Man arrested after red paint splashed at joint office of ‘unhelpful’ lawmakers

US judge blocks release of alleged Beijing agent accused of filming Taiwan leader’s son

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Wanying “Heather” Zhang be held in custody, after her lawyers – who had fought to keep her out of jail – said she “looks forward to establishing” her innocence at trial. They argued that the US government’s case centred on a single day of alleged surveillance in Seattle and was not evidence that she posed a flight risk. US Magistrate Judge Steve Kim sided with prosecutors, who told him that Zhang’s parents and siblings lived in China and that her brother had.

Vier Stunden - dann ist der Koalitionsausschuss zu Ende

Diesmal ging es verhältnismäßig schnell: Die Spitzen von CDU, CSU und SPD haben noch am späten Mittwochabend den Koalitionsausschuss beendet. Details soll es noch am Morgen geben.

Kenya boosts Ebola preparedness after registering first case

Kenya’s Health Ministry has heightened surveillance at border entry points and created an Ebola hotline for citizens to report symptoms related to Ebola

Why single Ebola death in Kenya has sparked fears of wider African spread

According to the WHO, the Kenyan patient first got sick in the DRC, where the patient had been living, and was treated there.

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For Mamdani, Oct. 7 Anniversary Sets Off Anger and Bitterness

Hours after some Jewish leaders denounced Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s remarks about the attacks on Israel, activists interrupted a vigil to call him a traitor to the Palestinian cause.