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Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam and Gary Fan among those released on Tuesday after prosecution criticised as politically motivatedFour members of the “Hong Kong 47” group of pro-democracy campaigners and activists jailed on contentious national security convictions have been freed.Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam and Gary Fan are the first of the group to be released from jail, after serving sentences of more than four years. The group – tried together in Hong Kong’s largest ever national security trial – were sentenced in November. However most of them, including the four released on Tuesday, had already spent several years detained after courts denied bail. Continue reading…

If Ukraine could bring back all its citizens deported by Russia today and right now, it would certainly do so. However, unfortunately, Ukrainian compatriots remain in the hands of a cruel enemy – Russia.

A multi-million-dollar US warplane fell off the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier into the Red Sea on Monday in an accident that injured one sailor, the Navy said.

The Kremlin leader’s proposal for a truce to start on the commemoration of the end of World War II is all optics, Kyiv says, as BRICS leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state would ban cellphones in public schools “bell to bell” beginning with the next school year under an agreement announced late Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Early voting in the Australian federal election begins on Tuesday 22 April. Find out everything you need to know before Australia goes to the polls on 3 May, 2025 Continue reading…

An SUV crashed into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend, killing 11 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest deadly car ramming attack across the globe.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A long-dormant Nevada law requiring parents or guardians to be notified before a minor can have an abortion will not take effect this week following a federal judge’s ruling.