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President at rally in South Carolina makes comments on key strategic waterway and also jokes about bombing IranDonald Trump called the strait of Hormuz “an American territory” on Friday, as the US continues its military blockade of Iran’s shipping and ports while Trump’s administration struggles to end its war with the country.“We don’t even know if we won, because I view the strait of Hormuz as a...
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, threatens harshest sanctions yet on Russia after strike on Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russian drones have slammed into a busy shopping centre in central Ukraine, killing 16 people in an attack that Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “cynical and despicable”.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, condemned Friday’s attack on Kryvyi Rih –...
At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 wounded on Friday when several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine, authorities said, with President Volodymyr Zelensky promising a response to what he called an “act of barbarism”. Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said that 22 children were among the wounded in the daytime attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih, which is Zelen...
Some young women in China are dyeing their armpit hair, transforming a once-stigmatised trait into both a fashion statement and an assertion of bodily autonomy. The trend is not without precedent. Lady Gaga made headlines with green underarm hair in 2011, while brightly dyed armpit hair and “glitter pits” – underarms embellished with glitter – have since surfaced on social media worldwide. In rece...
Hong Kong physiotherapy graduates are facing a job crunch amid ongoing healthcare budget cuts and a surge in new practitioners entering the industry, with one representative saying 60 applicants had competed for one position in a remote care facility for elderly residents. Data also showed that the proportion of applicants admitted to Polytechnic University’s (PolyU) prestigious physiotherapy prog...
South Korean investor Carol Kim thought Hong Kong-based CSOP Asset Management’s new flexible leverage structure would cushion losses in its SK Hynix leveraged product, only to take a 77.2 per cent hit after the fund maintained its maximum exposure every day following the revised rules. “I expected the flexible leverage structure to soften the blow, but it actually felt like it was dropping even ha...
Omani and Iranian foreign ministers hold a call as Washington prepares economic sanctions.
Negotiations to finalise a deal between the US and Canada are going down to the wire ahead of a Friday night deadline.
Victory for state Senator Aisha Wahab marks the latest example of a progressive overcoming millions in outside spending.
President in South Carolina celebrates supreme court’s temporary order to allow construction to continue and discusses war in IranPentagon fires publisher and editor of Stars & StripesBacklash as navy carrier set to honor Black war hero could be named after TrumpSign up for the US Breaking News emailUS Senator Tim Sheehy, a Montana Republican and a cattle rancher, has come out against a plan a...
Guyanese diplomat emerges narrowly ahead as the council works towards consensus before Guterres departs.
Ukraine’s president accuses Russia of a ‘cowardly and deliberate’ attack on a mall in his hometown of Kryvyi Rih.
They will not be working royals when they come back. So what could they be doing instead?
The roar from thousands of People’s Justice Party (PKR) delegates gathered at a grand convention centre in Melaka last weekend exuded all the confidence expected of a party leading Malaysia’s government. The past three years have been the culmination of more than two decades of struggle for PKR, with it finally achieving its long-held goal of installing leader Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister and w...
US president says Iran 'would love to make a deal, but they’re not ready to make the right deal in my opinion'.
US president says Iran 'would love to make a deal, but they’re not ready to make the right deal in my opinion'.
More than 100 people were in the monastery for a religious retreat, according to a local resident.
Editor-in-chief Erik Slavin has suggested his firing was retaliation for speaking out about editorial independence.
A Russian attack on a shopping mall in Ukraine on Friday killed more than a dozen people and injured over 100. Aidan Stretch has the details.
Experts told the BBC the pressures of childhood stardom can put actors at an unusually higher risk of substance abuse issues.
Andhra Pradesh's regional minister of education says he is taking legal action with committee against those responsible.
The US national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion for the first time in history, and it’s growing fast.
Donald Trump repeated claims that Iran is weakened economically and militarily and ‘would love’ to make a deal.
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was sent back to prison after being transferred for a medical evaluation.
The vice president's speech hinged heavily on economic themes, as voter confidence slips for Republican policies.
Saja El-Khawas had been in critical condition after being pulled from sea in West SussexA six-year-old girl has died in hospital three days after being pulled from the sea off Shoreham in West Sussex, in an incident that also killed her mother, father and sister.Saja El-Khawas died on Friday after the deaths of her sister Sara El-Khawas, 14, and her parents Hassan El-Khawas, 55, and Zeina Alayn, 3...
Saja El-Khawas had been in critical condition after incident that also killed her sister and parents off coast of ShorehamA six-year-old girl has died in hospital three days after being pulled from the sea off Shoreham in West Sussex, in an incident that also killed her mother, father and sister.Saja El-Khawas died on Friday after the deaths of her sister Sara El-Khawas, 14, and her parents Hassan...
The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13.
