The first time 27-year-old Ong Mei Ching* came across the Chinese online magazine, Sixth Tone, it immediately caught her attention. For years, Ong had been interested in Chinese current affairs and had stayed updated about news from China, but she found that much of the coverage revolved around similar topics….
As the war enters its 770th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Fighting Kharkiv regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said three emergency workers were killed in a Russian attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city. The three had gone to help after a Russian…
When the March elections in Portugal saw the hard-right political party, Chega, quadruple its parliamentary representation from 12 seats to 50, one conclusion appeared overwhelmingly obvious. Overnight, it looked as if Europe’s most westerly country had become the continent’s latest front line between populist, ultra-conservative parties enjoying surging support and…
Senegal’s youngest president appoints ally and popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko as prime minister. Senegal’s new president has appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister in his first act as the West African nation’s leader. Bassirou Diomaye Faye made the announcement shortly after he was sworn…
State media said the the missile – named Hwasong-16B – was a key piece of the country’s nuclear war deterrent. North Korea has said it tested a new solid-fuelled hypersonic intermediate-range missile (IRBM) as it continues to expand its weapons programme. Wednesday’s report in the state-run Korean Central News Agency…
As the war enters its 769th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Fighting Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Russian forces had captured 403 sq km (156 sq miles) of territory since the start of the year and last month, secured…
United States President Joe Biden has denounced a Florida Supreme Court decision that allows a six-week ban on abortion to take effect, calling it “outrageous” and “extreme”. In a statement released on Tuesday, Biden lashed out at Republicans for limiting reproductive rights in Florida and other US states, a key…
More than 450,000 people are already following the account, which went public on Monday. Japan’s publicity-shy royal family has joined Instagram, releasing a flurry of posts on Monday and quickly acquiring nearly half a million followers. The first post on @kunaichi_jp (the name for the Imperial Household Agency in Japanese)…
Here is the situation on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Fighting Authorities in Kyiv said Russia had used five of its new hypersonic Zircon missiles to attack the Ukrainian capital since the start of the year. The attacks were among more than 180 Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv in…
The company debuted on the stock market last week, offering Trump a ray of hope amid pending financial woes. Shares in former President Donald Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group surged last week after debuting on the stock market in the United States. But a disclosure that the company lost…
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