The Hong Kong government has condemned the throwing of a bottle filled with red paint at its headquarters, warning authorities will follow up on the attack. Security personnel called police on Wednesday at about 7.40am after discovering red paint had been splashed near a flower bed at the headquarters in Tamar, Admiralty. Glass debris was…
When Joshua Wong went to a Hong Kong court to face charges for alleged subversive acts in 2020, he wore a T-shirt with the words, “THEY CAN’T KILL US ALL.” The democracy advocate is still alive, but will spend a total of four-plus years in prison, including time already served, for being part of what…
A Hong Kong charity group has logged more than double the number of hotline calls from professionals working with minors, after the passage of a mandatory reporting bill on suspected child abuse. NGO Against Child Abuse on Thursday released data showing it received a total of 1,059 calls to its hotline handling suspected abuse reports…
Nov. 14—A Decatur man accused of holding two adults and two children captive on Autumnwood Drive — after a victim said she rejected his advances — was a credible threat to his ex-wife and children, according to a Madison County judge, and previously convicted of attacking his stepfather. “He has showed me what he is…
Russia enacted a new decree on Wednesday that limits payouts for injured soldiers based on their wounds. Soldiers with less severe wounds now have their $30,000 payout knocked down to $10,000, or even $1,000. Previous foreign estimates found that Russia had to spend 6% of its budget on casualty payouts. Thanks for signing up! Access…
President-elect Donald Trump is moving aggressively on mass deportation, installing two of the most strident anti-immigrant voices in his circle in key positions. Their selection sets the stage for the administration to take the hardest possible line on Trump’s signature issue: vastly reducing the number of immigrants in this country. What’s coming will be ugly….
Australia plans to ban social media for users under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The ban comes amid a global effort to curb kids’ use of social media. Some say Australia’s ban is too broad, potentially limiting access to mental health services. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed…
Stocks hit all-time highs following early-morning news that former President Donald Trump is once again President-elect Donald Trump. US yields jumped and the dollar saw its best day since 2022 as investors cheered the Republican’s return to the presidency and the potential for what increasingly looks like his party’s control of both houses of Congress….
Mainland social media has been appalled by surveillance footage of a 14-year-old boy assaulting a 7-year-old girl in the lift of their residential building. The boy was put under administrative detention by the police in eastern China’s Jiangxi province after the footage was published online and triggered public fury. The teenager, surnamed Liu, followed the…
A mainland woman who sneaked into a wedding banquet in Hong Kong, pretended to be a friend of the newlyweds and posted a video of herself enjoying the feast, has sparked online outrage. The woman, who goes by the name @kuailefeizhaidejiejie on social media, posted videos of her having a wedding feast in the city…