China’s military has set up a zone for “live-fire training” about 46 miles (74 kilometers) off the southwestern coast of Taiwan without advance notice, the island’s defense ministry said on Wednesday. It comes a day after Taiwan’s coast guard detained a Chinese-crewed cargo ship suspected of cutting an undersea cable in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s defense ministry said it detected ...
The parents of an 8-year-old girl who died after they withheld her insulin, encouraged by members of a small Christian sect who believed God would save her, have been sentenced to at least 14 years in prison. Elizabeth Struhs died in January 2022 on a mattress on the floor of her home in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, five days after ...
Israel had delayed the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees since Saturday in protest of what it said is the cruel treatment of hostages during their release by Hamas and demanding guarantees that future hostage releases would take place without “humiliating ceremonies.” Hamas released six Israeli hostages from Gaza on Saturday in two public ceremonies and one private ...
An airline traveler has spoken of his shock after cabin crew sat him next to the body of a fellow passenger who had died during the flight. Ring recalled watching the crew try to revive the woman. “Unfortunately, the lady couldn’t be saved, which was pretty heartbreaking to watch,” he told Nine. The crew then tried to wheel the body ...
Chile’s president has declared a state of emergency after an electricity blackout plunged most of the country into darkness on Tuesday, including the capital Santiago. The outage – in the middle of Chile’s summer, when temperatures in Santiago are around 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) – has affected some 8 million homes, President Gabriel Boric said in an address ...
China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine. The call, which took place as Kyiv marked the third anniversary of ...
Editor’s Note: This article contains distressing details from the outset. The numbers involved in France’s largest child abuse trial are staggering: 299 alleged victims, sexually abused in 10 hospitals and clinics over 25 years – all by one doctor, prosecutors say. As the court case began Monday in Morbihan, Brittany, with retired gastrointestinal surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec accused of decades ...
Early on October 18, 2024, police in Wales police received a phone call from a member of the public. It was the start of a mystery that remains unsolved four months later. There was a body in the water of the Claerwen Reservoir, the caller said, according to a statement released by Dyfed-Powys Police on Sunday. The reservoir is a ...
A US teenager has been arrested in Paris after her newborn baby was allegedly thrown out of a hotel window and died, multiple French media outlets reported, citing a statement from prosecutors. The teenager, who was not named, was taken to hospital to undergo an operation after giving birth and was subsequently placed under police custody, prosecutors said. Her newborn ...
Russia says it is open for economic cooperation with the United States, including on energy and mining rare earth minerals. Moscow’s comments came after US President Donald Trump said Monday he was in “serious discussions” with Russia about ending its war with Ukraine and was “trying to do some economic development deals” with Moscow, noting its “massive rare earth” deposits. ...