TOPSHOT – Media tycoon Jimmy Lai (R) is escorted into a Hong Kong Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on February 1, 2021, after being ordered to remain in jail while judges consider his fresh bail application, the first major legal challenge to a sweeping national security law Beijing…
Iran on Sunday restated its stance amid renewed nuclear talks with the United States, with foreign minister Abbas Araghchi making it clear that Tehran will not give up uranium enrichment or bow to military pressure from Washington. ‘Their military deployment does not scare us’: Iran foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on US moves (File photos) He…
In recent days, Freeport-McMoRan has been in focus after China moved to expand its strategic copper reserves and the US launched Project Vault, a government-backed initiative to build a large minerals stockpile with public loans and private capital. Together, these policy steps highlight how national stockpiling of critical materials can reshape expectations for copper demand…
Printed documents available at Epstein Library on the U.S. Department of Justice website are seen in this illustration photo. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. Justice Department’s latest release of millions of documents related to the notorious sex criminal and financier Jeffrey Epstein has shed more light on the relationships he built with…
However you cut it, this is a one-woman story. Sanae Takaichi has landed a mandate, a landslide so decisive that just a few months ago it would barely have been believed. And it could well change Japan and this region. When she assumed the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in October, following…
Who is Jimmy Lai?published at 01:41 GMT 01:41 GMT Image source, Getty Images Hailed by some as a hero and scorned by others as a traitor, the 78-year-old is the most prominent person charged under the national security law which was introduced by China in 2020 in response to massive pro-democracy protests which erupted in…
The president’s leading health official is getting mocked for his “medieval survival”-style Super Bowl meal plans. “Super Bowl Sunday today is a snacking holiday in the U.S. You are—as the CEO of MAHA, what would you have as a Super Bowl snack?” host Peter Doocy asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr….
Super Bowl Sunday has arrived. Today, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will face off for Super Bowl 60. The Big Game is being played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, and kicks off at 6:30PM ET. Pre-game coverage for the 2026 NFL Championship Game starts at 12PM ET. Like all Sunday Night…
Get the Adam Clery Football Column. A newsletter that unpacks the absurdities and oddities of the beautiful game The ACFC newsletter: unpacking football’s absurdities Unpack football’s oddities with the ACFC newsletter Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says he does not expect the club to qualify for next season’s Champions League, arguing that the Reds would…
A Hong Kong court sentenced former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying to 20 years in prison on Monday for violating the national security law, closing a chapter of what has become a geopolitical flashpoint between China and the West. Three High Court judges handed down penalties to Lai, as well as six senior executives of…