Month: November 2019

Apple has canceled the world premiere of one of its first original films as it investigates sexual abuse allegations involving the family of the person the movie is based on. "The Banker" was supposed to debut on Thursday in Hollywood at the American Film Institute’s AFI Fest. The movie stars Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson,…

Click:发稿 Three Ukrainian navy boats seized by Russia a year ago were vandalised before being handed back to Ukraine, the country’s navy said.  The fast gunboats Nikopol and Berdyansk and the tugboat Tany Kapu were welcomed by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and onlookers waving national flags arrived in Ochakiv, a Ukrainian naval port on the…

Boris Johnson on Friday appeared open to the return of more children of British Islamic state suspects from Syria, saying the Government “should help” where it was possible. The Prime Minister, speaking ahead of a Question Time election special, said that the logistics were extremely complicated and it was unlikely all the stranded children would…

A hard punch in the head was the last thing Jocelyn Chau expected when she decided to stand as a pan-democratic candidate in this Sunday’s Hong Kong’s district elections, but the sickening assault on the 23-year-old was a sign of the city’s bitter political divisions after six months of anti-government protests. Click Here: Japan Rugby…

The parents of the British backpacker who was murdered on a Tinder date in New Zealand broke down in tears outside court as they said their daughter didn’t "deserve to be murdered in such a barbaric way". Grace Millane was choked to death on the night before her 22nd birthday and buried in a suitcase in…

The traditional sight of an Italian couple stepping out of a church under a shower of confetti while being blessed by a priest is becoming ever rarer, with the number of civil ceremonies overtaking church weddings for the first time in the country’s history. Last year, 50.1% of weddings were conducted in town halls, registry…

The trial of Grace Millane’s accused killer heard the closing statements of the Crown and the defence on Thursday, with Justice Simon Moore expected to sum up the case Friday morning before sending the jury out for deliberation.  In closing, the prosecution said the accused, a 27-year-old New Zealand man who cannot be named, had "eroticised"…

China on Thursday accused the US of seeking to “destroy” Hong Kong and threatened Donald Trump, the US president, with retaliation if he chose to enact new laws supporting human rights in the global financial hub.  The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which mandates sanctions on mainland and Hong Kong officials who carry…

The Vatican has been accused of harbouring a bishop wanted for alleged sex abuse offences, as Pope Francis railed against the evils of sexual exploitation on a visit to Thailand. Prosecutors in Argentina have issued an international arrest warrant for Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, who is accused of sexually abusing young trainee priests, known as seminarians.…