Ukraine is struggling to regain power after the latest Russian barrage
Ukraine struggled Thursday to repair its ailing power and water supplies after Russia attacked the power grid with dozens of cruise missiles and temperatures dropped. Ukraine’s power system is on the brink of collapse and millions have been hit by emergency power cuts for weeks from systematic Russian bombing of the grid. The World Health […]
Workers at an iPhone factory in China take the money and leave after protests
Workers leave a giant Foxconn iPhone factory in central China over working conditions and Covid restrictions, relieved to take home severance pay after angry protests at the Taiwanese tech giant’s plant. Workers are exiting the Zhengzhou plant after bloody clashes with police that left more than a dozen protesters injured, angry at Foxconn’s failure to […]
from prison to power, a dream fulfilled
It was a bumpy road to the summit of power for Anwar Ibrahim, who fulfilled his dream of becoming Malaysian prime minister on Thursday. In his decades-long search for the top job, the 75-year-old has seen political triumphs and defeats, leading street protests for democratic reform and assembling a multi-ethnic opposition coalition behind bars. He […]
French MPs vote on bullfighting ban
French MPs are expected to vote on a total ban on bullfighting for the first time on Thursday, after a national debate pitted animal rights activists against fans of the traditional blood sport. Although public opinion is in favor of banning the practice, the bill is expected to be rejected by a majority of lawmakers […]
Interactive game gives Spanish teenagers insight into gender-based violence
The argument started with a trifle: “Edu” laughed at something on his phone but refused to show it to his girlfriend “Ali”. She got angry and they started fighting. Angry words turned to shouts and insults, and suddenly an enraged “Edu” grabbed her phone and threw it on the classroom floor, where it shattered. The […]
Taiwanese politicians display lucky vegetables during election campaign
In many parts of the world, a politician might be hoping for a perfect moment with a voter’s baby to boost his poll numbers. But in Taiwan, vegetables are kings of the campaign. Whenever the Democratic island of 23 million people goes into voting mode, potential candidates race to pose with a smorgasbord of vegetables […]
Indonesian rescue workers search for dozens of people missing after earthquake
Indonesian authorities on Thursday deployed heavy machinery, helicopters and thousands of workers in a desperate attempt to find dozens trapped in rubble by an earthquake that killed 271 as hopes of survivors faded. Some were pulled alive from the pile of twisted metal and concrete during dramatic rescue operations in the west Java town of […]
BTS star to begin South Korean military service next month: report
The oldest member of K-pop phenomenon BTS will begin his military service on December 13 and become the band’s first member, local media reported on Thursday. All able-bodied South Korean men under the age of 30 are required to serve about two years of military service, largely because the country is technically still at war […]
Stocks rise, dollar slips as Fed signals softer rate hike pace
Asian markets rallied on Thursday and the dollar continued to weaken after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy meeting suggested it could slow the pace of rate hikes. The news offered traders a cushion against concerns about rising Covid cases in China, which have fueled speculation authorities that they will return to lockdowns […]
British police unveil the largest anti-fraud operation yet
British police on Thursday said their biggest anti-fraud operation to date had disrupted an international criminal network targeting hundreds of thousands of victims in millions of spam calls. The Metropolitan Police, who led the 18-month global investigation into the iSpoof.cc website, have arrested over 100 people in recent weeks, including one of their suspected London-based […]
Vladimir Putin’s critics: dead, imprisoned, exiled
Opposition politician Ilya Yashin, on trial in Moscow on Wednesday, is in danger of becoming the last in a long line of Kremlin critics who have been handed hefty prison sentences. Others were killed or narrowly escaped death, while still others went into exile. Here is a list of Putin’s most prominent critics. – dead […]
DR Congo and Rwanda in new talks in Angola, Kagame absent
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta met in Angola on Wednesday amid rising tensions sparked by militia violence in eastern Congo. Tshisekedi and Biruta were received at a hotel in the capital Luanda by Angolan President Joao Lourenco, who acted as a mediator between the two neighbors, an AFP correspondent […]