The US imposed sanctions on Hong Kong’s departing police chief and five other officials on Monday, saying they had undermined the semi-autonomous city’s “protected rights and freedoms”, and warned of additional visa restrictions for Chinese officials blocking “reciprocal access” to Tibet. The sanctions against Hong Kong Police Commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee and other high-ranking officials…
STORY: Rescuers pulled a woman from the wreckage of a hotel in Myanmar days after a massive earthquake in the Southeast Asian country last week that killed at least 2,000 people. China’s Xinhua news agency reported that several others were freed from collapsed buildings in Mandalay, the city in central Myanmar near the epicenter of…
iOS 18.4 is here, bringing with it a ton of new features. One of my favorites? A new Apple Music capability that expands the service’s reach beyond the Music app, pushing further into Control Center and more. Ambient Music controls expand Apple Music’s reach in iOS 18.4 After you install iOS 18.4, if you’re like…
Chappell Roan – Photo: Tom Hausman, Emeli Sandé – Photo: Facebook, Alanis Morisette – Photo: Facebook The Peter Tatchell Foundation is calling on celebrities scheduled to perform in Hungary to boycott the country in response to the passage of a ban on Pride marches and parades, and government surveillance, using facial recognition software, of people…
Shares in Newsmax, the cable TV news outlet known for its sympathetic coverage of Donald Trump, soared more than 700% on their first day of trading. The IPO was priced at $10 a share last Friday, with the offering netting $75 million after 7.5 million Class B shares went on sale. In February, Newsmax said…
President Trump said Sunday that “I’m not joking” about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends at the beginning of 2029. “There are methods which you could do it,” Mr. Trump said in…
Style Points is a column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. At fashion week, the only place you’d usually spy a makeup compact is backstage. But for her much-heralded Givenchy debut this season, creative director Sarah Burton brought the everyday item to the forefront, collaging a powder-pink minidress and matching bag in upcycled…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the United States was taking steps to impose additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials involved in policies related to access for foreigners to Tibetan areas. “For far too long, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has … Source link
France’s far-right leader was barred from running for office Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement yesterday and disqualified from running for public office for five years. The verdict set off a crisis that could lead to new political turmoil in France. It effectively knocked Le Pen, France’s most popular politician,…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! If there’s one mysterious country in South America, it’s Paraguay. Its history is out of the realm of reality. The first country to effectively stabilize in South America after Independence, becoming a “Perpetual Dictatorship” from 1816 under the paternalistic,…