A Hong Kong father has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder his 11-year-old daughter after allegedly feeding her a poisonous substance and consuming it himself. Police on Monday said they launched an investigation after receiving a report at around 9.19pm the previous day that a 42-year-old man had attempted to kill himself and poison his daughter at their …
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Twisted mum murdered baby daughter by putting her in microwave
In a case that has shocked the United States, a mother was found guilty of murdering her 28-day-old baby daughter by putting her in a microwave for two horrific minutes. China Arnold, who was 31 at the time, committed the appalling crime against her infant Paris following a dispute with her boyfriend over the child’s paternity, prosecutors said. Medical experts …
Read More »The real story behind sick ‘human safari’ killings
Horrific allegations have emerged that wealthy, gun-obsessed tourists paid up to £88,000 to participate in depraved ‘human safaris’ during the devastating siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s, with children’s lives horrifically carrying a premium price tag. Italian prosecutors are investigating the disturbing claims, which suggest that up to 100 bloodthirsty individuals, primarily from far-right circles across Europe, the US, and …
Read More »Japan’s visa fees are set to jump. Will it worsen foreign labour shortages?
Japan’s plan to significantly increase the price of residency visas for foreigners to match the rates in the West has divided the expatriate community, which fears the move would further worsen the country’s persistent labour shortages. The additional revenue will be used to “improve conditions for the rapidly growing foreign resident population” and enhance efforts to deport illegal immigrants, the …
Read More »https://www.rt.com/news/628266-eu-sanctions-russia-failed/EU sanctions against Russia ‘failed’ – US Treasury Secretary
If something is done 19 times in a row, that means it is not working, Scott Bessent has said The restrictions Brussels has imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict are ineffective, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC News on Sunday. The official also criticized the bloc for pursuing the same strategy for 19 rounds in a row and …
Read More »Exclusive | Why US economist Nicholas Lardy thinks the ‘peak China’ theory has peaked
Nicholas Lardy is a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, both Washington-based think tanks. He has studied the Chinese economy extensively, publishing several books on its growth and development since the late 1970s. His most recent, 2019’s The State Strikes Back, posits a rollback of Beijing’s economic …
Read More »Chaos as all flights suspended at major European airport after drone sighting
Travellers were left stranded for hours at Eindhoven Airport on Saturday, after flights were suspended following sightings of drones. The incident is just the latest in a series of airspace intrusions by unidentified UAVs, that have caused travel chaos in Europe. Drones were first spotted flying over the nearby Volkel air force base late on Friday. Dutch military personnel tried …
Read More »https://www.rt.com/news/628262-doge-quietly-disbanded-reuters/Trump’s DOGE now ‘doesn’t exist’ – Reuters
The federal cost-cutting agency’s functions and staff have reportedly been taken on by other sections of the US government The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has quietly disbanded eight months ahead of its scheduled end, Reuters reported on Sunday. President Donald Trump launched the agency with much publicity soon after taking office in January, touting it as a sweeping …
Read More »Donald Trump warned peace plan set to fail as Russian people ‘conditioned’
Donald Trump has been warned that his deal to end the war in Ukraine is set to be rejected by Moscow, as Russians are conditioned against nothing less than “full victory”. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its daily report of the conflict that officials and state media “continue to set information conditions to reject the …
Read More »https://www.rt.com/news/628258-world-can-go-without-us/World can go on without US – Canadian PM
The “center of gravity” in the global economy is shifting, Mark Carney has said at the G20 summit in South Africa Washington should not overestimate its role in the international arena, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said, adding that a wide range of issues can be resolved without US involvement. The economic “center of gravity” is also shifting away …
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