Son of Hollywood director Reiner jailed on suspicion of murdering parents
Nick Reiner, 32, who has struggled with substance abuse, is being held in jail with no bail as a decision on formal charges looms
· Reuters
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Newest first · UTC+11:00“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
The Trump administration’s move four months ago to send more than 230 Venezuelan migrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador known as CECOT took a staggering toll, not only on the men themselves but also on their families. The men were released to Venezuela on July 18 as part of a prisoner swap without much…
· Gerardo del Valle, Alejandro Bonilla Suárez, and Edwin Corona Ramos
Australia Bondi Beach shooting suspects identified as father and son - DailyNews
Two suspected gunmen accused of killing 15 people and injuring dozens during a Hanukkah celebration in Australia have been identified as a father and a son, authorities said Sunday.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Chile elects far-right Jose Antonio Kast as next President - DailyNews
Chile has elected the far-right wing Jose Antonio Kast to be its next president, after an election campaign that was dominated by themes of security, immigration and crime.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Colombian school bus falls off cliff killing at least 17, injuring 20 - DailyNews
At least 17 people, including students, were killed and 20 others injured after a school bus fell off a cliff in Northern Colombia on Sunday, authorities said.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Dhammika Ranatunga arrested for tender irregularities - DailyNews
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) former Chairman Dhammika Ranatunga, who was arrested yesterday (15) by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) in connection with alleged irregularities in a tender process when he held this post, has been released on bail by Colombo Chief M…
· Gayan Abeykoon
Court of Appeal to hear Ranawaka’s Writ Petition on January 22 - DailyNews
The Court of Appeal yesterday fixed for January 22, the Writ Petition filed by former Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka, challenging the legality of the indictments filed against him before the Colombo High Court in connection with a 2016 motor accident at Rajagiriya.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Special Police security in country during forthcoming festive season – Police Media - DailyNews
Special Police security has been deployed in cities and religious sites in the country for the upcoming festive season.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Police warn against individuals attempting to exploit situation targeting vulnerable children - DailyNews
Police have warned the public and media that some unidentified persons who are making inquiries about children that have been left vulnerable and without guardians due to the Cyclone Ditwah are making requests to take them into their care and support their future livelihoods with ulterior motives attempting to explo…
· Gayan Abeykoon
Major drug trafficker arrested with Rs. 216 Mn worth of kush - DailyNews
Officers from the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau arrested one of Sri Lanka’s main drug traffickers, who had concealed a consignment of the narcotic kush valued at Rs. 216,680,000 in his home.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Trump mocks slain director Reiner, drawing condemnations
US president condemned for inflammatory post about filmmaker’s death, but doubles down by calling Reiner a ‘deranged person’
· Agence France-Presse
Jimmy Lai trial: Post sketches offer public a glimpse of courtroom moments
Illustrations by Post senior designer Victor Sanjinez captured some of the drama inside the court as Jimmy Lai’s trial progressed
· Victor Sanjinez
Father and son behind Bondi Hanukkah festival shooting that killed 15, Australian police say
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· Mia Gonzalez
Hong Kong court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in landmark security trial
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· Mia Gonzalez
Court finds Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai guilty after landmark national security trial
Lai, 78, was mastermind behind three conspiracies to instigate international sanctions against Hong Kong and mainland China, judges find
· Brian Wong
Jimmy Lai’s conviction in Hong Kong becomes flashpoint between China, West
Western nations unlikely to hit city with more sanctions as they need Beijing’s cooperation to offset unfair US trade practices, experts say
· Oscar Liu
Pussy Riot punk protest group declared ‘extremist’ by Russian court
The ruling outlaws the feminist group from operating in Russia and puts anyone linked with them at risk of prosecution
· Associated Press
Jimmy Lai’s ‘rabid hatred’ of party led him down ‘thorny path’: Hong Kong court
Judges find former media boss guilty of national security offences, dismissing his ‘inconsistent, contradictory and unreliable’ testimony
· Emily Hung
Bangladesh to airlift injured uprising leader to Singapore after shooting
Attackers shot student leader Sharif Osman Hadi shortly after a date was announced for elections, following on from last year’s uprising
· Agence France-Presse
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai used personal ties to seek foreign sanctions: court ruling
Former media boss tapped into vast political network for intervention against Beijing and Hong Kong, according to 857-page judgment
· Brian Wong
Suspect still at large as police release person of interest in Brown University shooting | South China Morning Post
Authorities say the investigation has shifted more than 30 hours after the attack killed two and injured nine.
Indonesia to revoke 22 forestry permits after fatal floods
Environmentalists and experts have highlighted the role forest loss played in deadly flash flooding and landslides
· Agence France-Presse
Magnata Jimmy Lai é condenado em Hong Kong
O Tribunal Superior de Hong Kong declarou nesta segunda-feira (15/12) o magnata e editor pró-democracia Jimmy Lai, de 78 anos, culpado de duas acusações de conspiração com forças estrangeiras e de um crime de sedição vinculado à difusão de material subversivo, o que poderá acarretar-lhe uma pena de prisão perpétua.
· Deutsche Welle
Dhammika Ranatunga granted bail; Bribery Commission signals arrest of former Minister Arjuna Ranatunga - DailyNews
Former Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO), Dhammika Ranatunga, who was arrested earlier today (15) by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), has been granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.
· Supuni Kulasinghe
Morocco flash floods leave 37 dead
Flash floods from torrential rains have killed at least 37 people in Morocco's coastal town of Safi.
· Dharvi Vaid
Hathurusinghe files lawsuit against SLC - DailyNews
Former Sri Lanka head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe has filed a lawsuit against the Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeking $5 million in damages for financial losses and reputational harm resulting from his premature dismissal before the end of his …
· Thushan Jayasuriya
Hong Kong court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in landmark security trial - DailyNews
Hong Kong’s High Court on Monday found tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces in the city’s highest-profile trial under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.
· Thushan Jayasuriya
Major drug trafficker arrested with huge consignment of “Kush” - DailyNews
A major drug trafficker who allegedly imported a stock of “Kush” valued at Rs. 216.68 million from Bangkok, Thailand, has been arrested following a prolonged surveillance operation by the Katunayake Airport Police Narcotics Bureau last night (14).
· Thushan Jayasuriya
Boy, 16, jailed for 3½ years for joining Hong Kong pro-independence group
Judge rules he was ‘active participant’ in Taiwan-based Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union
· Emily Hung
Alleged father and son behind Sydney's Bondi Beach shooting
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Hong Kong fire victim sent frantic final video to husband in Indonesia
Darwati, 48, died alongside the elderly woman she cared for, refusing to abandon her ward as the Wang Fuk Court fire spread
· Aisyah Llewellyn
‘Fresh start’: Hong Kong urged to fast-track buy-back of fire-hit Wang Fuk Court
Institute of Surveyors calls on government to set up statutory body and new law to repurchase flats destroyed in deadly Tai Po blaze
· Wynna Wong
Former CPC Chairman Dhammika Ranatunga arrested by Bribery Commission - DailyNews
Former Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Dhammika Ranatunga, has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) in connection with an ongoing investigation.
· Supuni Kulasinghe
Hong Kong expands sex offender screening scheme to include volunteer tutors
New scope of screening includes volunteer teachers and sports coaches, but scheme not compulsory for organisations
· Oscar Liu
No Sri Lankans injured in Sydney Bondi Beach shooting, authorities confirm - DailyNews
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism has confirmed that no Sri Lankan nationals were injured in the shooting incident at a Jewish festival celebration held at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday.
· Supuni Kulasinghe
School bus accident in Colombia kills 17, injures 20 - DailyNews
Seventeen people were killed and 20 were injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cliff in a rural area in northern Colombia, the local governor said on Sunday night.
· Thushan Jayasuriya
Police investigate deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and wife as apparent homicide
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· Mia Gonzalez
Hunt for Brown University shooter continues as police release detained man
Investigation going in a ‘different direction’ hours after an attack that left two students dead and nine injured
· Reuters
Australia: Police respond to gunshots at Bondi Beach
New South Wales police said Sunday multiple gunshots were heard at Sydney's famous Bondi Beach.
· Richard Connor
Four suspects arrested for antiquities excavation in Puthukkudiyiruppu - DailyNews
Pudukudiyiruppu Police have arrested four individuals, both men and women, for illegally excavating a plot of land in the Devipuram area in search of antiquities.
· Thushan Jayasuriya
Father, son alleged gunmen in Hanukkah shooting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing 15 | South China Morning Post
Suspects who opened fire at the Jewish festival were identified by police as a 50-year-old father, who was also killed, and his son, aged 24.
Police to release man detained over Brown University mass shooting
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· Mia Gonzalez
Bystander tackles, disarms gunman in Australia | South China Morning Post
Shooting happened in the popular tourist area of Bondi Beach.
Father and son behind Bondi Jewish festival shooting that killed 15, Australian police say - DailyNews
Two alleged gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach were a father and son, police said on Monday, as Australia began mourning victims of its worst gun violence in almost 30 years.
· Thushan Jayasuriya
South Korean police raid Unification Church headquarters in bribery sweep
Police have named church leader Han Hak-ja as a suspect in the bribery of several high-profile politicians
· Agence France-Presse
Son arrested after Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife found dead in LA home
Nick Reiner was taken into custody after the bodies of the prolific filmmaker, 78, and his wife Michele, 70, were found on Sunday
· Agencies
Suspect constable’s mother remanded for creating rumpus in court - DailyNews
A constable’s mother who acted in an unruly manner inside the court when her son, arrested on charges of allegedly possessing narcotics was ordered to be remanded, was also remanded until December 18 by Kebithigollewa Magistrate Nimesha Patabendige.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Police raid on Facebook party nets 27 with narcotics - DailyNews
Theldeniya Police arrested 27 people, including 23 young men and 4 young women, in possession of a large quantity of narcotics, during a raid on a Facebook party held at the Elizabeth Victoria Watergate Hotel in the Bimpussa area.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Suspect with heroin worth over Rs. 69 Mn nabbed at BIA - DailyNews
Officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau arrested a Sri Lankan passenger early yesterday (14) while he was attempting to smuggle a consignment of 2 kilograms and 308 grams of heroin valued at Rs.69,240,000 out of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). The suspect is a 28-year-old telephone repairman fr…
· Gayan Abeykoon
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai found guilty on all charges in national security trial
City leader John Lee welcomes conviction, calls it an upholding of justice and a safeguard for Hong Kong’s core values
· SCMP Reporters