China approved a contentious national security law that will allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, a move many see as Beijing's boldest yet to erase the legal firewall between the semi-autonomous territory and mainland China’s authoritarian Communist Party system. Tam Yiu-Chung, Hong Kong’s...
Russia's State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, adopted in the first reading on Tuesday a bill aimed to ensure security and availability of Russian Internet (Runet) in the event of potential isolation from the global network. This means that data from its own organisations and...
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has a 264 to 214 lead in the state-by-state Electoral College (EC) vote that determines the winner, according to The Associated Press. Either candidate needs to win 270 EC votes to secure the White House. Four states — Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada — could...
Pat Patterson, a World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer and the first Intercontinental champion, has died at the age of 79, the company said Wednesday. Patterson spent decades in professional wrestling, as an in-ring performer and working behind the scenes. He wrote about his life and career in the 2016...
A wealthy Ukrainian politician has made public a manuscript in his private collection that he says is a fragment of the Gutenberg Bible, the world’s first substantial printed book, although researchers said it would need to be authenticated. The Gutenberg Bible was produced using the moveable type printing press invented...
China has built a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients in just five days after a spike of infections was reported in a city south of Beijing. The hospital is the first of six with a total of 6,500 rooms being built in Nangong in Hebei province, the Xinhua News Agency...
Hospitals have been told to see as many patients as they can via video calls because their beds will be needed to treat coronavirus sufferers. Officials disclosed on Tuesday that the number of people in the UK diagnosed with Covid-19 had risen to 51, with 12 new cases - while...
The Miami Marlins announced Friday that they had hired Kim Ng as their new general manager, making Ng the first female GM in MLB history. According to ESPN, Ng is now the highest-ranking woman employed by any of the 30 MLB teams and is likely the first woman to hold...
Any owners of the ghost ship the MV Alta have up to a year to reclaim it, with the abandoned vessel to undergo an initial assessment on Tuesday morning as mystery deepens over its recent past. The 77metre-long ship came aground on rocks west of Ballycotton on Saturday due to...
Winning numbers were selected Tuesday night for a Mega Millions jackpot of $96 million. The numbers are 1-36-44-54-66 Mega Ball 10 Megaplier 3x. The Powerball jackpot is $66 million for the drawing on Wednesday, Feb. 17, while the Classic Lotto jackpot is $4.6 million. Tuesday’s winning Ohio Lottery numbers are: Pick 3 evening:...