Hong Kong court rejects Jimmy Lai appeal against conviction over 2019 pro-democracy protest | Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s highest court on Monday unanimously rejected a petition to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy activists for holding an unauthorised assembly in 2019. Lai, 76, founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, and six others, including veteran democracy activist Martin Li, were convicted in August 2019 of […]
Nifty 50, Sensex today: What to expect from Indian stock market in trade on August 12 after Hindenburg report | Stock Market News – Mint
Indian equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty 50 are likely to open on a cautious note amid mixed signals in global markets and weak sentiments at home following the release of the fresh Hindenburg report in the Adani Group case against Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman Madhavi Puri Book. The movement of […]
LeBron Criticized Over ‘Rude’ Reaction To Kid, But Should We Care After He Delivered A Gold Medal To Americana?
The answer is simple: no, you shouldn’t. While in Paris celebrating his gold medal win at the Summer Olympics, U.S. national team superstar LeBron James had quite the reaction to a young boy who tried to hook up with him. The U.S. men’s basketball team defeated France on Saturday to win the gold medal. 98-87. […]
Girl, 13, stabbed outside subway station in Brooklyn as cops seek trio of teen suspects
Authorities are searching for three teenage suspects after a 13-year-old girl was stabbed and injured outside a Brooklyn subway station Sunday night, police said. Authorities said the girl was stabbed in the abdomen with a knife near the Atlantic Avenue Barclays Center station in Prospect Heights around 7:45 p.m. and was rushed to Maimonides Children’s […]
Harris hauls in $12 million at San Francisco fundraiser as Pelosi welcomes vice president home
Vice President Kamala Harris’ return to California’s San Francisco Bay Area was a hugely lucrative one. The Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign said Harris raised more than $12 million at a fundraiser held Sunday at the famed Fairmont Hotel at the top of San Francisco’s Nob Hill. Harris has seen a surge in fundraising since replacing […]
Tim Walz Falsely Calls Himself ‘Retired Command Sergeant Major’ in Ad
In a 2006 radio ad, Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz falsely identified himself as a “retired Army sergeant major” during his first run for Congress. In the ad, unearthed on Aug. 2, before Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate, Tim Walz calls himself a sergeant major and then talks about how his time […]
Ann Coulter calls Trump an 'awful, awful person' but says she'll vote for him
Ann Coulter said she thinks former President Trump is a “horrible, horrible person,” but that she will vote for him in November’s presidential election because she chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as her running mate. The conservative media commentator has largely not supported Trump in the 2024 primaries and has urged voters to vote for […]
Illinois school worker Vera Liddell gets 9 years in prison for stealing $1.5 million in wings
What a shame. An Illinois school employee will spend the next nine years in prison for stealing 11,000 cases of chicken wings worth $1.5 million intended for students during the COVID-19 pandemic, prosecutors said. According to prosecutors’ reports, Vera Liddell used her position as food service director for Harvey School District 152 to carry out […]
69-Year-Old Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison over Anti-Migration Riots
A 69-year-old retired widow was arrested for failing to disperse from the scene and sentenced this week to 32 months in prison for her role in mass anti-immigration riots. William Nelson Morgan, 69, is thought to be the oldest person to be sentenced to prison as a result of anti-immigrant riots that erupted across the […]
Pope Francis Again Recalls U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
ROME — Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, a topic he has addressed many times before. The pope told visitors gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly Angelus homily that the past few days mark “the anniversary of the atomic bombings of […]