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“Vivant,” a Japanese thriller that features Chinese spies, has drawn intense criticism from Beijing. Its creators defend the show, saying it is “completely fictional.”

End of subsidies and rising prices drive discontent, testing support for Ahmed al-Sharaa's government.

Glass skyscrapers are transforming cities, but do they make sense in a world that’s getting hotter?

Victorian court of appeal rules Patterson should be jailed for life with no parole over deadly beef wellington lunch that killed three people Erin Patterson mushroom murders appeal – live updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Erin Patterson has lost her bid to overturn her convictions and been resentenced to life behind bars with no chance of release, as Victoria’s highest court handed down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case . The court of appeal ruled on the two appeals on Friday, after justices Lesley Taylor, Stephen McLeish and Peter Kidd heard arguments from her legal team and prosecutors in August. Continue reading...

Mash-up videos of beloved characters from Chinese classics — some made with A.I. — have caught the attention of the authorities.

NSW police say charges include child rape and relate to 23 alleged victims aged between one and five at a Sydney childcare centre Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles is facing hundreds more child abuse charges, including for the alleged rape of children as young as one. Days after being extradited from Queensland to New South Wales, Ashley Paul Griffith was hit with 202 charges dating from between 2014 and 2017, with police labelling the allegations “deeply disturbing”. Continue reading...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will resign nine months before her term ends

There is no end in sight for the drivers of illegal mining, while police action appears ineffective Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in 1991. But as the price of gold has soared, so too has activity in the abandoned mine shafts that mark the area. In late September, dozens of zama zamas – the name given to illegal miners in South Africa, meaning roughly “to take a chance” in Zulu – arrived to dig for gold across the dirt road from her charity, Claw (Community Led Animal Welfare). Continue reading...

Critics cite Lana Nusseibeh’s denial of accusations the UAE is fuelling Sudan war by supporting paramilitary RSF Members of the Sudanese diaspora and international human rights monitors have denounced the candidature of an Emirati diplomat for the top job at the UN, citing her denial of accusations that the United Arab Emirates is fuelling the war in Sudan by supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The UAE nominated Lana Nusseibeh last week to replace the UN secretary general, António Guterres, as he finishes his second five-year term ⁠this year, upending a race that had become gridlocked. Continue reading...

“He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love,” McKellen said in a statement on Stewart’s death.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the European Union’s top official pushed to make Canada the bloc’s first “associate member” and build a broader alliance open to other countries, warning that foreign economic pressure threatens their sovereignty...

Gains for Arab-led parties have electrified Taibe, in central Israel, even as voters elsewhere in Israel say they have no place in any future government.

The change was announced amid backlash over the school's handling of gang rape allegations involving a fraternity on campus.

The invasive species has increased in spread and numbers and is costing farmers millions of dollars Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An unpublished government report on feral deer shows Australia is failing in its efforts to stop the spread of what one advocate warns could become “Australia’s next feral pig ”. The five years from 2020-2025 over which the national feral deer action plan was assessed covers a period in which the famously elusive species has increasingly encroached upon major cities, leading to more frequent encounters – including a memorable occasion in which two men in various degrees of undress were fined after becoming lost in the bush when they were spooked by deer while nude sunbathing . Continue reading...

Xi's anti-corruption campaign has become "an effort to consolidate and maintain authority", observers say.

The collision involving a Robinson R22 and an Airbus helicopter occurred on Thursday afternoon, with both aircraft crashing in a field adjacent to a highway.

The unprecedented number of empty seats at the fifth plenum – a symbol of expulsions – serve as a symbol for the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping China expelled a record number of officials from the Chinese Communist party (CCP) as it concluded a major political gathering , which saw an unprecedented number of empty seats indicating the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping. A record 33 members were expelled at this week’s fifth plenum, a gathering of top officials that takes place roughly once a year. Continue reading...

Former Bachelor star and wellness influencer stands accused of choking and assaulting wife at Noosa in Queensland Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Former Bachelor star Sam Wood will remain in custody while he awaits trial on domestic violence charges , after he was refused bail for a second time. Wood, 46, from Melbourne, has been held in custody since his arrest on 4 October at Noosa. On Friday supreme court justice Patrick McCafferty said Wood posed “an unacceptable risk” of further offending, meaning he will remain in the high-security Wolston correctional centre until his trial, which the court heard might not take place until 2028. Continue reading...