Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes
Taiwan has charged five men over an alleged plot to ram a vehicle into a comedian who performed jokes mocking Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Communist Party.
John Staley obituary
John Staley, an Oxfam field director in south India and Sri Lanka during the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 88. He was made MBE in 1974 for services to the Indian people.
Heidi Levine recounts how Palestinian youths helped save her in settler attack
Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was attacked and seriously injured by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Friday, sustaining multiple fractures and wounds. Palestinian youth helped save her life by intervening during the assault.
Meta fined $25bn for ‘lies’ over user data privacy
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for systematically misleading the public about user data privacy practices over more than a decade, marking the largest fine against the company to date.
Helen Haines: ‘Targeted’ attack on much-loved Australian MP leaves Wangaratta heartbroken
Independent Australian MP Helen Haines suffered severe injuries in what police describe as a targeted car attack outside her Wangaratta office, resulting in the amputation of both legs.
CJP protest: India ‘cockroach’ leaders who called on election chief to quit are freed from jail
Two leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party were freed from jail after being arrested for protesting at a banned site in Delhi. They have been calling for the chief election commissioner’s resignation.