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Hong Kong’s Ocean Park has modified a controversial Halloween installation after public concerns over its possible association with the Abby Choi murder case, with the park’s chairman calling it “a lesson learned”. Chairman Paulo Pong Kin-yee said on Monday that the park had adjusted its haunted house installation after the media preview and before the public opening to ensure visitors …

The NHS has argued that such unions offer “stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages” UK campaigners and politicians have criticised the National Health Service for promoting the “benefits” of first-cousin marriages, after the NHS compared the genetic risk of cousin marriage to that of having children later in life, or smoking and drinking during pregnancy. The practice has …

There have been no signals from Kyiv about a possible resumption of negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s RIA state news agency. “No, so far there are basically no signals from Kyiv at all,” Peskov said when asked whether there were any indications about talks resuming between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, according …

A circus acrobat tragically plummeted to her death following an accident in front of a shocked audience, including horrified families. Performer Marina B died after performing the iconic aerial trapeze stunt at a circus in Bautzen, east Germany. Over 80 spectators watched in terror as the woman plunged to the ground. Screams echoed through the family show at the Paul …

The strikes left several people injured in the Russian border region of Belgorod, according to the governor Kiev’s missile strike on the Russian border region left at least three civilians injured and caused a partial power blackout, but musicians in the city of Belgorod continued their performance, according to a video shared by Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. On Sunday, Ukrainian forces …

NATO fighter jets have been deployed as Vladimir Putin initiates another brutal assault on Ukraine. The action was taken following the death of at least four individuals, including a 12 year old girl, in the attack. Two fatalities were reported at a devastated Kyiv cardiology institute. Putin utilised his Tu-95MS strategic bombers – known as Bears – from an Arctic …

Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) king BYD expects exports to make up about 20 per cent of its global sales this year, spurred by improved logistics and new model launches. The Shenzhen-based carmaker forecasts 800,000 to 1 million deliveries outside mainland China in 2025, compared with projected total sales of 4.6 million units, said Li Yunfei, the company’s general manager of branding …

Washington is “looking” at selling the missiles to other NATO nations that would hand them over to Kiev, the vice president has said Washington is considering making long-range Tomahawk missiles available for Kiev, Vice President J.D. Vance has told Fox News. The White House is “looking at” the issue, he said on Sunday. Earlier, several Western news media outlets, including …

President Masoud Pezeshkian insists Iran has no intention of building nuclear weapons, calling the sanctions “unfair and illegal.” But the move marks another blow to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal meant to cap Iran’s enrichment and research while allowing civilian nuclear energy. Iran accelerated banned nuclear activity after Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal …

Afghanistan’s Taliban government released an American citizen from detention on Sunday, a week after freeing an elderly British couple. In a statement the country’s foreign ministry identified the detainee as Amir Amiri and said he had been handed over to Adam Boehler, Washington’s special envoy on hostages. Boehler made a rare visit to Kabul earlier this month to discuss the …