Produced by Allen Alter and Patti Aronofsky [This story previously aired on May 26, 2015. It was updated on July 30, 2016.] When he’s not out looking for the big wave, there’s a big story that has consumed Stephen Baxter, a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel and a “48 Hours” consultant: the mysterious death…
Subsidence claims in 2025’s first half are demonstrating that this natural phenomenon is no joking matter. Data published by the ABI in August 2025 showed that subsidence related claims cost its insurer members £153m across the first six months of the year, with the average payout per claim standing at £17,264. Comparatively, November 2024 statistics…
Hong Kong police have arrested eight people in connection with the suspected murder of a 51-year-old man in Tuen Mun, the Post has learned. A source said on Tuesday that those apprehended were believed to have been involved in a dispute over the sale of illicit cigarettes. Another insider said that the victim, identified as…
The transport corridor between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which will be placed under U.S. management, could become part of a trade route between China and Europe—if Washington does not restrict its use, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed Turkish officials. According to them, the exclusive right to manage the corridor would allow the United States to determine how…
Andrew Dawkins BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images The city council said given the number of people living in Birmingham, a “more suitable comparison” would be debt per head of population Birmingham City Council continues to have the highest debt of any local authority in the UK, despite a 4% cut in the past year,…
Google is preparing to change how apps reach Android users, and this time the focus is not just on the Play Store. Starting next year, the company will require every developer to go through an identity check, even those who publish their apps through sideloading or third-party stores. It doesn’t mean sideloading is going away….
China and Russia should jointly safeguard their security and development interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the visiting Russian parliament speaker on Tuesday, in their efforts to build a more “equitable” international order. Source link
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 | Image Credit: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons For a limited five-week period in mid-2026, Singapore Airlines (SQ) will resume its Airbus A380 services along the Singapore (SIN) – Hong Kong (HK) route. Equipped with the carrier’s flagship 2017 Business Class products and suites, this short-haul…
City Matters, the final newspaper covering the City of London, went out of business last week. So what? Now Fleet Street itself doesn’t have a local paper. The City of London Corporation joins several London boroughs that no longer have dedicated journalists covering them. This is part of a nationwide collapse that appears to have…
Last Updated:August 26, 2025, 06:45 IST In May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had proposed aggressively revoking visas of Chinese students. The United States and China have been locked in a trade standoff for several months (Photo: AP) President Donald Trump announced on Monday that his administration will accept up to 600,000 Chinese students to…