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The footage also leans into popular culture, using Chinese rap and popular cartoon figures to court younger social media users
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Newest first · UTC+11:00From Jack Sparrow to Bride of Chucky, Iran’s video jibes at Trump are online hit in China
The footage also leans into popular culture, using Chinese rap and popular cartoon figures to court younger social media users
· Laura Zhou
Police in Spain detain Mango tycoon's son in death investigation
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Shanghai knife attack injures three, including two Japanese
The attack is understood to have occurred at a restaurant inside the Shanghai World Financial Center, at center, seen from the Bund. © Reuters
· Staff Writer
Anti-government demonstrators and police clash in Bolivia
Protesters gathered in Bolivia's capital on Monday demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz.
Police summon three journalists to provide testimony in 'Qatargate' investigation
Investigators from Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit summoned three political, diplomatic, and military reporters from three different news outlets to provide testimony in the “Qatargate” investigation on Monday, The Jerusalem Post confirmed.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Thailand cuts visa-free stays, citing crime by foreigners
BANGKOK — Thailand is drastically cutting the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 90 countries in an effort to curb crime involving foreign nationals, officials said on Tuesday.
· Agence France-Presse
International Criminal Court opens hearings into first Libyan suspect
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen on Dec. 9, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)
· Molly Quell
Zoe Kleinman: Why the AI industry is the real winner of the Musk-Altman trial
It is not only OpenAI but the AI race itself that was vindicated in the California courtroom last night.
· Zoe Kleinman
Victim or enabler? Epstein girlfriend who could face questions despite plea deal
During Jeffrey Epstein's first spell in jail, a 13-month sentence for soliciting sex from an under-age girl, prison records show one woman visited him at least 67 times.
· Tim Whewell
Civil society leaders call for calm in BARMM educational fund controversy
MANILA, Philippines — Leaders and representatives from the civil society, academe, labor, and business on Tuesday called for sobriety and unity in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) after its education minister is facing ouster over corruption allegations involving over P2 billion in "disbur…
· Aric John Sy Cua
Musk vs Altman: What to know about the OpenAI verdict
On Monday morning, a jury in Oakland, California, announced its verdict in one of the most-watched tech feuds between billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The nine-member jury handed a decisive victory to Altman, saying Musk had waited too long to bring his claims against the artificial intelligence comp…
· Caolán Magee
Elderly lollypop man injured in random assault
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Live updates: Blanche to face questions over fund for Trump allies
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference regarding developments in the Trump Administration’s anti-fraud efforts, at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Netanyahu trial: Case 2000 hearing to end early to due ‘security reasons’
After it was canceled on Monday, the hearing in the criminal trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed on Tuesday morning, but will be shortened due to “security reasons.”
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Police arrest Isak Andic's son in Spain over billionaire's death
Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish fashion brand Mango, arrives at the Fall-Winter 2011 Mango’s fashion show in Paris Tuesday, May 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
OpenAI defeats Musk in court
A US federal jury has rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech executives, dismissing claims that they unlawfully enriched themselves by abandoning the company’s founding mission, several news outlets reported Tuesday.
· RT
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A US federal jury has rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech executives, dismissing claims that they unlawfully enriched themselves by abandoning the company’s founding mission, several news outlets reported Tuesday.
· RT
Son of Mango fashion chain founder arrested in Spain over death of father
Catalan police questioning Jonathan Andic over father Isak Andic’s apparent fall down a mountain ravine in 2024
· Samjones
Suspect in southern Turkey shootings takes own life as police close in
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A man suspected of carrying out a string of deadly shootings in southern Turkey has died after taking his own life when security forces surrounded him, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Tuesday.
Spain’s former PM Zapatero faces corruption probe
Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is under investigation in Spain over alleged influence peddling and related crimes in the long-running Plus Ultra airline case.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Mango founder's son arrested in Spain over father's death — police
BARCELONA — Spanish police said Tuesday they have arrested the eldest son of Mango clothing empire founder Isak Andic over his father's death during a hiking trip in December 2024.
· Agence France-Presse
ICC hears case against former Mitiga Prison commander over abuse
The International Criminal Court has opened hearings against former Libyan prison commander Mohammed Ali El Hishri, accused of overseeing widespread crimes against humanity at the notorious Mitiga detention centre near Tripoli. Prosecutors allege that thousands of migrants and civilians suffered torture, sexual viol…
· AfricaNews
Brisbane doctor allegedly sexually assaulted 15 women at private health centre
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Rebecca Masters
Mango founder’s son arrested over father’s mountain death plunge in Spain
Jonathan Andic and his two sisters are the main owners of Mango following the death of their father, Isak, during a hiking trip in 2024
· Agence France-Presse
Tiananmen vigil activists await verdict after Hong Kong security trial
From left to right at center, Albert Ho Chun-yan, Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, all wearing masks and carrying candles, march in Victoria Park on June 4, 2020. This was the last vigil held in the park to commemorate victims of the Tiananmen crackdown on that day in 1989. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
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Former Beauty and the Geek star faces court
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Impeachment articles divided among prosecution members
MANILA, Philippines — The assignments for the four articles of impeachment has been divided among the 11 members of the prosecution team as it gears up for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
· Red Mendoza
Spanish court charges key Sánchez ally with money laundering
Spain’s National Court on Tuesday charged former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero with money laundering, influence peddling and other criminal offenses committed in connection with the €53 million bailout of Plus Ultra airlines.
· Aitor Hernández-Morales
Mango founder's son arrested in Spain over father's death
Spanish police said Tuesday they have arrested the eldest son of Mango clothing empire founder Isak Andic over his father's death during a hiking trip in December 2024.
· The Local
Adiong, Co named House prosecution spokespersons for VP Sara impeach trial
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· Dwight de Leon
Spain's former PM under investigation for influence peddling
Spain's former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been placed under investigation for influence peddling and related crimes, a court said Tuesday.
· The Local
House spokesmen in Sara impeach trial named
MANILA, Philippines — Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Kabataan Rep. Renee Co were named as the House of Representatives' spokesmen in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
· Reina C. Tolentino
Former Spanish prime minister under investigation for role in airline bailout
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court said it is investigating former Spanish Primer Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged influence peddling and other possible crimes as part of an investigation into a government bailout of an airline.
US police treating mosque shooting as hate crime
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Which prosecutor is assigned to what impeachment article in Sara Duterte trial?
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· Dwight de Leon
Hong Kong court moves closer to Tiananmen trial verdict
Chow Hang-tung, vice chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Democratic Patriotic Movements of China, poses after an interview in Hong Kong on May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
· Kanis Leung
Ex-HSBC banker acquitted of assaulting wife amid divorce battle
Kenneth Tung, who previously led bank’s financial sponsors group in Asia-Pacific, also awarded legal costs
· Brian Wong
Ex-HSBC banker acquitted of assaulting wife amid divorce battle
Kenneth Tung, who previously led bank’s financial sponsors group in Asia-Pacific, also awarded legal costs
· Brian Wong
San Diego mosque shooting: What we know about the victims and the attackers
Police respond to shooting at US mosque
· Al Jazeera Staff
Ataque a mesquita em San Diego deixa cinco mortos
Dois adolescentes abriram fogo numa mesquita de San Diego, na Califórnia, nesta segunda-feira (19/05), mataram três homens e, em seguida, cometeram suicídio a poucos quarteirões de distância. A polícia está investigando o ataque como crime de ódio.
· Deutsche Welle
Air con repairman dies after falling from 11th floor of Kowloon City building
Source says man, 38, did not wear protective gear and police have contacted Labour Department to conduct investigation at housing estate
· Jess Ma
Air con repairman dies after falling from 11th floor of Kowloon City building
Source says man, 38, did not wear protective gear and police have contacted Labour Department to conduct investigation at housing estate
· Jess Ma
Man charged after alleged shotgun incident in Hobart suburbs
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‘It’s not too late’: Judge implores agreement in rugby legal scrum
The judge hearing the landmark lawsuit brought by the directors of the now-defunct Victorian Super Rugby franchise against Rugby Australia (RA) has warned both sides to settle the case before reputations are ruined and costs blow out.
· Sarah Danckert
Appellate court affirms life sentence for man who fatally shot own son
INCHEON, May 19 (Yonhap) -- A court of appeals on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted of killing his son with a homemade gun and attempting to shoot his daughter-in-law and two grandchildren during his birthday party last year.
· Yoo Cheong-mo
Two dead in Spain shooting, with babies reportedly among injured
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his parents and injuring four others in a mass shooting in southern Spain, police have said.
· Sofia Ferreira Santos
Texas mother sobs in court after allegedly killing her two children in a burning car — as family says her mental health had been declining for nearly a year
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· Richard Pollina
Billie Jean King, 82, earns a college degree 65 years after starting at Cal State LA
LOS ANGELES — Billie Jean King raised her right arm in triumph. Not for another victory on the tennis court. This time, she was celebrating earning a college degree 65 years after she first took classes.
· Associated Press