Hollywood stars protest planned Paramount Skydance merger
Hollywood stars protest planned Paramount Skydance merger
Watchdog investigates 11 police officers over handling of Wimbledon school crash
The families of Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, who died at an end-of-term tea party, say the initial investigation was flawed.
EU to cut funding for Chinese inverters, as quiet offensive replaces grandstanding
At a top-level meeting of her 26 department chiefs in March, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen quietly approved a plan to stop EU funds from going to clean technology projects containing Chinese inverters.
Inverters are the essential power electronics at the heart of solar and wind systems. Industry groups estimate that Chinese companies led by Huawei Technologies control more than 220 gigawatts of Europe’s installed solar capacity via the devices.
The commission wants to...
IRA victims' relatives told there will be no new inquiry - despite heartfelt plea
Police chiefs have told the relatives of IRA bomb victims who had been calling for a new investigation that they cannot probe further - because of recent law changes
Kazakh sovereign fund issues Central Asia’s first panda bond in ‘milestone’ sale
A leading sovereign wealth fund from Central Asia has cast a vote of confidence in Chinese debt and the country’s currency by becoming the first institution from the region to sell yuan-denominated debt, known as panda bonds, in China’s onshore market.
The decision by Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund, Samruk-Kazyna, to sell 3 billion yuan (US$440 million) in China’s interbank market comes as global investors are looking for safe havens amid geopolitical uncertainties such as the Iran war.
The...
Love and compassion in China: Moroccan student saves drowning woman, long-ago pen pals reunite
A Moroccan man studying in eastern China has been hailed as a hero by local residents and received an award for saving a drowning woman from a lake.
On the evening of April 6, Ayoub Fadil, 21, a student at Hangzhou Dianzi University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province and several foreign friends were walking around Jinsha Lake when they noticed a woman floating in the water.
A lifebuoy thrown by some residents did not help because she was too far away from the bank, Hangzhou Daily reported.
Fadil’s...
Moment Hungarian politician dances across stage as Orban finally ousted
Viktor Orban's 16-year rule came to a crushing end after Hungarians soundly rejected his Fidesz party in favour of a new path led by Peter Magyar and his Tisza party
Philippine president dispels rumors of failing health
Philippine president dispels rumors of failing health
Student accused of murder over housemate stabbing
University student Jamie Collins was found dead in a garden with multiple stab wounds.
Xi calls for closer ties with Spain in face of global 'chaos'
China's President Xi Jinping warned against a return to the "law of the jungle" in international relations and called for closer economic ties with Spain as he met Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday, according to Chinese state media.
Advisory body to be given power to probe government department heads for serious offences
A statutory advisory body in Hong Kong will be given new powers as early as June to investigate government department heads over “serious, widespread or systemic” problems, as part of a broader push to institutionalise official accountability.
The subsidiary legislation drafted by the Civil Service Bureau, which was submitted to the Legislative Council on Tuesday, sought to grant the Public Service Commission, an independent, statutory body that advises the government on civil service...
Police and social workers to be named unless disciplinary action taken, says Southport families' lawyer
Chris Walker says he will name staff from five agencies unless suitable disciplinary action is taken.