CNN — A butcher died on Friday trying to slaughter a pig in Hong Kong, city police said. The 61-year-old butcher, who worked at the Sheung Shui slaughterhouse on the city’s northern outskirts near its border with mainland China, was knocked down by the struggling pig and injured by 40 centimeters of meat (15 inches). … Read more
CNN — Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s education minister, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister, following the shock announcement of her resignation earlier this week. Hipkins was the only candidate to be nominated for the leadership of the ruling Labor Party, the party said in a statement on Saturday morning. “The Labor Party … Read more
CNN — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday that she would stand down for a new leader in a few weeks, saying she did not believe she had the energy to seek re-election in October’s election. Speaking at a press conference, Ardern said her term would end on February 7, when she … Read more
Jerusalem CNN — Israel’s top court ruled 10-1 on Wednesday that Aryeh Deri, leader of the Shas party and key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, should not be allowed to serve as a minister due to a February 2022 conviction. for tax evasion. Netanyahu should remove Deri from his post, according to the court’s … Read more
hong kong CNN — The yen plunged on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan decided to maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy, defying market expectations that rising inflation could force the central bank away from low interest rates. . The BOJ kept its yield curve control (YCC) targets unchanged at the end of a two-day policy … Read more
CNN — A helicopter crash near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region has killed at least 18 people, including the entire leadership team of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, officials say. At least 29 other people were injured in Wednesday’s incident in the town of Brovary, on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, according to Oleksiy Kuleba, … Read more
CNN — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested by German police during a protest against the expansion of a coal mine in the West German village of Lützerath. This is the second time Thunberg has been held at the site, police spokesman Christof Hüls told CNN on Tuesday. She was part of a large … Read more
CNN — Last fall, as Ukraine recaptured large swathes of territory in a series of counterattacks, it pounded Russian forces with American-made artillery and rockets. Some of this artillery was guided by an artisanal targeting system that Ukraine developed on the battlefield. Ukrainian-made software has transformed readily available tablets and smartphones into sophisticated targeting tools … Read more
CNN — A dual British-Iranian citizen has been hanged by Iran for espionage and corruption, a state-affiliated media reported on Saturday, the latest in a string of executions by a regime grappling with unprecedented protests in across the country. Iranian official Alireza Akbari was executed for crimes including “corruption on earth”, according to Iranian justice-affiliated … Read more
CNN — The United States and Japan are set to announce a significant strengthening of their military relationship and the upgrade of the U.S. military’s force posture in the country this week, including the stationing of a newly redesignated marine unit with advanced intelligence, surveillance and anti-missile fire capability from ships, according to two US … Read more
