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Videos circulating on Chinese social media show screaming children and people lying injured on the ground. Multiple schoolchildren have been injured following a car crash outside a school in central China’s Hunan province, state media outlets have reported. “Many” children were injured in the incident, but the specific number of casualties is still being determined, … Read more
I’m here. I’m here. Chairman of the Joint Chief of Sexiness. Happy Monday, everyone. So with Trump’s election, Mexico is now planning to strengthen its borders. This as Canada also cracks down on illegal immigration. When asked why, officials point to the influx of liberal celebrities that could overwhelm their obesity treatment centers. My God. … Read more
He Lifeng, China’s vice premier, during the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Tuesday vowed to boost Hong Kong’s competitiveness by investing in the city’s innovation and delivering supportive financial policies. Speaking at the … Read more
A car has been driven into a crowd of people outside a primary school in China’s Hunan province, with multiple injuries feared. There are no details of casualties yet but state media said “several students and adults were injured and fell to the ground”. Several people have been sent to hospital. The driver of the … Read more
Vladimir Shklyarov, one of the ballet community’s leading dancers, died after a fatal fall from a fifth-storey balcony in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Mariinsky Theatre, where the 39-year-old was the top-ranking dancer, confirmed the Nov. 16 death. “Tonight, the favorite of the public, the star premier of the Mariinsky Theatre, Honored Artist of Russia Vladimir … Read more
The 45 defendants, including Joshua Wong, were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many have already been in jail for years.
G20 leaders meeting in Rio urged cooperation on climate change, poverty, and tax reform, while addressing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. A narrow consensus highlighted humanitarian suffering and economic fallout. Leaders called for urgent civilian aid, ceasefires, and multilateral unity ahead of Trump’s January return to power.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday that a spate of offensive text messages sent out in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election and apparently aimed at Black Americans had expanded to target Latino and 2SLGBTQ+ people. In a statement, the bureau said it was aware of the … Read more
A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the shipwreck. The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was given by three women survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron for diverting his passenger ship, the RMS Carpathia, to … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country’s air attack on Iran last month hit “a component” of Tehran’s nuclear programme and degraded its defence and missile production capabilities. “There is a specific component in their nuclear programme that was hit in this attack,” Netanyahu said in a speech in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on … Read more