Bangladesh holds state mourning, funeral for slain uprising activist
Police fill the streets of Dhaka ahead of Sharif Osman Hadi’s funeral at Bangladesh’s parliament house.
Day: December 20, 2025
Taiwan’s Subway Stabber Planned His Deadly Spree, Police Say
Investigators said they were unsure of the attacker’s motives. But clues pointed to an isolated and increasingly troubled life, and no accomplices.
Taiwan’s Subway Stabber Planned His Deadly Spree, Police Say
Investigators said they were unsure of the attacker’s motives. But clues pointed to an isolated and increasingly troubled life, and no accomplices.
‘I was a British POW tortured by Russia; this is how Ukraine and the West can win this war’
Aiden Aslin, a British volunteer who joined the Ukraine’s marines, was captured and tortured by Putin’s forces in 2022 and is now back fighting the Kremlin. He tells his story to the World of Trouble podcast with world affairs editor Sam Kiley in easte…
Tanzania police accused of ‘unlawful lethal force’ after protests left 700 dead
Evidence gathered by human rights NGO Amnesty International shows Tanzania’s post-election protests were met with overwhelming force, with the United Nations estimating at least 700 people were killed in the unrest – raising questions about the future…
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare lawShooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law.At the moment, it is legal to shoo…
YouTube’s head of products for podcasts Steve McLendon says viewers streamed 700M+ hours of podcasts on TV in October, up from 400M hours in October 2024 (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
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YouTube’s head of products for podcasts Steve McLendon says viewers streamed 700M+ hours of podcasts on TV in October, up from 400M hours in October 2024 — That’s up from 400 million hours a year ago as po…
Seattle U upsets UW men for second straight season
A year after snapping a 19-game losing streak to the Huskies dating back to 1978, Seattle U men’s basketball managed to pull off the upset again Friday night.
Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s…
How chess helped me understand grief
A personal reflection on loss, memory, and the quiet lessons of chess.