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Suspect deemed unfit to stand trial for aiding deadly hold-up in Hong Kong

A mainland Chinese man has been deemed unfit to stand trial for his alleged involvement in a deadly shooting during a botched robbery in Hong Kong three decades ago, after he was diagnosed with a cognitive impairment caused by lung cancer. A High Court jury of four men and three women ruled on Friday that Shenzhen resident Wen Wenye, 61, could not be held criminally liable for murder and attempted...

Russia maintains attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure – Europe live

The efforts are part of an ongoing attempt to cripple the country’s power grid ahead of winterRussia keeps targeting Ukraine’s energy facilities in its latest round of overnight attacks, part of an ongoing attempt to cripple the country’s power grid ahead of winter.Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper said that one was died and at least five were injured in the attack. Continue reading...

Philippine court orders Sara Duterte to be arrested for threatening President Marcos, his wife

A court in the Philippines has issued a warrant of arrest against Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio over death threats she made against President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr. The warrant involves three counts of grave threats, according to a court order that also set bail at 120,000 pesos (US$1,900) for each count. The charges were first filed last month, based on a National Bureau of Investigation crim...

Sara Duterte faces arrest warrant for threatening Philippines’ Marcos, his wife

A Philippine court on ⁠Friday ordered the ⁠arrest of Vice-President ⁠Sara Duterte in connection with a criminal case accusing her of making threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, the first lady and a former House ‌speaker. A trial court issued a warrant for Duterte’s arrest in the case involving three counts of grave threats, according to a court order that also set bail at 120,000 pesos ...

US claims EU joined new Iran sanctions push, yet Brussels only endorsed them

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared that the European Union formally joined Washington's campaign to sever Iran from the global financial system. Yet a Brussels statement issued at this week's G20 finance meeting in fact stops well short of that.

US claims EU joined new Iran sanctions push, yet Brussels only endorsed it

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared that the European Union formally joined Washington's campaign to sever Iran from the global financial system. Yet a Brussels statement issued at this week's G20 finance meeting in fact stops well short of that.

Hong Kong’s City University disciplines students over orientation camp misconduct

Hong Kong’s City University has disciplined students over an orientation event with a disco theme in which a half-naked man was seen carrying a woman wearing only a bra and shorts, two days after the institution said it had “zero tolerance” for improper conduct. The institution said on Friday that all students involved in the orientation camp incident on August 27 had admitted their mistakes, form...

City University of Hong Kong disciplines students over orientation camp misconduct

City University of Hong Kong has disciplined students over an orientation event with a disco theme in which a half-naked man was seen carrying a woman wearing only a bra and shorts, two days after the institution said it had “zero tolerance” for improper conduct. The institution said on Friday that all students involved in the orientation camp incident on August 27 had admitted their mistakes, for...

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios handed one-month ban following positive cocaine test

Kyrgios has entered a treatment programme and will forfeit his €6,570 prize money and ranking points from the ATP Tour event in Mallorca where he tested positive for the drug.

South Korea pushes back on reports it is readying Hormuz deployment amid US pressure

Seoul reportedly seeking parliamentary approval to send military assets to Middle East but president’s office plays down claimsSouth Korea is reviewing a possible deployment of military assets to the strait of Hormuz amid pressure from Donald Trump over Seoul’s reluctance to provide support in the region, according to domestic media reports.Citing unnamed government and military sources, the repor...

Video: Workers rescued from hydro tunnel nine days after Nepal flooding

Two workers have been pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel nine days after deadly flash flooding hit Nepal.

Removing some fish helped a degraded Chinese lake begin to recover

Trump presses Supreme Court to curb mail voting as ballots begin reaching Americans

A federal judge's ruling that compliance was "practically impossible," paired with a whistleblower's warning that millions of ballots could go undelivered, has thrown the run-up to a pivotal midterm vote into legal disarray.

2 US sailors sent back to Abraham Lincoln warship after drunken Pattaya fight

Two sailors from the US aircraft carrier making a port call to Thailand were sent back to the ship after a drunken altercation, Thai police said on Friday. Police were alerted to a “small scuffle” involving the sailors in the early hours of Thursday near Pattaya’s nightlife hotspot Walking Street, city police chief Colonel Anek Srathongyoo said. “The sailors were drunk and they were fighting, maki...

5-year-old leaves Texas school unnoticed; stranger finds him

A five-year-old student left Rufino Mendoza Elementary School unnoticed during school hours. A good Samaritan found the crying child several blocks away and returned him. The school initially claimed staff had retrieved the student before he left campus. The child's mother stated the school did not fully disclose the incident details. She is now seeking legal action and fears for her son's safety.

Boy dies after car hit by train

A 12-year-old boy has died after a car he was travelling in collided with a train in Co Mayo, Ireland.

Boy dies after car hit by train on level crossing

A 12-year-old boy has died after a car he was travelling in collided with a train in Co Mayo, Ireland.

Why Pakistan overhauled its military command structure after five decades

New legislation gives Pakistan's military chief sweeping command powers, raising questions about oversight.

Retired repairman built wind-powered sculptures; his park now draws 194,300 visitors, $5.3 million

A retired North Carolina farm machinery repairman turned scrap metal into towering wind-powered sculptures, creating a collection that became a local attraction. After his 30 restored whirligigs were moved to downtown Wilson, the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park opened in 2017. The park has since become a cultural and economic draw, recording about 194,300 visitors in 2024 and generating an estimated...

Pocock says skilled migrants should be top priority as Australia faces shortage of AI workers and tradies – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Gut-wrenching’: Bowen to meet with Nepali community todayChris Bowen said he would meet members of the Nepali Australian community later today.Every person who’s been rescued or found is a relief to their family and to the broader Australian community. But of course, we still have 36 Australians who are missing and ...

Pocock says skilled migrants should be ‘No 1 priority’ as Australia faces shortage of AI workers and tradies – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Gut-wrenching’: Bowen to meet with Nepali community todayChris Bowen said he would meet members of the Nepali Australian community later today.Every person who’s been rescued or found is a relief to their family and to the broader Australian community. But of course, we still have 36 Australians who are missing and ...

News live: Pocock says skilled migrants should be ‘No 1 priority’ as Australia faces shortage of AI workers and tradies

Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Gut-wrenching’: Bowen to meet with Nepali community todayChris Bowen said he would meet members of the Nepali Australian community later today.Every person who’s been rescued or found is a relief to their family and to the broader Australian community. But of course, we still have 36 Australians who are missing ...

Zverev goes distance to scrape into third round as upsets rock US Open

Men's third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime goes out, along with sixth-seed Alex de Minaur and 13th-seed Lorenzo Musetti.

Why early warning signs of glacier collapse in Nepal were difficult to detect

The glacier collapse that led to devastating flash floods across the Himalayan region of Nepal and its border with the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet on August 26 was preceded by early warning signs, experts say. But monitoring and emergency alert systems in the region are still insufficient to predict such disasters.

2 trapped Nepal hydropower tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods

Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel as emergency teams continued efforts to reach others believed to be trapped inside, officials said.