A man in eastern China who lavished chunks of a 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million) lottery win on a woman live-streamer but gave his wife nothing has captivated mainland social media. The man’s wife, surnamed Yuan, exposed his scandal to Henan TV in mid-October after filing for divorce. The couple, who live in Dezhou, Shandong…
The husband of a 28-year-old woman in China who was paralysed by a rare disease coaxed her to sell their home, then pocketed the proceeds before vanishing. “I would rather go to jail than return,” the man later told police. The case has captivated mainland social media after the Yangtze Evening News reported it. Before…
A three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. has denied the White House’s attempt to stop an appeal against the firing of the director of the government-funded media organization Voice of America (VOA), Michael Abramowitz. Newsweek contacted the White House for comment by email after office hours. Why It Matters President Donald Trump’s effort to oust Abramowitz…
The Trump administration suffered a major blow on Friday when an appeals court upheld an injunction that blocked the president’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. Newsweek contacted the Department of Homeland Security and the White House for comment on Saturday via email outside regular office hours. Why It Matters On January 20, hours…