A Chinese court has handed a suspended death sentence to a man who injured over a dozen children by ramming his car into a crowd outside a primary school in central China.…
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Brazil: Authorities shut BYD factory site over ‘slavery’ conditions
Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to “slavery”. More than 160 workers have been…
Drug lord back in Colombia after 20 years in US jail
One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking. Fabio Ochoa Vasquez,…
USA: Four revelations from the House ethics report on Matt Gaetz
The House Ethics Committee report on Donald Trump ally Matt Gaetz released on Monday revealed fresh details about the former congressman’s alleged behaviour, at least one new accusation and insights…
Israel acknowledges it assassinated Hamas chief Haniyeh for first time
Israel’s Minister of Defence Israel Katz has for the first time publicly acknowledged that his country assassinated Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, warning that the Yemen-based Houthis will also be struck…
USA: As Biden commutes death row sentences, how Trump plans to expand executions
With just weeks left in office, US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates – potentially thwarting President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to…
USA: NASA Spacecraft attempts closest ever approach to Sun
A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest ever approach to the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star’s outer atmosphere, enduring brutal temperatures…
Sweden: China claims cooperation in Baltic Sea cable probe, Sweden says otherwise
China says it had provided information and documents for an open investigation into the severing of two Baltic Sea undersea cables, though Sweden alleges Beijing has not been adequately transparent in…
Germany: Saudi warnings about market attack suspect were ignored
The Saudi authorities, I am told, are currently working flat out to collate everything they have on the Magdeburg market suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, and to share it with Germany’s ongoing…
Russia: Scientists unveil 50,000-year-old baby mammoth remains
Russian scientists have unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the remote Yakutia region of Siberia during the summer.They say “Yana” – who has…