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For many children, the winter holidays center on a lie. They’re told that every Christmas Eve, a jolly, elderly man visits all the children in the world. He pops down the chimney, leaves gifts (at least for well-behaved children), and then disappears unseen. Meanwhile, parents everywhere raise their children to be honest and fret if they start…

The retailer, which had reacted angrily after being previously knocked back, says the new building will safeguard 2,000 jobs. Marks & Spencer has been told it can demolish and rebuild its flagship London store, 18 months after its plans were blocked by the previous government. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner ruled the scheme –…

Calin Georgescu has emerged from obscurity to top the polls in Romania’s presidential election. But the Anglophile and Trump supporter is also his country’s most divisive figure for decades. A former soil scientist, who rose to prominence on TikTok, looks set to be elected Romania’s president this weekend. Speaking to Sky News, populist candidate Calin Georgescu –…

There’s been a huge rise in sexually explicit deepfakes as software to digitally transform a clothed picture into a naked picture is easy to get hold of, according to online harm experts, but for victims, the effect can be devastating. Campaigners are warning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create realistic but fake nude images of…

UNESCO recognized Japan’s ancient process of sake brewing as an “intangible cultural heritage” on Wednesday, which producers hope will boost global interest in the traditional rice wine that dates back centuries but has waned in popularity at home. Naturally, Japanese representatives at a UNESCO meeting in Paraguay marked the occasion by sampling some sake. The beverage is…

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7 hit off the coast of a sparsely populated area of northern California on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later canceled. No deaths or injuries were reported. There were no reports of major damage, though authorities said they needed time to check across…

OpenAI on Thursday launched a version of its popular chatbot ChatGPT priced at $200 per month, which can be used in engineering fields and for research, as the AI firm looks to expand industry applications for its technology. The new tier, called ChatGPT Pro, will be in addition to OpenAI’s existing subscriptions of ChatGPT Plus, Team and…

A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty to fraud in the wake of two fatal 737 MAX crashes, faulting a diversity and inclusion provision in the deal. Boeing did not immediately comment. The U.S. Department of Justice, which brokered the plea bargain with Boeing, is reviewing the opinion, a spokesperson said. Boeing and…

The train will fly through vacuum tunnels and allow passengers to access the internet through equally speedy 5G A FLOATING train that is faster than a plane has begun construction, marking a huge step forward for the 621mph lighting locomotive. China Railway will use magnetic levitation (maglev) technology to zip passengers through vacuum tubes faster than they…

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, is the 10th-richest person in the United States, worth $127 billion. In theory, when he dies, his estate should pay 40 percent of his net worth to the government in taxes. But Mr. Huang, 61, is not only an engineering genius and Silicon Valley icon whose company, the world’s second-most…

Here’s who won and lost this year in entertainment. Starring Zendaya, Will Smith, Katy Perry, ‘The Penguin’ and more. This year’s Winners and Losers list might sting a bit — particularly for Hollywood progressives. You might not love some of these winners. You might not like us saying that certain names lost this year. It’s perhaps appropriate,…

The at-large suspect who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel may have left a message on the bullets he used to kill the executive Wednesday morning, according to police sources. The NYPD is investigating the possible message — which appears to include the words “deny,” “depose” and “defend” — engraved on live rounds…

Brian Thompson was shot dead outside a Hilton Hotel in New York City Wednesday. Police appear to be closing in on the identity of the man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan, sources told ABC News. Authorities on Thursday released images of the suspect taken from a surveillance camera at the HI…

Chiung Yao, arguably the world’s most popular Chinese language romance novelist, has died in an apparent suicide. The 86-year-old’s body was found in her home in New Taipei City on Wednesday, local media report. Emergency services said she took her own life, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency. Chiung Yao started writing at 18 and published more…

The Spotify Wrapped 2024 year-end data dive is out — and Taylor Swift is again at the top. Swift ranked as the No. 1 most-streamed artist globally in 2024 on Spotify, nabbing the crown for the second year in a row. That’s largely on the strength of her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” which was the…

This and yap. Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid were caught up in some captivating conversation while grabbing dinner in New York City Tuesday night. Gossip account DeuxMoi shared photos of the besties dining in a hidden booth at West Village hot spot Waverly Inn, with an eyewitness saying, “[It] seemed like some gossip was being spilt.” One…

Jennifer Garner “encouraged” ex-husband Ben Affleck to work on his marriage with Jennifer Lopez before the pair headed for divorce, a source exclusively tells Page Six. “When things started getting rocky between Ben and Jennifer [Lopez], Jen was very supportive of their relationship and encouraged Ben to work on their marriage.” The “13 Going on 30” actress,…

Amazon on Tuesday unveiled a suite of artificial intelligence models in its boldest move yet to compete with tech giant rivals in the fast-growing generative AI sector. The launch of its own line of foundation models marks Amazon’s latest push to strengthen its position against forerunners Microsoft, Google, Meta and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Until now,…

Swift was 2024’s most-streamed artiste globally, raking in more than 26.6 billion streams. She’s followed by The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish, in that order.   ‘Tis the season to unpack Spotify Wrapped. And it should come as no surprise that for a second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named its most-played…

South Korean lawmakers have submitted a Bill to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and reversed the move hours later. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing the threat of impeachment, with opposition lawmakers accusing him of violating his constitutional duty and committing a crime akin to treason when he declared martial…

DUBAI: Hamas said it had information that Israel intended to carry out a hostage rescue operation similar to one conducted in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp in June and threatened to “neutralise” the captives if any such action took place, according to an internal statement seen by Reuters on Wednesday (Dec 4). In the statement dated Nov 22, Hamas…

French lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote against the government on Wednesday, throwing the European Union’s second-biggest economic power deeper into a crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and tame a massive budget deficit. Far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined forces to back a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier, with a majority 331 votes in support…

President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, met with a lukewarm response from some Senate Republicans on Wednesday over allegations about his personal and professional life. Even as Hegseth made his case to Republican lawmakers whose support he’d need to be confirmed as defense secretary, Trump was considering alternates, with…

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s (UNH.N), opens new tab insurance unit, was killed on Wednesday morning outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel in what police described as a targeted attack by a gunman lying in wait for him. Thompson, 50, was shot around 6:45 a.m. ET (1145 GMT) outside the Hilton on Sixth Avenue, just before the…

Cuba said it was generating only enough electricity to cover about 1/6th of peak demand late on Wednesday, hours after its national grid collapsed leaving millions without power. The National Electric Union (UNE) said it was producing 533 MW of electricity by evening, still just a fraction of typical dinnertime demand of between 3,000 and 3,200 megawatts,…

From Sabrina Carpenter’s hit song Espresso to a newly discovered Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf, the most mispronounced words of this year have been revealed. Sabrina Carpenter, Phryge, Josko Gvardiol, Shein pop-up store. Pics: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP/ReutersTrying to keep up with the latest trends is difficult enough, especially when you don’t know how to pronounce them. From…

The US president-elect had selected former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon, but there is speculation that he would fail a Senate vote. Donald Trump’s pick for defence secretary has pledged to carry on and said he still has the president-elect’s backing amid reports he could be replaced. Mr Trump was said to be…

Zayn Malik has cancelled a concert in Newcastle just moments before he was due on stage as fans were left ‘crying’ following an announcement over a tannoy Zayn Malik has cancelled his gig in Newcastle, just minutes before stage time. The singer is currently embarking on his Stairway to the Sky Tour has seen him perform in…

Nazi guard Gregor Formanek, who is now 100 years old, is accused of “continually killing prisoners” at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany during World War II A 100-year-old concentration camp guard dubbed last Nazi should stand trial accused of murdering 3,300 Holocaust victims, the German high court has ruled. Gregor Formanek had successfully appealed a decision to…

The elderly man told his neighbors he was a Rothschild — a member of the prominent European family whose collective fortune is worth billions of dollars. He certainly appeared to have some of the trappings of a descendant of the esteemed bankers, including a classic car collection featuring Ferraris and Jaguars. But in the days after William…

THE WIFE of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO and police sources have claimed he was being threatened before he was fatally shot in a targeted attack. CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was shot to death by a masked man in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was shot and killed in New York City on Wednesday morningCredit:…

South Korea’s president lifted the draconian martial law he imposed on the nation hours earlier Tuesday — after the parliament dramatically voted to reverse the order as thousands of protesters hit the streets. Embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol said he convened his cabinet to formally lift the extraordinary measure around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday local time in Seoul.…

When I ask Sharon Stone what she would tell her younger self about resilience, her reaction surprises us both. We have talked through politics, painting and Hollywood, but she suddenly puts her hand over her eyes, pauses for a long time, and then starts crying. “You’re going to make it,” the 66-year-old Hollywood actress says the message…

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending to sell babies they carried through surrogacy. They were sentenced to four years in prison, but with two years suspended, the Kandal Provincial Court said. The court said it had strong evidence showing that the women intended on having the babies “to…

In a courtroom in Munich, Nora sat across from the person who had bought her as a slave, abused her and murdered her five-year old daughter. Nora and Reda were being held captive in Iraq by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in 2015, the year after IS began what the UN says was a genocidal campaign…

The mother of the only British-Israeli hostage being held by Hamas has described her increasing fears for her daughter’s life after more than 400 days in captivity. Emily Damari, 28, was taken by Hamas from her home in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. “I fear that she’s dead,” her mother Mandy told the BBC in her…

Taylor Swift is “really happy for Beyoncé” being named the greatest pop star of the 21st century by Billboard, an insider tells Page Six. “Taylor will always support strong female artists and thinks Beyoncé is so deserving of this honor,” our source adds. The “Karma” singer is aware her fans are upset that she was not given…

Man often stayed at multiple hotels over 10 months, sometimes checking into three or four in single day A man in eastern China spent his university tuition on travel instead of enrolling and scammed multiple hotels by placing dead cockroaches and used condoms in rooms when his funds ran out. He employed this scheme to blackmail 63…

Ryan Hamilton is from Texas, where a near-total ban on abortion is in place. He gave a harrowing account of how his wife bled “non-stop” for four days before needing life-saving care following an incomplete miscarriage. “We broke Roe vs Wade”, president-elect Donald Trump said earlier this year, referring to the Supreme Court ruling in 2022 which…

The Queen attended the banquet as she recovered from pneumonia, while the Princess of Wales was not present as she had only partially returned to public duties following cancer treatment. The King has paid tribute to the “profound, personal and historic” ties between our “two great nations” as he hosted the Emir of Qatar at a state…

Tiger Woods still has the passion to compete and is working to get his body back in shape for next year, he said on Tuesday at the Hero World Challenge in Albany, Bahamas, after another injury curtailed his 2024 season. Woods has not played since July and he underwent surgery for nerve impingement on his lower back…

Almost 100,000 workers joined walkouts at Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE), German plants on Monday in protest at management plans to cut wages and even close sites at Europe’s biggest carmaker, the IG Metall union said, threatening further industrial action. With two-hour strikes by workers on morning shifts and early walkouts on evening shifts, a total of 98,650 employees at…

Ukraine declared it would not settle for anything less than NATO membership to guarantee its future security, as the alliance sidestepped Kyiv’s call for an immediate invitation at a foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday. In a letter to his NATO counterparts ahead of the meeting, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said an invitation would remove one of…

South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, triggering the biggest political crisis in decades in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The surprise declaration late on Tuesday ignited a standoff with parliament which rejected his attempt to ban political activity and…

An ally of Vladimir Putin said that if Russia were to fire a nuclear weapon on Ukraine it would create a “radiation zone” that would end the conflict, according to the Financial Times. Russian tycoon Konstantin Malofeyev spoke to the news outlet about how the world is “on the brink of nuclear war.” He said that Putin…

In the footage posted to her IG account, the troubled pop star starts off by talking about how the paparazzi put her on a plane with a mask over her face while carrying a torch given to her by a friend. As if that wasn’t bizarre enough … Britney discussed her B-day, falsely stating that she turned…

Meta is mistakenly removing too much content across its apps, according to a top executive. Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, told reporters on Monday that the company’s moderation “error rates are still too high” and pledged to “improve the precision and accuracy with which we act on our rules.” “We know that when enforcing our…

The president of South Korea early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule. President Yoon Suk Yeol, who appeared likely to be impeached over his actions, imposed martial law late Tuesday out…

For hotelier Melita Koulmandas, what started as a mission to revive two forgotten islands in Cambodia’s Koh Rong archipelago led to the birth of Song Saa Private Island – a luxury resort that champions regenerative tourism. Two decades ago in 2004, Melita Koulmandas was exploring Cambodia’s Koh Rong archipelago with her former partner on a rented fishing…

Marie Dageville and her husband Benoit Dageville became billionaires overnight when his data cloud company, Snowflake, went public in September 2020. After that life changing moment, Marie, a former hospice nurse, then set out to learn how to urgently give away that new fortune. “We need to redistribute what we have that is too much,” she said…

Three people have died and at least 32 were hospitalised in the Philippines after eating an endangered sea turtle cooked in stew. Dozens of indigenous Teduray people reported symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal spasms since eating the dish last week in a seaside town in Maguindanao del Norte Province, officials said. While it is illegal…

The woman who flew as a stowaway from New York to Paris has been identified as 57-year-old Svetlana Dali. She remains in France after allegedly causing a disturbance on a return flight to the US. Ms Dali, whose identity was confirmed by CBS, boarded a Delta Airlines flight last week from New York’s JFK airport to Charles…

A man wanted over one of Australia’s most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, is on his way back to the country after being extradited from Italy. Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, were stabbed to death in their Melbourne house in 1977, in a case which has gripped the nation ever since. Police…

Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud. The 68-year-old is now in a race for her life because the law in Vietnam states that if she can pay back 75% of what she took, her sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment. In…

Kate Winslet fought through tears during an interview with “60 Minutes” while remembering a time when she stood up to the press for bullying her over her weight following the success of “Titanic.” The Oscar winner has been vocal in the past about the body shaming she endured after James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster turned her into a…

A24’s “A Different Man” won best feature at the 2024 Gotham Awards Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Meanwhile, “Sing Sing” swept the acting categories, with Colman Domingo winning for best lead performance and Clarence Maclin for best supporting performance. Each category for nominations is decided by a different jury of critics, journalists…

President-elect Donald Trump was back on the links at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday with players including South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and real estate investor Steve Witkoff, sources told Page Six. Las Vegas magnate Steve Wynn was also at Trump’s club we hear. A source has told us that…

A poll for Sky News also found that while 62% support the bill overall, the majority (70%) were concerned that disabled people could be encouraged to seek assisted dying against their will. A majority of the public think the debate on assisted dying has been rushed, a poll has found. According to a DeltaPoll survey for Sky…

In a world first, surgeons have used a technique called deep brain stimulation to “re-awaken” dormant nerve fibres in the spinal cord and re-establish control of the leg muscles. Two paralysed patients have been able to walk short distances and even climb stairs once more after being implanted with electrodes in their brains. Both had catastrophic spinal…

The prime minister has used special powers to push a social security budget through the lower house of parliament without a final vote. The French government is heading towards collapse after far-right and left-wing parties said they would vote for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. It follows Mr Barnier’s decision to use special powers…

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday the presence of a Russian attack submarine in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea was “very worrisome”. “That’s very concerning. Any intrusion into the West Philippine Sea, of our EEZ, of our baselines, is very worrisome,” Marcos told reporters, referring to part of the South…

Once presenting itself as one of the world’s most welcoming countries to refugees and immigrants, Canada is launching a global online ad campaign cautioning asylum-seekers that making a claim is hard. The C$250,000 ($178,662) in advertisements will run through March in 11 languages, including Spanish, Urdu, Ukrainian, Hindi and Tamil, the immigration department told Reuters. They are…

The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties submitted no-confidence motions on Monday against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Investors immediately punished French assets as the latest developments plunged the euro zone’s second-biggest economy deeper into political crisis, with serious doubt cast over whether the annual budget will be…

The White House said on Monday that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter in part to protect him from future persecution from political opponents, but his move drew fierce criticism, with some Democrats saying it undermined public trust in the rule of law. Biden, a Democrat whose term ends on Jan. 20 when Republican President-elect Donald…

Hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi fighters crossed into Syria on Monday to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, but Lebanon’s Hezbollah has no plans for now to join them, according to sources. Iran’s constellation of allied regional militia groups, aided by Russian air power, has been integral to the success of pro-government forces in…

Chongqing is a Chinese metropolis with 32 million inhabitants. By surface area, it’s almost as large as Austria. In recent years, the southwestern municipality has become a viral sensation Expats, globetrotters and influencers are thrilled by the avant-garde, unusual Chinese city of Chongqing. The metropolis genuinely amazes those who visit it for the first time, or who…

AN ASPIRING actress was swept to her death by a giant wave while doing yoga at her favourite beauty spot. Kamilla Belyatskaya, 24, was caught on video moments before she was pulled into the sea on tourist island Koh Sumui in Thailand. She was then hit by the massive wave and pulled into the swirling sea –…

THIS underground tunnel is set to be blocked up for 100,000 years as Finland carries out a world first when it comes to nuclear waste. Around 4,000 generations of humans will be unable to set foot in the underground tunnel in Eurajoki, on the west coast of Finland. This is because the country has built the first-ever…

Elton John made a shocking admission over the weekend — he’s lost his eyesight. The legendary singer revealed the unfortunate news while addressing the crowd at a charity event after the Sunday premiere of the new musical, “The Devil Wears Prada” at the Dominion Theatre in London, England. Elton wrote the composition for the play based on…

After the recent revelation that Pete Hegseth had secretly paid a financial settlement to a woman who had accused him of raping her in 2017, President-elect Donald Trump stood by his choice of Hegseth to become the next Secretary of Defense. Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, issued a statement noting that Hegseth, who has denied wrongdoing, has…

Taiwan’s president visited a U.S. State Department-funded think tank and educational institution Sunday on the second day of a two-day visit to Hawaii that’s part of a Pacific island tour that has already triggered criticism from Beijing. Lai Ching-te met and exchanged gifts with the president of the East-West Center, which is on the University of Hawaii’s…

Bangladesh’s High Court on Sunday acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman, and 48 others, overturning their verdicts in a deadly 2004 grenade attack on a political rally. The ruling comes at a critical time as the South Asian country suffers political tension after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country to India in…

Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has died aged 77, after a long battle with dementia, his family has confirmed. The Welshman became the first qualifier to win the world championship, beating Dennis Taylor 24-16 in the 1979 final. Griffiths also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982 to complete snooker’s ‘Triple Crown’.…

Warning – this article contains details that some readers may find disturbing On the evening of 20 August 1989, brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez walked into the den of their home in Beverly Hills, where their parents were watching a film, The Spy Who Loved Me, and they shot them at close range with a shotgun. They…

Countries have failed to reach a landmark agreement on tackling plastic pollution after more than two years of negotiations. More than 200 nations met in South Korea for what was meant to be a final round of talks. But deep divisions remained between a group of nearly 100 “high ambition” countries calling for plastic to be phased…

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has arrived in the US state of Hawaii for a two-day visit, drawing a furious reaction from China. The trip is being billed as a stopover as part of a Pacific tour, but comes amid long-running tensions between the US and China and growing concerns about the possibility of conflict over Taiwan. After…

2024 is almost over, and it has been a year. The tech world has been shaken up a hundred times over, it seems: there was the splashy Vision Pro launch, Google being declared a monopoly, endless AI hype, a hugely consequential US election, the ongoing political ascendance of Elon Musk, and another generation of gadgets trying and…

One hundred elephants have stampeded onto Miami Beach. But don’t worry, they’re not real pachyderms. These are wooden elephants, part of The Great Elephant Migration, an art installation sharing a message about conservation and human-wildlife coexistence. The large herd is on display near 36th Street Park on Miami Beach through Sunday, Dec. 8. An international collaboration between…

Trump’s pick for FBI director has pledged to go after the president-elect’s enemies in the “Deep State” and the media As he fills out his incoming administration, Donald Trump’s nominees have ranged from absolutely unqualified to ideological nightmares. But he might have just made his scariest hire yet. On Saturday night, Trump announced he’s selected Kash Patel…

The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate and share the data needed to manage that most accessible region of space, experts and industry insiders said. A United Nations panel on space traffic coordination in late October determined that urgent action was necessary and called for…

Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry region after crossing India’s southern coast from the Bay of Bengal on Saturday. Puducherry had been hit by the heaviest 24-hour rainfall in 30 years, India’s weather office said on social media on Sunday. The…

The United States is not considering returning to Ukraine the nuclear weapons it gave up after the Soviet Union collapsed, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. Sullivan made his remarks when questioned about a New York Times article last month that said some unidentified Western officials had suggested U.S. President Joe Biden could…

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), workers will go on warning strikes on Monday at plants across Germany, labour union IG Metall said, marking the first large-scale walkouts at Volkswagen’s domestic operations since 2018. The start of the strikes represents a further escalation of a dispute between Europe’s top carmaker and its workers over mass layoffs, pay cuts and possible plant…

Last year, Juliette Sartori decided she wanted to expand her social circle, so she went on a coffee date with three people she had never met before. “It went really well,” she said. “We ended up speaking for two hours and I still speak to them today. We all keep in touch.” Her friendship blind date was…

President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son…

The death toll from the worst floods in decades in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia climbed to at least 12 on Saturday, authorities said, as tens of thousands of people were evacuated due to rising water levels in the past three days. In southern Thailand, the floods have impacted nearly 534,000 households, with the death toll climbing…

A Pakistani court approved bail for a journalist arrested this week after investigating claims of casualties in a protest march, his lawyer said on Saturday. Matiullah Jan, a critic of military influence in Pakistani politics, was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in the capital Islamabad in a terrorism and narcotics case, his lawyer, Imaan Mazari, said…

Fifa has published a long-awaited report it commissioned into the legacy of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, but has failed to implement its key recommendation. The governing body’s sub-committee on human rights and social responsibility concluded that Fifa “has a responsibility” to contribute to compensation for workers harmed by the tournament’s preparation and delivery. “There are workers…

The memories began rushing back as Kenneth strolled through Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, once a focal point for the city’s resistance to China. As a child, Kenneth would buy calligraphy posters from pro-democracy politicians at the annual Lunar New Year fair. Then there were the protest marches he joined as a teenager, that would always start here…