Diasporas

A US appeals court in September will consider challenges to a recent law requiring Bytedance (the Chinese company that owns TikTok) to sell the app’s US assets by January 2025, failing which it will be banned in the United States. Very recently, content creators joined Bytedance and the Chinese social …

A 27-year-old mother has been charged with poisoning her 10-month-old daughter by ingesting lead pellets and storing the body in a freezer, in the town of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Brazil. According to the authorities, “after committing the irreparable act, the suspect placed her daughter’s lifeless body in her home’s freezer.” …

Less than a year after the implosion on June 18, 2023 of the Titan, this submersible from the OceanGate company which transported five people to the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic, Larry Connor, an American billionaire, announced that he intented to resume explorations towards the remains of …

Algeria on Tuesday proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demands a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all hostages held by Hamas and essentially orders Israel to “immediately halt its military offensive” in Rafah. Algeria’s U.N. Ambassador Amar Bendjama said earlier on Tuesday – after a …

Several internet celebrities in China, known for content on luxury or extravagance, have had their accounts blocked on social networks, at a time when the country is toughening its tone towards publications deemed vulgar or inappropriate. In China, internet is strictly regulated and the country’s censors do not hesitate to …

Three European countries, including Spain, Norway and Ireland, have lent their support to Palestine, having officially recognized it as a state. This decision is highly symbolic and marks a historic turning point in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Along with Spain, Ireland and Norway, the State of Palestine is …

An Egyptian soldier has been killed in an incident involving Egyptian and Israeli troops in the border area near Rafah, local media reported. The Egyptian and Israeli militaries are investigating what happened. Israeli media say there was an exchange of fire, but there are few other details and no reports …

The death toll from tornadoes and other violent storms in the southern United States rose further to at least 19 deaths according to authorities on Monday, while these bad weather moves towards the east of the country. Since Saturday, tornadoes have swept across the Great Plains of the south of …

A long-time veteran of the TV soap, General Hospital, Johnny Wactor age 37, has been shot dead in a robbery that turned horribly wrong in Los Angeles. “The actor mistook masked thieves stealing his car for tow truck drivers and intervened before they opened fire,” according to reports. Wactor was …

In the midst of her Pink Friday 2 world tour, Nicki Minaj was arrested at Amsterdam airport in the Netherlands on Saturday, May 25, on suspicion of carrying marijuana in her luggage. “Nicki Minaj prepared to leave the country for Manchester, where she was due to perform that evening,” reports …