The cause of the explosion was under investigation | Representative image: Shutterstock 1 min read Last Updated : May 23 2026 | 8:45 AM IST A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi killed at least eight people and trapped 38 underground, state media reported Saturday. The accident…
HONG KONG — As President Trump left Beijing on Friday, Chinese social media resurfaced a familiar nickname for the president — flattering at first glance — declaring that Chuan Jianguo, the “Nation Builder,” had returned. It was not meant as a compliment. The nation he is building, according to the Chinese, is not the United States but…
US President Donald Trump has said he is not optimistic about the release of former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who was sentenced to 20 years for violating the national security law, after raising the issue with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing. “[Xi] said Jimmy Lai is a tough…
The head of Hong Kong’s City University, Professor Freddy Boey Yin Chiang, has resigned with immediate effect for personal reasons, leaving his post two years earlier than expected. The university expressed its gratitude to Boey, a Singaporean, for his contributions to CityU during his three years as president. “The executive committee of the [university’s] council…
US President Donald Trump (Photo: Bloomberg) 2 min read Last Updated : Apr 02 2026 | 7:38 AM IST US President Donald Trump Wednesday said China, Japan and South Korea should be involved in opening Strait of Hormuz. The president has previously directed much of his anger at Nato allies for their reluctance…
President Donald Trump granted a second pardon to Daniel Edwin Wilson, a defendant convicted for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. Wilson remained in jail despite an earlier sweeping clemency order for individuals linked to the…
President Donald Trump weighed in on which NFL coach could potentially make a great president during an interview on ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show, which aired Tuesday. Trump, while maintaining his characteristic ambivalence, took the opportunity to reflect on the leadership qualities of NFL coaches and the shifting landscape of college and professional sports. The…
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders’ contest against the Detroit Lions on Sunday. There were boos from some spectators in the stands when Trump was shown on the videoboard late in the first half, standing in…
“For more than 150 years, every President has dreamt about having a Ballroom at the White House,” wrote no one ever until Donald J. Trump posted the proclamation on his Truth Social platform Monday. The president’s plans to build the kind of venue that most Americans associate with Disney princesses, Von Trapp family soirees and…
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responded to Donald Trump after he suggested Tuesday that he could pull 2026 World Cup games from Gillette Stadium over “unsafe conditions” in Massachusetts, citing recent street takeovers.Wu appeared on a podcast on Wednesday and said it would be unlikely that the games could change venues so late in the process….