strange occurrences of human nature across the globe. 2024 was no exception. Earlier this year, we wrote about a toddler who became the Guinness World Records’ youngest male artist after his paintings were shown in an exhibit in the Museum of Science…
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky argues that a Ukraine deal favoring Russia threatens other European countries. On Ukraine, the difference between the outgoing Biden administration and the incoming Trump administration could not be starker. After the latest United States elections, President Joe Biden gave permission to Ukraine to use US weapons inside Russia, as President-elect…
House Democrats fumed Thursday over the spending bill drama and what they characterized as the outsize influence of Elon Musk and others in President-elect Donald Trump’s orbit, after a bipartisan plan brokered by House Speaker Mike Johnson collapsed just hours earlier. Speaking to reporters outside a leadership meeting on Thursday, House Democrats expressed disappointment in…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Alex Slitz-Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images A Georgia appeals court on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney…
Several children have been killed in a crush at a funfair in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan, with many others hospitalised. The exact number of casualties is not clear. The event was advertised as free entry and drew a large crowd but so many people turned up that there was a crush as they…
A British court ruled Wednesday that police can seize more than 2.6 million pounds (US$3.3 million) to cover years of unpaid taxes from influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan. The Devon and Cornwall Police force went to court to claim the money, held in seven frozen bank accounts, from the Tates and a woman…
The war in Gaza is one of the few conflicts most civilians can’t escape. But in a small number of cases, patients who are sick or critically injured have been evacuated through a complex system controlled by Israel and managed by the U.N. The Times Magazine reporter Nicholas Casey joined a rare evacuation flight out…
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A judge has granted permission to Derek Chauvin’s lawyers to have tissue samples from George Floyd’s body examined. It’s part of the former Minneapolis police officer’s efforts to challenge his federal conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights after he was also convicted in Floyd’s 2020 killing. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson granted the order Monday, agreeing to let the defence examine Floyd’s heart…
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US president-elect’s lawsuit comes days after reaching defamation settlement with ABC News. United States President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit accusing a newspaper and a polling firm of engaging in “brazen election interference” by publishing a pre-election survey that underestimated his popularity. The lawsuit filed late on Monday accuses The Des Moines Register newspaper,…
Fox News host Sean Hannity says the American people are ready to “move on” from President Biden in his opening monologue Tuesday on “Hannity.” SEAN HANNITY: Joe Biden is still president for a few more weeks. But you, the American people, are ready, obviously, to move on. According to a new Reuters poll, Biden now…
Makoto Uchida (L), president and CEO of Japanese auto maker Nissan, shakes hands with Toshihiro Mibe (R), director, president and representative executive officer of auto maker Honda, following a press conference in Tokyo on August 1, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Nissan Motor shares surged Wednesday following a media report that…
A woman from the Philippines who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad is on her way home. Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death in 2010 after she was found carrying 2.6kg (5.7lb) of heroin through an Indonesian airport. But the 39-year-old mother of two…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A warning to supplement users: a Texas-based company is pulling several of its weight-loss products off the shelves after the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered a potentially deadly ingredient in product samples. On Dec. 13, the FDA and the company Motivate Me Ashley announced…
The 7.3-magnitude earthquake caused heavy damage to buildings, including the U.S. Embassy, and knocked out the internet across most of the Pacific Island nation. #Powerful #Earthquake #Extensive #Damage #Vanuatu
792 people have been arrested in Nigeria as part of a raid on a crypto romance ring. Many of those taken into custody from the site in Victoria Island were foreign nationals including 148 who were from China. The scam targeted victims around the world by developing romantic relationships with their marks via social media…