A defense attorney for one Tiananmen Vigilante Activist has asked a Hong Kong court not to “pay lip service” to human rights protections, arguing that calls to end one-party rule in China should be considered legitimate political expression. Alliance leaders…
New York: A marathon day of negotiations that ended early Monday failed to end a strike that shut down the Long Island Rail Road, North America’s largest commuter rail system, setting the stage for a rough start to the work…
He is the best player in the best team. And voters say he’s the best player in the league, too. Again. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Sunday for…
There is a temptation in Brussels to greet the Trump-Xi summit with a sigh of relief. No dramatic escalation. No new rounds of retaliatory export controls on rare earths. No Chinese belligerence that threatens to use arms supply chains against…
of West Bengal The cabinet decided on Monday to end government aid to groups based on religious categorization from June. Addressing a press conference after a meeting at the Nabanna state secretariat, minister Agnimitra Paul said the state also scrapped…
The Canadian patient is the 10th person from the ship to test positive. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada’s national health agency confirmed Sunday that one of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus…
Myanmar’s war is often described as a clash of ideologies, ethnic identities and competing visions of the state. This is true, but not complete. At its core, the Myanmar crisis is also a resource-driven conflict intensified by geography. The generals…
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman in Lilac (1876/1877) Held by the same family for 87 years, this luminous Renoir carries with it the legacy of one of New York’s most prominent collecting dynasties of the 20th century. Over four decades, Joan Whitney…
Photo by Michael Thomas/ Alamy It’s still warm enough to wear skimpy swimming trunks. After asking ChatGPT about the hottest time of the day, I’m standing at the end of a 50-meter open-air swimming pool between a beautiful harbor that…
The feeling of pressure (Photo: ITV/Metro) The following article contains spoilers from the May 18 episode of Emmerdale. It has not yet aired on ITV1 but can be seen on ITVX and to YouTube. A discovery made by Dr Caitlin…
