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Charlie Kirk, a conservative commentator and founder of Turning Point USA, wasbrutally assassinatedwhile participating in a live debate in Utah. As of this writing, the assassin has not been caught. FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted that the suspect had been apprehended, but a little while latertweeted that the suspect had been released, and that the…
Sebastien Lecornu, the loyalist picked by President Emmanuel Macron to be France’s fifth prime minister in two years, took office on a day of sprawling anti-government protests that underlined the depth of the country’s political crisis. Lecornu, a conservative Macron protégé who most recently served as his defence minister, arrived at midday on Wednesday at…
China’s embassy in the United States has warned against a new round of “media warfare” as Washington moves to cut the duration of visas for Chinese journalists. “We do not want to see a new round of ‘media warfare’ between the two countries and urge the US to refrain from taking this erroneous move,” embassy…
China has approved the creation of a nature reserve at a disputed territory in the South China Sea, a decision that could escalate tensions with rival claimant the Philippines. Beijing has controlled the shoal – which it calls Huangyan Island and is known as the Panatag Shoal in the Philippines – since a stand-off with…
China has unveiled its mission to impact deliberately a near-Earth asteroid by 2030 – a decisive step toward establishing its planetary defense and asteroid resource utilization capabilities. The move comes three years after the United States successfully conducted its own Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in 2022, which demonstrated the feasibility of using a…
A routine China Southern Airlines flight from Guangdong province on Monday evening turned into a “terrifying” ordeal for passengers as the plane encountered severe turbulence, forcing it to be diverted. The plane was flying from Zhuhai to the city of Taiyuan in Shanxi province when it was diverted to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport in Hebei…
Did Russia Attack Poland with Drones? Poland says that 19 allegedly Russian drones entered its airspace. In an all-night operation on September 9, the Polish air force tried to track them down. According to the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, four of them were destroyed but the rest remain missing. Poland blamed Russia for an…
Hong Kong authorities have shelved a controversial reclamation project to build three artificial islands in the sea off Lantau, with the development minister saying the government does not have the “necessary conditions” to start. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho made it clear for the first time on Wednesday that the current administration would not…
Islamabad (International Desk) – Human rights organization Amnesty International has alleged that Pakistani authorities are carrying out large-scale illegal surveillance of citizens. According to the report, a sophisticated internet firewall and telecommunication system are being used to monitor phone calls and online activities across the country. Amnesty claims that Pakistani agencies have the capacity to…
Hong Kong transport authorities will use artificial intelligence to assess the fitness of elderly professional drivers in a trial run set to start later this year, aiming to enhance the reliability of tests for older motorists. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan told the Legislative Council on Wednesday that the medical assessment trial would…
