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Giant Video Screen Falls on Boy Band Mirror Dancers at Hong Kong Concert

Giant Video Screen Falls on Boy Band Mirror Dancers at Hong Kong Concert

HONG KONG — A huge video panel fell on the stage during a concert by popular Hong Kong boy band Mirror on Thursday, crushing one performer… Read more

Ukraine pushes to try alleged war crimes as fighting rages

Ukraine pushes to try alleged war crimes as fighting rages

KYIV, Ukraine -- The appeal of Ukraine’s first war crimes conviction was adjourned on Monday, as prosecutors keep pushing to hold Russia… Read more

Rights group seeks arrest of Gotabaya Rajapaksa for war crimes files criminal complaint with Singapore

Rights group seeks arrest of Gotabaya Rajapaksa for war crimes files criminal complaint with Singapore

A South Africa-based human rights group has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore, demanding the arrest of Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya… Read more

SKorea to lift ban on NKorea TV newspapers despite tensions

SKorea to lift ban on NKorea TV newspapers despite tensions

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea plans to lift its decadeslong ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers and other publications… Read more

Why the ethnic factor may be losing its power

Why the ethnic factor may be losing its power

As Kenya gears up for a general election on 9 August, the news Dickens Olewe writes that ethnic divisions have long bedevilled the nation's politics… Read more

Vatican says they are gifts Indigenous groups want them back

Vatican says they are gifts Indigenous groups want them back

The Vatican Museums are home to some of the most magnificent artworks in the world, from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel to ancient Egyptian antiquities… Read more

Turkiyes Erdogan says will freeze Finland and Sweden NATO bids if commitments not kept

Turkiyes Erdogan says will freeze Finland and Sweden NATO bids if commitments not kept

President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Monday that Turkiye might halt Finland's and Sweden's NATO membership applications if the Nordic nations… Read more

Rishi Sunak tops new UK PM vote as only 4 remain in race

Rishi Sunak tops new UK PM vote as only 4 remain in race

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Monday topped the latest round of voting among the Conservative Party members of Parliament as the race… Read more