BSS :Two phones owned by jailed pro- democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic privilege, a senior judge ruled Tuesday in Hong Kong.Lai, owner of the now-shuttered Apple Daily tabloid, will soon go on trial for “collusion with foreign forces”, an offence that carries up to life in prison under the sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong two years ago.Two smartphones were seized when hundreds of...
BSS :Malaysia reported 1,946 new COVID- 19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 4,778,140, according to the health ministry.There is one new imported case, with 1,945 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another eight deaths were reported, pushing the death toll to 36,206. The ministry reported 3,271 new recoveries, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 4,710,366. There are 31,568 active cases, with 75 being held in intensive care and...
BSS :Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 39,658 over the past day to 19,445,581, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on...
BSS :Ukrainian forces pressed their counter-offensive to retake the Russian-occupied southern region of Kherson, while a team of UN experts were en route to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant which was targeted by fresh shelling over the weekend.The coastal region of Kherson and its capital city of the same name have been contested by Russian troops since the war broke out six months ago.“Ukrainian armed forces have launched their offensive in several areas in the south,” the head of the...
Hindustan Times :Amid corruption charges against the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led government in West Bengal, chief minister and party supremo Mamata...
Al Jazeera :Dutch police said six people were killed and seven other people hurt on Sunday after a truck ran off the top of a dike road and ploughed into revelers at a neighborhood barbecue.The accident happened around six pm on Saturday when the Spanish-registered lorry left the road in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland, 30 kilometres south of Rotterdam.The victims were three women aged 28, 32 and 75, and three men aged 41, 50 and 62, all from the local...
Reuters :Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officials said...
BBC :One of Iraq’s most powerful figures, who has been at the centre of a long crisis over forming a...
BSS :A political coalition in Guinea on Saturday said that it was calling off planned protests against the country’s ruling...
BSS :Clashes between backers of Libya’s rival governments killed at least 23 people and damaged six hospitals in Tripoli on...
BSS :Two US warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island.In a statement, the US Navy said that the transit “demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.”...
BSS :Haitian authorities are postponing the start of the school year by one month, as the Caribbean nation grapples with...
