Day: April 15, 2024

China urges Hong Kong to ‘tightly hold’ national security line

2:14 pm April 15, 2024

China’s top official on Hong Kong affairs said the city should “tightly hold” onto the bottom line of national security to safeguard development, in a speech coming weeks after the enactment of sweeping new security laws. “To move towards governance and prosperity, we need to tightly hold onto the bottom line of national security in […]

North Carolina good Samaritan opens fire on carjacker before stolen truck mows him down: video

2:13 pm April 15, 2024

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A North Carolina carjacking suspect faces murder charges after police say he mowed down a good Samaritan who helped thwart a carjacking attempt and died after opening fire on the suspect, who stole the victim’s work truck instead before fleeing the scene in eyewitness video taken outside a Burger King restaurant. The […]

Could you be a juror in Trump’s New York hush money trial? See the 42 questions prosecutors are asking

2:10 pm April 15, 2024

The jury selection for former President Trump’s trial centered on hush money payments to Stormy Daniels officially got underway in New York City on Monday, with lawyers for Trump and the state meeting with prospective jurors to decide who will sit to hear the case. Judge Juan Merchan is overseeing the case, in which Trump […]

World Bank ‘ringing alarm bells’ as income gap between riches and poorest countries widens

2:07 pm April 15, 2024

Half of the world’s 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical reversal of development, the World Bank said in a report on Monday. The differential between per capita income growth in the poorest countries and the richest has widened over […]

Australian killer’s father reveals why son targeted women during deadly stabbing at Sydney mall

2:03 pm April 15, 2024

The father of an Australian man who went on a deadly stabbing spree at a busy Sydney shopping mall on Saturday has a theory as to why the attack targeted women while mostly avoiding men. On Saturday, Joel Cauchi was identified as the assailant who carried out a knife attack in the Westfield Bondi Junction […]