Hongkong Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to charges related to a protest outside police headquarters last year, during months of unrest over a proposed extradition bill with China.
Vatican bank’s former chief found guilty of money laundering, sentenced to nearly 9 years in prison
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The former head of the Vatican bank, Angelo Caloia, has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for money laundering and aggravated embezzlement. The 81-year-old was handed an eight year, 11 month jail term o...
What history can teach Biden about facing insurrection on Inauguration Day
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Thomas Balcerski gee geskiedenis aan die Eastern Connecticut State University. Hy is die outeur van "Boesemvriende: Die intieme wêreld van James Buchanan en William Rufus King" (Oxford University Press). Hy twiet @tbalcer ...
Police respond differently when it’s a left-wing protest, studie bevind
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President Donald Trump's supporters were still rampaging through the US Capitol when the question arose: If these had been Black Lives Matter demonstrators instead of overwhelmingly White, militant Trump backers, ho...
South Korea’s top court upholds former leader Park Geun-hye’s 20-year prison sentence
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Seoel, South Korea South Korea's highest court has upheld former President Park Geun-hye's 20-year prison sentence for her 2018 bribery conviction, ending a corruption scandal that has gripped the country for years. ...
Rapper YFN Lucci facing murder charges after shooting in Atlanta
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Rapper YFN Lucci is wanted in Atlanta on multiple charges -- moord ingesluit -- in connection with fatal shooting last month, Atlanta police said Tuesday. Officers responding to calls of a person shot around 5:20 p ...
Die Kongres het ingelig oor nuwe dreigemente wat wetgewers en Capitol in die gesig staar, Lam sê
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Washington Kongreslede is laat Maandag ingelig oor 'n reeks nuwe dreigemente teen wetgewers en die Amerikaanse Capitol voor die inhuldiging van die president, Joe Biden., Rep. Conor Lamb Dinsdag op CNN gesê. Die brie ...
Radical cleric linked to Bali bombings released from prison
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Indonesia released Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir from prison on Friday, with authorities saying the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings would enter a de-radicalization program amid concerns over his con...
Authorities on high alert as pro-Trump supporters flood DC to protest election
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers have mobilized across Washington as thousands of supporters who refuse to accept President Donald Trump's election loss have flocked to the nation's capital to protest when Congr...
Die uitdagings waarmee Joe Biden in 2021
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Dit is uit Januarie uittreksel 1 uitgawe van CNN se Intussen in Amerika, die daaglikse e-pos oor Amerikaanse politiek vir wêreldwye lesers. Klik hier om vorige uitgawes te lees en in te teken. Welkom by 'n nuwe politieke jaar in A ...
Man wat as tiener skuldig erken het aan medisyne-beoefening sonder 'n lisensie, staan tereg op nuwe aanklagte van bedrog
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Maleeagi A. Liefde-Robinson, die Florida-man wat as tiener skuld beken het aan medisyne-beoefening sonder lisensie, is in hegtenis geneem weens nuwe aantygings van bedrog. Liefde-Robinson, 23, is Donderdagoggend bespreek in t ...
Hondurese inheemse omgewingsaktivis vermoor voor die gesin
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Tegucigalpa, Honduras Gemaskerde mans gewapen met gewere en kapmesse het 'n Hondurese omgewingsaktivis voor sy gesin doodgemaak, het die polisie Maandag gesê, die nuutste in 'n reeks sulke aanvalle in die Sentraal-Amerikaanse land..