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A leading forensic psychologist, who has interviewed 10 of the most notorious mass murderers in history, has shared the chilling question one killer posed to him mere hours after his horrific spree. The murderer was Martin Bryant, the man behind Australia’s deadliest mass shooting. Aged 28 at the time, Bryant was a socially awkward loner who shared his bed with …

Russia’s coal miners are feeling the pinch (Image: GETTY) Russia‘s coal sector, a cornerstone of its energy exports and regional economies, is plunging into what officials describe as its worst crisis in three decades, with losses doubling and dozens of firms on the brink of collapse. Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov delivered a stark assessment at the Russian Energy Week …

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Images of hull sections suggest progress on China’s fourth aircraft carrier China appears to be …

The leaders of the US and Russia discussed tensions in Europe in their first conversation since the Alaska summit in August Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke over the phone on Thursday amid renewed tensions over potential deliveries of American Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine and stalled peace talks. Trump described the conversation as “very productive” …

The mother of the late Yap Shing Xuen has appealed to the public to stop spreading rumours and incorrect information about her daughter and her family. During a press conference at Yap’s wake on Thursday, Wong Lee Ping said her daughter sustained more than 200 stab wounds after being attacked in a school toilet at SMK Bandar Utama in Malaysia’s …

An Austrian brain surgeon has denied allowing her 12 year old daughter to drill a hole in a patient’s skull during emergency surgery. The incident is alleged to have taken place in January 2024, when a mother purportedly permitted her young daughter to assist with brain surgery in Styria, a state in southeastern Austria, on a farm worker who had …

A new book has suggested that the world could soon be dominated by a Trillionaires’ Club of ‘wealth elite’, each boasting fortunes with ’12 zeros’. Kamal Ahmed, an investigator and former editorial director at BBC News, predicts that Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX, Tesla, X and xAI, will become the world’s first trillionaire in 2027. Ahmed anticipates that there …

The FBI accuses the former official of transmitting classified information using personal online accounts Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified information. A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted Bolton on Thursday on eight counts of transmitting and ten counts of unlawfully retaining national defense information. “The FBI’s investigation revealed that John …

Four people were killed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday after security forces fired shots and teargas to disperse huge crowds at a stadium where the body of deceased opposition leader Raila Odinga was lying in state, local media reported. Odinga, a major figure for decades in Kenyan politics who was once a political prisoner and ran unsuccessfully for president …

Greece has passed a controversial labor reform despite nationwide protests and union outrage Greece’s parliament has approved a government-backed reform that lets employers extend working days to 13 hours under certain conditions. The move has sparked mass protests from workers already struggling with a cost-of-living crisis. The legislation, passed by the government majority, expands the current eight-hour day. The opposition …