Taiwan students spell out textbook demands
Student protesters in Taiwan demand the withdrawal of a revised curriculum they say aims to promote Beijing's 'One China' policy. Paul Chapman reports.
Student protesters in Taiwan demand the withdrawal of a revised curriculum they say aims to promote Beijing's 'One China' policy. Paul Chapman reports.
Poland's prosecutor general told the parliament on Wednesday that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people under the former government in Poland, among them elected officials. Adam Bodnar told lawmakers that he found the scale of the surveillance “shocking and depressing.” “It is sad for me that even in this room I am speaking to people who were victims of this system,” Bodnar told the Sejm, the lower house of parliament.
TikTok says it will fight the law in court, while young voters warn targeting the app is "an unforced error."
When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination — and apparently so did some of her supporters in Pennsylvania. Haley won almost 17% of Pennsylvania's primary vote Tuesday, or 1 in 6 votes, to Trump's 83%, despite not campaigning for president since she ended her bid in early March. Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes up for grabs in the presidential election make it a premier battleground state.
The Cornhusker State gives 179,000 caregivers a financial break for taking care of the most vulnerable
Rapper Toomaj Salehi has been jailed for more than a year and a half for his support of protests after Mahsa Amini's death, according to local media.
The carmaker's profits fell 55% in the first quarter of 2024. Elon Musk faces major challenges in Tesla's EV and AI efforts.
As Tesla's profits sink, Musk reaches for an autonomous future.
The German government slightly increased its 2024 growth forecast Wednesday, saying there were signs Europe's beleaguered top economy was at a "turning point" after battling through a period of weakness.Several months ago there had been expectations of a strong rebound in 2024, with forecasts of growth above one percent, but these were dialled back at the start of the year as the economy continued to languish.
Residents of coastal Gullah Geechee communities are at risk of losing their homes with more frequent storm surges, rising sea levels and other impacts of climate change.
Political analysts believe the key to winning Pennsylvania’s high-stakes Senate contest may be in the candidates’ ability to outrun Biden and Trump.
The financial hub is set to be Asia's first to accept cryptocurrency products as a mainstream investment tool, and the products have also received official regulatory approval from the Securities and Futures Commission, according to the Hong Kong markets watchdog's website. Cryptocurrency is banned in mainland China, but Hong Kong has been promoting itself as a global digital asset hub, part of a drive to boost its attraction as a financial centre. Several leading international crypto exchanges and funds at times in the past decade have had major operations in Hong Kong, though there have also been periods when many have left, with industry players blaming regulatory requirements.
Love it or hate it, the ‘Acela Corridor’ has developed a widely recognized identity thanks to the trains that link it together.
The United Arab Emirates announced $544 million to repair the homes of Emirati families on Wednesday after last week's record rains caused widespread flooding and brought the oil-rich Gulf state to a standstill.The rainfall, the UAE's heaviest since records began 75 years ago, killed at least four people, including three Filipino workers and one Emirati.
President Joe Biden secured the backing of another union on Wednesday as the organization representing American construction workers lined up behind the Democratic incumbent and called Donald Trump a dangerous threat to the nation. The head of the North America’s Building Trade Union, which will host Biden at its legislative conference in Washington later on Wednesday, in an ad said the Republican presidential nominee "was not a good man" and was only focused on returning to the White House "to exert revenge on people." "His dark side is very, very dark and very, very dangerous for this country," said NABTU President Sean McGarvey, who said he has known Trump, a real estate developer who served in the White House from 2017-2021, for decades.
Five British military horses — one of them apparently covered in blood — escaped Wednesday and ran loose and riderless through central London.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was eager to take the reins of a high-stakes investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, seen as central to the House Republican agenda – a coveted perch that brought the added benefit of elevating his national profile.
A Spanish judge agreed Wednesday to probe allegations of corruption made against the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez by a private group with a history of filing lawsuits mainly for right-wing causes. Begoña Gómez, 49, does not hold public office and maintains a low political profile. Manos Limpias, or “Clean Hands,” accuses Gómez of allegedly having used her position to influence business deals.
A Russian deputy defense minister has been charged with taking a bribe, in Russia’s highest-profile corruption scandal since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.
Skies over the Paris region will be closed for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Paris airports operator said Wednesday. Augustin de Romanet, chairman of Aéroports de Paris, said airlines are being warned in advance about the closure and told they will have to fly around the restricted airspace. “For six hours, there won't be any aircraft over the Paris region," he said on France Info radio.
The conversation around male infertility can be transformed with emotional support and education, making it a subject openly discussed rather than whispered about.