Kyiv’s military intelligence unit says it sank the patrol ship Sergey Kotov near the Crimean peninsula. Ukraine claims to have destroyed a Russian military patrol boat near the annexed Crimean peninsula. The country’s military intelligence unit, GUR, said on Tuesday that it had hit the Sergey Kotov with drones. It…
Tribunal disqualifies Martinelli’s candidacy over 10-year prison sentence for money laundering received last year. Panama’s electoral tribunal has annulled the candidacy of former President Ricardo Martinelli in the presidential election set for May. The decision, announced late on Monday by the body’s president Alfredo Junca, appears to end Martinelli’s hopes…
Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death. Iran hanged at least 834 people in 2023, the second-highest number of executions in two decades, according to a report released by rights groups. The report, released on Tuesday by Norway-based Iran Human…
The law, known as Senate Bill 4, had been set to take effect on Saturday and it would allow state officers to arrest people suspected of entering the country irregularly. A United States Supreme Court judge has temporarily blocked a bill that would hand authorities in Texas draconian powers to…
Lee Hsien Loong says deal to lure pop star not ‘unfriendly’ to other countries in Southeast Asia. Singapore’s prime minister has defended striking a deal with Taylor Swift to ensure she did not perform in any other Southeast Asian country following complaints from regional neighbours. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong…
Bezos has gained $23bn in 2024, while Musk has lost $31bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Jeff Bezos has dethroned Elon Musk to reclaim his title as the world’s richest man. The Amazon founder’s net worth currently stands at $200bn, topping the Tesla chief’s $198bn, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index…
Collision occurred as the coast guard escorted a resupply mission to sailors on grounded ship at Second Thomas Shoal. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has said one of its boats suffered “minor structural damage” as Chinese ships tried to block a resupply mission in the South China Sea, in the…
Ex-CEO Parag Agrawal and other top executives accuse Musk of believing ‘rules don’t apply to him’. Former top Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, have sued Elon Musk seeking more than $128m in unpaid severance. In the lawsuit filed in a San Francisco court on Monday, the four former executives…
Beijing sets one of its lowest targets in decades amid property crisis, slowing exports and population decline. China will set an economic growth target of about 5 percent for 2024, one of its lowest in decades. China’s rubber-stamp National People’s Congress (NPC) is set to officially unveil the target on…
Washington, DC – Former United States President Donald Trump hailed it as a victory. His critics blasted it as a blow against accountability. But experts say the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow Trump to remain on the Colorado primary ballot was always the most likely outcome. The controversy, they…
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