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Business2 days ago

Australia Removes British Monarchy from $5 Bank Note

Australia’s Central Bank has announced it will remove of the monarchy from the $5 bank notes as the AUD dollar hovers around 71 cents against the...
Tourism2 weeks ago

Chinese Staying Home For 2023 Lunar New Year

A hoped-for surge in Chinese tourism in Asia over the Lunar New Year holidays next week appears to be a blip, with most travelers opting to...
News2 weeks ago

Jacinda Ardern, 42 Stepping Down as Zealand’s Prime Minister

Jacinda Ardern New Zealand’s Liberal Prime Minister announced on Thursday that she will step down as leader and will not run in this year’s general election....
News3 weeks ago

London Police Officer Pleads Guilty to 24 Counts of Rape

A London police officer has been charged with raping dozens of women over 17 years, in one of the UK’s most shocking rape cases, according to...
News3 weeks ago

Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley’s Only Child Dead at 54

Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley’s only child and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father’s legacy, died Thursday after being admitted to the hospital for a medical...
News4 weeks ago

China Suspends Visas for Japan, South Korea Over COVID-19 Testing

On Tuesday, Chins’s embassies suspended the issuance of new visas to South Koreans and Japanese, ostensibly in retaliation for COVID-19 testing requirements recently imposed by those...
News1 month ago

4 Killed After Helicopters Collide in Sydney Australia

The four people killed in the collision of two helicopters over the waterfront in Sydney Australia have been identified as a pilot, two British visitors, and...
News1 month ago

South Korea Lifts Ban on Adult Fantasy Dolls

South Korea has formally lifted a ban on the import of full-body adult fantasy dolls, putting an end to years of debate about how much the...
News1 month ago

FTX Cryptocurrency Fraudster Bankman-Fried Freed on US$250 Million Bail Bond

Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX cryptocurrency fraudster, walked out of a Manhattan courtroom with his parents on Thursday after they agreed to sign a $250 million bond...
News2 months ago

UN Security Council Demands Military in Myanmar End Violence Immediately

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council passed its first resolution on Myanmar, calling for an immediate end to violence and urged its military rulers to release...
News2 months ago

Japan Goes on the Offensive Against China and North Korea

In a significant departure from its postwar policy of strictly self-defense, Japan adopted a national security strategy on Friday, declaring plans to have preemptive strike capability...
News2 months ago

New Zealand Bans Anyone Born After Jan 1 ,2009 From Buying Cigarettes

On Tuesday, New Zealand passed legislation to phase out tobacco smoking by prohibiting young people from purchasing cigarettes for the rest of their lives. Tobacco cannot...
World News2 months ago

US Air Force Debuts the New Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider

The US Air Force’s newest B-21 Raider nuclear stealth bomber debuted Friday after 10 years of secret development. It’s part of the Pentagon’s response to rising...
News2 months ago

UN Condemns Myanmar Junta Over 11 Student Death Sentences

Myanmar’s military-installed government has sentenced seven university students to death behind closed doors on this week, and four more were reportedly sentenced on Thursday, bringing the...
News2 months ago

South Korean Woman Extradited to New Zealand Over 2 Dead Children Found in Suitcase

South Korea extradited a 42-year-old woman to New Zealand two months after she was arrested after the bodies of two long-dead children were discovered in abandoned...
News2 months ago

Kim Jong Un’s 10-Year-old Daughter in The Spotlight in North Korea

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s daughter made another public appearance, this time with missile scientists and more honorific titles as her father’s “most beloved” or “precious”...
News2 months ago

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen Resigns as Party Leader

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party on Saturday after the opposition Nationalist Party won several major races across the...
News3 months ago

Protesters in Iran Set Fire to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s Home

According to images released on Friday, protesters in Iran set fire to the ancestral home of the Islamic founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. According to images posted...
News3 months ago

Climate Activists Storm Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands

Hundreds of climate activists in the Netherlands halted private jets from leaving Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday. Protesters from Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion sat around private...
News3 months ago

China Locks Down 1.3 Million in Shanghai Over Covid-19 Fears

The Communist Party of China (CCP) has ordered the lockdown on more than a million residents of Shanghai city over fears of a Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak....

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