Principal Detained After Over 200 Children Suffer Suspected Lead Poisoning In China
A kindergarten principal has been detained following a suspected mass lead poisoning incident that left more than 200 children ill in northwestern China, state media reported on Tuesday. According to state broadcaster CCTV, medical tests revealed "abnormal" levels of lead in the blood of 233 children enrolled at Peixin Kindergarten in Tianshui, Gansu province. Of those affected, 201 are currently...
UK Steel Industry In Dilemma As EU Increases Tariffs
The European Union’s decision to hike steel tariffs and sharply cut import quotas has provoked widespread concern in the UK, as well as rumblings of discontent among carmakers on the continent. The bloc announced plans to reduce tariff-free quotas on imported steel – proposing a reduction of 47% compared to 2024 steel quotas – and to hike tariffs from 25%...
Central African Republic Prime Minister Ngrebada Resigns
The prime minister of the troubled Central African Republic, Firmin Ngrebada, announced on Thursday that his government had tendered its resignation. Ngrebada wrote on Twitter that he had "presented (his) resignation to the president," Faustin Archange Touadera, but presidential spokesman Albert Yaloke Mokpeme told AFP that he may be asked to stay and form a new government. Je viens de remettre...
Trump, Biden Set To Meet At White House
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will have a meeting at the White House. The meeting is coming days after the US leader pledged an orderly transfer of power back to the Republican he beat in elections just four years ago. Trump—who never conceded his 2020 loss—sealed a historic comeback to the presidency in the November 5...
Police Arrest Man For Killing Four In Japan Gun Attack
Japanese police on Friday detained a suspect who had holed up in a building after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in a gun and knife attack. The man was taken into custody outside a farm near the city of Nakano in the Nagano region, with police confirming a fourth fatality overnight — an elderly woman who was found...
World Leaders To Grace Pope Francis’ Funeral Saturday
The Vatican has stated that Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday, with various world leaders paying their respects to the Catholic leader. including US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday from a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia. His funeral, which...
Singer R. Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison Over Sexual Abuse
R&B singer, R Kelly, has been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment after being found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering involving women, girls, and boys. The jail sentence was handed down to Kelly in the trial that has lasted for several years....
No Official Russian-American Contacts On Ukraine – Maria Zakharova
Maria Zakharova said that the main reason for the lack of such contacts is the destructive policy of US President Joe Biden's administration, "which set the defeat of Russia in Ukraine as its goal" Moscow and Washington have no contacts on Ukraine, a...
UK Prime Minister Starmer Set To Sign 100-year Agreement With Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday to reaffirm support for Ukraine after nearly three years of conflict, according to officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been holding a flurry of meetings with his country’s allies ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House next week. Starmer is expected to sign a “landmark 100-year...
Hamas Fighter Free More Hostages After Delays
Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave. In a sign of the fragility of the exchanges, the latest swap Saturday was delayed for hours after Hamas accused Israel of breaching its side of the deal...
