Getty Images Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal ahead a bail hearing on February 9, 2021 Jimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong’s most influential pro-democracy figures, has taken to the stand in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to life in jail. The 76-year-old founder of … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Mr. Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health … Read more
Getty Images Pollution has disrupted transport services in Delhi Winter has come to Delhi and with it, a familiar sense of gloom. The sky here is grey and there is a thick, visible blanket of smog. If you stay outdoors for more than a few minutes, you can almost taste ash. You will feel breathless … Read more
SpaceX’s Starship launches as seen from South Padre Island near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday (November 19, 2024). | Photo Credit: Reuters SpaceX on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) launched another Starship rocket but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms. Unlike last month’s success, the booster was directed to a splashdown in the … Read more
Reuters The UN peacekeeping agency in southern Lebanon says four of its troops were injured when a rocket hit a base, one of three separate incidents in which its troops and bases came under fire on Tuesday. Four Ghanaian peacekeepers were injured, with three requiring hospital treatment, after a rocket struck a base in the … Read more
A woman looks at a damaged building through a broken window in her apartment after a rocket fired from Lebanon strikes in the northern Arab city on November 19, 2024 in Shfaram, Israel. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Israeli military said on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) that some 40 projectiles were fired from Lebanon … Read more
Multiple injuries are feared after a car was driven into a crowd of people outside a primary school in China’s southern Hunan province. State media said “several students and adults were injured and fell to the ground”, and several people were hospitalised, but a police statement later said there were no life-threatening injuries. The driver … Read more
Brazilian police arrested five officers accused over a coup plot that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, authorities said. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Brazilian police arrested five officers accused over a coup plot that included plans to overthrow the government following … Read more
Getty Images Benny Tai (left) was jailed for 10 years and Joshua Wong (right) for four A Hong Kong court has sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial. Sixty-year-old Benny Tai and 28-year-old Joshua Wong were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group of activists … Read more
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) approved an updated nuclear doctrine, saying that Russia could consider using nuclear weapons if it was subject to a conventional missile assault on it supported by a nuclear power. The decision to change Russia’s official nuclear doctrine is … Read more