Times staff report When looking for a children’s book on a local African American hero, Hailey Mason initially couldn’t find one on Richard Arrington Jr., Ph.D., the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. “I volunteered at some local [Birmingham] elementary schools and I wanted to do a segment on local Black history figures and […]
Hong Kong police have arrested a woman on suspicion of sharing test papers from the city’s university entrance examination online. The documents were leaked on Chinese social networking site Xiaohongshu, local media reported. A 23-year-old woman surnamed Lau was detained on Wednesday for allegedly breaching the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority Ordinance, police said […]
Hong Kong's crackdown on online scams has seen 1,121 arrests, dismantling a syndicate that has been laundering millions via cryptocurrency.
To celebrate its 45th anniversary, the MTR Corporation is launching an exhibition, “Station Rail Voyage,” which showcases retired trains and over 100 railway artifacts at Hung Hom Station. Running from next Wednesday to the end of the year, the exhibition presents retired trains including the “Yellow Head,” a locomotive which marked the start of the […]
Hong Kong’s Environment and Ecology Bureau is not participating in a trial of the city’s waste charging scheme, saying that the way rubbish was collected from its location in the Central Government Offices made it “not a suitable location.” First suggested by the government in 2005 before becoming law in 2021, the waste charging scheme […]
Hong Kong has a “bright future” after the enactment of a new national security law, Beijing’s top man on the city’s affairs has said, as he hit back at criticism of the law. Xia Baolong, the director of Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO), on Monday hailed the recent legislation of the new […]
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – After gaining fame, wandering around northern New Mexico, 'Asha' a Mexican grey wolf is now the feature star in children’s literature. In the areas around Las Vegas, New Mexico home video captured something that author Bernadette Maldonado thought she’d never see. An animal that looked like a wolf just roaming around. Thanks []
Flag-raising and patriotic essays are in, frank debates about recent Chinese history are out.
LOS ANGELES >> Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass early Sunday, officials said.
TWO loyalists of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, including a serving member of the state House of Assembly, Sokari Goodboy, were allegedly arrested in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday. Also arrested by the police was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, identified as Ezebunwo Ichemati. The lawmaker, Goodboy, Read More
An excerpt from ‘She’ll Never Make It: From Doubt to Dominance’, by Masoom Minawala and Aditi Shah Bhimjyani.
Students set up encampments to demand Columbia divest from Israel while those at USC gathered in support of Asna TabassumTensions on Columbia University’s campus continued to rise on Thursday as the New York police department began breaking up student protests over Israel’s war on Gaza, at the direction of the school’s president, and arrests were made.Hundreds of students pitched tents and began camping out in the center of the famous central campus from early morning on Wednesday in protest,...