Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai will face a no-jury court when he goes on trial under a new Beijing-imposed national security law, AFP has learned.. Trial by jury has been used by Hong Kong's common law legal system for 177 years but legislation imposed by China in 2020 to curb dissent allows cases to be heard by dedicated national security judges.
Dog shelters in Cyprus are overflowing in what some volunteers are calling a crisis caused by the abandonment of canines adopted during Covid as well as complications arising from Brexit.. Dog adoptions were made by many people "when they shouldn't have" during the Covid-19 pandemic, Mitsidou told the Cyprus News Agency, calling the situation "unprecedented".
Singapore's LGBTQ community on Monday welcomed the government's plan to decriminalise gay sex but warned that amending the constitution to enshrine the traditional definition of marriage would promote further inequality.. Activist Tan called the government's plans to enshrine the traditional definition of marriage in Singapore's constitution as "a retrogressive step".
What's small, yellow, loves bananas and promotes the rule of law?. It is not the first time a popular foreign film has been altered for cinemas in China, where the entertainment industry faces some of the world's strictest censorship rules and is tasked with promoting "healthy" values.
The bodies of two pilgrims were pulled from an Iraqi shrine on Monday, two days after a landslide caused it to partially collapse, taking the overall toll to seven dead, rescuers said.. Search and rescue operations have been carried out since the shrine, which sits at the base of high, bare rock walls, became partially buried when earthen embankments collapsed on Saturday due to saturation from humidity, according to the civil defence.
Two bodies were recovered on Monday from a shrine in Iraq's Karbala province after a landslide caused it to partially collapse, bringing the overall toll to seven dead, rescue services said.. Rescue workers had searched for two days after the shrine, which sits at the base of high, bare rock walls, was partially buried when earthen embankments collapsed due to saturation from humidity, according to the civil defence.
Shanghai will switch off decorative lights along its famed Bund riverfront for two days from Monday as a nationwide heatwave sends power demands soaring, city authorities said.. To save power, Shanghai authorities said in a notice Sunday that they would switch off "landscape lighting" at the Bund, the city's most famous landmark.
Singapore's LGBTQ community on Monday welcomed the government's plan to decriminalise gay sex but warned that upholding the traditional definition of marriage would only promote further inequality.. But they opposed any further laws and constitutional changes to protect the traditional definition of marriage as they would promote unequal treatment.
In contrast to festive summer crowds around him in central Kyiv, Vladyslav Zhaivoronok has a grim story to tell about the defence of Mariupol, the injuries he suffered and his weeks in captivity.. But the weeks that Zhaivoronok spent in captivity in one of the Donetsk hospitals brought him suffering of a different kind.
A woman who is believed to be related to two children whose remains were found in suitcases in New Zealand is in South Korea, Seoul police told AFP Monday.. Police said Monday that a woman of Korean descent, who is believed to be related to the children, is currently in South Korea.
