Key findings in Trump’s ‘overwhelming’ fraud trial loss
Donald Trump was hit with a crushing $354m fine, but averted the worst outcome for his business empire.
Day: February 17, 2024
“Putin is responsible” for imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death, Biden says
President Biden is blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for the reported death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. The prominent critic of the Russian leader died in a Russian penal colony, prison authorities said. Weijia Jiang reports from the Wh…
Royal Caribbean’s new Icon of the Seas: What it’s like to stay on the largest cruise ship in the world
Royal Caribbean’s brand-new Icon of the Seas is 365m-long, boasts 20 decks and loads of things to do. CNA Lifestyle’s Joyee Koo went onboard to check it out during its inaugural voyage from Miami last month.
How a Pixar-esque makeover helped put a military hardman in the palace
Long the loser, former military hardman Prabowo Subianto is expected to become Indonesia’s next president. This is how he did it.
Sources: Nintendo told game publishers the Switch 2’s launch is delayed from late 2024 to Q1 2025; source: Nintendo needs more time to prepare its own games (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle)
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Sources: Nintendo told game publishers the Switch 2’s launch is delayed from late 2024 to Q1 2025; source: Nintendo needs more time to prepare its own games — That’s according to Brazilian jour…
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket reached planned trajectory in key 2nd test after failed debut last year
A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday, successfully reaching a planned trajectory and releasing one of the two payloads in a key second test flight a year after its failed debut launch.
Sydney asbestos mulch sites: map and full list of locations where asbestos has been found
Hundreds of sites including schools are being investigated amid the growing asbestos mulch crisis across NSW. This map shows contaminated parks and other locationsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAsbestos-contami…
Tucker Carlson’s Lesson in the Perils of Giving Airtime to Vladimir Putin
The death of Aleksei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most vocal domestic opponent, prompted fresh criticism on Friday of the right-wing host’s recent interview with Vladimir Putin.
World media body says nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza
Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed worldwide in 2023 were Palestinians reporting Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, making those 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Michigan Republican lawmaker doubles down on pushing ‘great replacement theory’
Josh Schriver was removed from his committee seat for making the remarks