A former Hong Kong opposition politician has argued that China’s one-party rule system is incompatible with the country’s constitution and fails to safeguard people’s fundamental rights, as he defended his calls to end “dictatorship” in a high-profile subversion trial. Ex-lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan, a former chairman of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic…
The phases can also be distinguished by differences in atmospheric pressure. During El Niño, pressure is above normal at Darwin, Australia (western Pacific) and below normal at Tahiti, French Polynesia (central Pacific). For La Niña, the opposite is true.
Helen and Lee Draper lost their daughter Megan to meningitis in October 2025. She was a student at Bournemouth University. Her parents later found out she wasn’t vaccinated against the strain she had – Meningitis B. Megan’s father Lee says it is important for parents to be aware the meningitis vaccinations that their children have…
“She’d contacted me and then said I’m going back to sleep to try and sleep it off. She woke up at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the rash had spread, she felt worse, her arms and legs were aching and she just felt really unwell, so we advised her to contact 111 to seek medical…
Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways ML4W is a great Linux distro to start with Hyprland. ML4W is a rolling release distro, based on Arch. ML4W includes GUIs to help you customize the desktop. Hyprland is taking the Linux community…
Michael VoepelMar 17, 2026, 08:00 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Multiple Authors Listen to five minutes of March Madness coverage and one of the tenets of…
This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China’s military has tested a new shipborne uncrewed helicopter that analysts say could expand the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) operational reach in contested waters such as the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. Footage released by state broadcaster CCTV this week showed a…
As the US–Israeli war with Iran enters its third week, reports are emerging that Israel is potentially running out of air defense interceptors due to Iran’s retaliatory attacks. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and Israeli foreign minister have denied the reports. The government did reportedly approve around US$826 million for “urgent and essential defense procurement”…
After ByteDance suspended the global rollout of its new Seedance 2.0 AI video generator on the weekend, US senators have now told the company to “immediately shut down” the app. “Seedance 2.0 poses a direct threat to the American intellectual property system and, more broadly, to the constitutional rights and economic livelihoods of our creative…
