Month: August 2023
Australia Urged to Extend TikTok Ban to WeChat
Australia should consider extending a ban on TikTok from government devices to include WeChat, a panel of lawmakers said, in the latest move from Canberra to crack down on potential influence linked to Beijing. A Senate committee urged sweeping changes
Read MoreTrump indictment live updates: What’s next after 2020 election charges – The Washington Post
Trump indictment live updates: What’s next after 2020 election charges The Washington Post Former president Trump indicted for third time | FOX 13 Seattle FOX 13 Seattle Takeaways: Inside the indictment on Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election Chicago Sun-Times Opinion |
Read MoreTorture, sexual violence commonly used by Russian forces in Ukraine, say experts
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A large number of prisoners held in makeshift detention centres in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine were tortured and sexually violated, a team of international experts said on Wednesday in a summary of their latest findings.
Read MoreCleanup operation under way as Beijing reels from ‘heaviest rainfall in 140 years’
Deadly rains that pummeled China’s capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago, Beijing’s weather service said on Wednesday, as a massive cleanup operation began. Millions of people have been hit by extreme weather events
Read MoreGilgo Beach serial killer hunt stalled by infighting, dysfunction – The Washington Post
Gilgo Beach serial killer hunt stalled by infighting, dysfunction The Washington Post Police ‘ransacked’ Heuermann home, children’s attorney claims NewsNation Now Gilgo Beach serial killer charges “just allegations,” attorney says CBS Philadelphia A case of campaign boasting Newsday Wife of Gilgo Beach serial killings
Read More‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Vallow smirks in booking photo after being handed five life sentences – New York Post
‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Vallow smirks in booking photo after being handed five life sentences New York Post ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow says at sentencing that her murdered children ‘are happy and busy’ Fox News Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison
Read MoreTyphoon knocks out power in southern Japan
One person was reportedly killed and hundreds of thousands were without electricity in southern Japan on Wednesday as a typhoon approached packing powerful winds and lashing rain. Hundreds of flights to Okinawa and other islands in the area were cancelled,
Read MoreDR Congo’s ‘voodoo wrestling’ provides spellbinding fun
There has been a power cut, and under moonlight in a poor quarter of DR Congo’s capital, wrestler Maitresse Libondans explains how she invokes her ancestors to cast spells that rout her opponents. “I research the fetish,” says the 28-year-old,
Read MoreTaiwan Detains Army Officer Suspected of Leaking Military Secrets to China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan has detained an army officer and several collaborators on suspicion of handing military secrets to China. The defense ministry said Wednesday that a lieutenant colonel surnamed Hsieh and other defendants were suspected of having been recruited
Read MoreDonald Trump says the candidates he supports win ‘almost every race.’ Here’s what the results say. – USA TODAY
Donald Trump says the candidates he supports win ‘almost every race.’ Here’s what the results say. USA TODAY
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