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Hong Kong’s securities market regulator has defended a HK$1 billion (US$128 million) settlement with an accounting firm at the centre of an auditing scandal involving developer China Evergrande Group, saying it has unfettered powers to enforce discipline and a duty to protect the interests of independent investors. In a judicial review hearing on Wednesday, lawyers for the Securities and Futures C...
The singer spent years hiding her symptoms before being diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in 2022.
It is not yet clear what caused the two vehicles to crash into each other in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The Pakistani government challenged on Wednesday a Supreme Court order to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital, a petition filed with the court showed. The move could dash the hopes of Khan’s party and family, who have been calling for him to be given access to healthcare and visitation rights, and also spark public discontent over the treatment of the hugely popular...
In a bombshell address posted on YouTube, Ukraine’s ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for elections to be held even as the war against Russia continues, saying the country was gripped by a crisis of governance. Ukrainian law prohibits elections while the country is under martial law, which was imposed on February 24, 2022, the day that the Russian invasion began. "This is complex,...
The six-year-old spent hours on the phone to paramedics before her body was recovered days later in Gaza City in 2024.
Invasive European wild boars, originally introduced to the area in 1912, are wreaking havoc within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. To mitigate damage to delicate ecosystems, park management annually removes around 275 of these feral hogs. The boars breed with domestic pigs, creating hybrid species that further disrupt native wildlife. Efforts to control their population involve trapping, shoo...
Expected quarterly rise highest in three years and likely to wipe out Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity billsHousehold energy bills across Great Britain are expected to climb to a three-year high this winter as the impact of the Middle East war wipes out Andy Burnham’s tax cut on electricity bills.The government’s cap on energy prices is on track to rise by 4% from this October to the equivalent of...
The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center documented 901 executions in the first seven months of 2026, including 56 on political or national security charges and 98 members of ethnic minorities — a further rise in death penalties in the Islamic Republic in recent years.
PM pledges to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas but issues ‘rallying call’ for community and voluntary organisations to help with plan Andy Burnham has admitted government funding “may not fully be enough” to achieve his aim of offering a place to stay to every rough sleeper by Christmas, as he made a “rallying call” for communities to get behind his plan.Speaking on a visit to the nort...
Wallis police keep records of people reported missing since 1925, mostly in mountainous areas and rivers.
Johnny Depp is reportedly in talks to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, despite having been dropped from the franchise following his legal woes. Depp even said that he would not return to the role again even for "$300m and a million alpacas"...
At China’s annual World Robot Conference (WRC) that kicked off on Wednesday, the hall was filled with humanoid robots wowing visitors with feats of dexterity: from playing table tennis to performing drum solos. These eye-catching displays have helped China’s robotics industry win global attention – and raise huge amounts of capital – over the past couple of years. But at this year’s summit, the ov...
Taiwan’s first test of a locally developed satellite launch vehicle failed on Wednesday after the rocket veered off course, terrifying nearby villagers who mistook it for an incoming missile. The rocket was launched at around 6am local time from the Jiupeng missile testing base in southern Pingtung county. The base is operated by the government-backed National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and T...
Himalayan tahr were introduced to New Zealand's South Island by British aristocrats in pursuit of sport hunting back in 1904. Quickly multiplying, these creatures turned into an invasive species, wreaking havoc on native alpine ecosystems. Control measures, including government-led aerial shooting, have not proven entirely effective, creating a challenging situation for conservationists and hunter...
'Busification', the term describing being captured on the street, is engulfed by abuse and corruption.
Government files a review of Supreme Court order, arguing that the jailed ex-PM should be examined at a public hospital.
Israeli government issues tender for more than 1,200 housing units as part of illegal E1 settlement project.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired one of his most senior officials on Wednesday as corruption investigators named a deputy head of the presidential office among the suspects in a money-laundering case. The stunning developments came a day after Ukraine’s recently fired defence minister demanded national elections, despite Russia’s more than four-year-old invasion. Zelensky has maintaine...
Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies announced on Wednesday that they were investigating senior officials in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, a day after the country’s recently fired defence minister called for national elections despite the ongoing fight against Russia’s invasion. The political drama was an unwelcome distraction for Zelensky as Ukraine’s war with its bigger neighbour stretche...
The 110-key property has eight restaurants as well as a spa spanning some 2,100 square metres.
YouTuber Eden Masliah, 21, has purchased a $740,000 two-bedroom N.Y.C. apartment after saving about $250,000 from her content career and using money left by her late father for an investment. Although the purchase marks a major milestone, Masliah admits she struggles to see it as entirely her achievement because of her inheritance. She is now renovating the apartment and hopes to create a timeless...
Unitree shares surge as much as 620 percent amid enthusiasm for burgeoning field of human-like robots.
Malaysia faces a growing risk of miscalculation near its state of Sabah as US-China rivalry drives more military activities into the waters around Borneo, its defence minister has warned, bolstering the government’s push for higher spending on its armed forces. The concern is particularly acute for Malaysia, a South China Sea claimant that has long sought to keep close economic ties with China whi...
Angelique Kidjo makes history with Hollywood walk of fame star
The bodies of two climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps in 1992 have been found, freed from a melting glacier, police said.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department tells the BBC the identities of those on board are not yet known.
