Apr 27 2024
Earlier this week, the Beijing government tightened the noose around one primary school teacher, ripping them off the register, and going so far as to rendering them unable to land a job. Why? Because the teacher had allegedly chosen to […]
In normal times, vice presidential debates don’t matter much. But in an election year as wild as 2020, everything is magnified. Millions of Americans were aghast when Trump derailed the first presidential debate with incessant interruptions and a cascade of […]
In an age of rising demands for contact-free, human-less services, Japan Post Co. unveiled on Wednesday a self-driving mail delivery robot to address the citizens postal needs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Designed with built-in cameras and sensors, the bright red, […]
Tasmanian devils, the carnivorous marsupials whose feisty, frenzied eating habits won the animals cartoon fame, have returned to mainland Australia for the first time in some 3,000 years. “Seeing those devils released into a wild landscape — it’s a really […]
Greece’s neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was branded a criminal organisation on Wednesday, meaning its leaders now face heavy sentences following one of the most important trials in the country’s political history. The judgement came as police and anti-fascist demonstrators clashed […]
President Donald Trump’s accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a stay of a lower-court decision will remain in […]
Prospects for more aid for Americans struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic and U.S. airlines seeking to avert a wave of layoffs crumbled on Tuesday when President Donald Trump ended negotiations with Congress over a large coronavirus bill. “I have instructed […]
A high-speed hurricane bore down on Mexico’s Caribbean coast Tuesday, triggering the mobilisation of thousands of soldiers and the evacuation of residents and tourists in a string of top beach resorts. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified in the Caribbean to reach […]
Facebook on Tuesday removed a post by US President Donald Trump for downplaying Covid-19 danger by saying the season flu is more deadly, in a rare step against the American leader by the leading social network. A day after checking […]
Eddie Van Halen, of the legendary hard rock group that bore his family name, died on Tuesday following a long battle with cancer, his son announced. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van […]
Netflix is facing a criminal charge in a Texas county for ‘promoting lewd visuals’ of a child in the French film Cuties, according to a statement from Tyler county’s district attorney’s office on Tuesday. The document, filed on Sept 23, […]
