Canada’s Carney on verge of majority after another Conservative MP jumps ship
A Canadian opposition legislator defected to the ruling Liberal Party on Wednesday, leaving Prime Minister Mark Carney on the verge of a parliamentary majority...
Uganda man says he killed 4 children as human sacrifices in bid to get wealthy
A man has admitted stabbing four children to death at a kindergarten in Uganda, saying he believed killing them as human sacrifices would make...
‘Ketamine Queen’ gets 15 years in jail for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him
A federal judge on Wednesday handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling Friends star...
US man pleads guilty to murdering 7 women and admits he killed another
A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he...
Why the US-Iran ceasefire is seen as a failure for Donald Trump
The United States boasts military superiority over Iran but has emerged as the strategic loser in the five-week conflict, with gains limited to a...
Xi Jinping backs services sector to power China’s next growth phase
President Xi Jinping has signalled a renewed focus on China’s services sector, calling for a demand- and tech-led strategy to reshape growth and create...
Who is Asim Munir and why are Trump and Iran praising him?
As the United States and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire, Pakistan’s strongman military chief is emerging as a major diplomatic player on the...
Tai Po blaze: no fire safety system checks before firm sent 85 shutdown notices
A fire services company never conducted any on-site inspections before submitting 85 notices to shut down the hose reel system of a housing estate...
China’s Zhipu AI open-sources flagship model, raises prices to narrow gap with US rivals
Chinese artificial intelligence company Zhipu AI open-sourced its latest flagship model, GLM-5.1, on Wednesday while raising application programming interface prices by 10 per cent,...