US Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to reject E. Jean Carroll sex abuse verdict
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury’s finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.
The High Court declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order, as is
Hong Kong proposes sweeping overhaul of sex crime laws
Hong Kong authorities have proposed a major overhaul of outdated sexual offences laws, including criminalising same-sex rape, introducing new offences and establishing a uniform age of consent at 16 while removing gender-specific provisions and increasing penalties.
In a 59-page consultation paper submitted to the Legislative Council on Monday, the Security Bureau proposed a series of measures to strengthen protection for minors and mentally incapacitated people from sexual exploitation and abuse.
The government said the review was necessary to modernise sexual offence laws, two decades after the
What signal is China sending with first official footage of sixth-generation fighter?
China’s military apparently released the first official footage of its sixth-generation fighter over the weekend – a move that analysts said might suggest Beijing was ahead of its competitors, including the US, in developing the next generation of warplanes .
China Military Bugle, the official press account of the People’s Liberation Army, published a four-minute video on Sunday marking the 10th anniversary of China’s first heavy transport aircraft, the Y-20, entering service.
In the video’s closing
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 11, injure 40, as heatwave attacks too
Russian missiles and drones killed at least 11 civilians and injured 40 others in Ukraine on Monday in what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as “horrific attacks”, while the nation’s energy grid buckled under temperatures in excess of 36 degrees Celsius, hit by the deadly heatwave that has afflicted much of Europe.
Russian drone and missile attacks have decimated Ukraine’s energy network since Moscow invaded in February 2022, causing tens of billions of dollars worth of damage and leading to frequent power outages in the
Why is Taiwan’s KMT calling for the government to spend billions more on drones?
The opposition also wants to boost the island’s military drone sector, but through budgets that allow for greater scrutiny
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After rejecting a government spending package, Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has submitted its own proposal worth several billion dollars more to boost the military’s unmanned vehicle capabilities and the island’s broader drone sector.
The move reflects growing consensus across Taiwan’s political spectrum that
China’s cooling, e-commerce giants reap windfall as a scorched Europe scrambles for relief
A heatwave sweeping across Europe has triggered a massive surge in sales for Chinese home appliances, with e-commerce giant Alibaba recording triple-digit growth for air conditioners and fans on its overseas platforms.
On AliExpress, Alibaba’s international retail site, the June debut of air conditioners in Germany saw warehouse inventory for a 2.35-kilowatt Midea model completely wiped out by Thursday, according to data from Alibaba.
The trend was also stark in southern Europe. Fan sales in Spain soared by 94 per cent
5 die in Germany shooting at welfare centre, 2 people arrested
The facility targeted in the northern town of Stade includes temporary accommodation for pregnant women and young mothers with children
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Five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said.
Two people were arrested, including the suspected shooter.
Other people were wounded, police said, but they did not give a figure.
Police said the shooting took place in
China says desert moss suited to Mars as it tests hi-tech tools for space and astronauts
Latest in-orbit results from prototype Qingzhou cargo spacecraft show China is testing cameras, refrigeration and bio-support capsule
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China has hopes for a desert moss that it says could colonise Mars following a revival experiment inside a mini space laboratory that showed it was remarkably resilient, state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday.
The plant, a highly drought-resistant species called Syntrichia caninervis , was revived after it was subjected to
Is the Chinese dream replacing the American dream?
Dr Ken Ip is an assistant professor specialising in business innovation and entrepreneurship at Saint Francis University, Hong Kong.
For much of the 20th century, the “American dream” was perhaps the most successful export in human history. It reached far beyond American borders. Millions of people around the world, including generations of Chinese families , believed in its promise. Study hard. Work hard. Build a career. Buy a home. Raise