The judgment also ordered the confiscation of Yang’s personal assets. (Representative image) A Chinese court on Monday sentenced former Nanjing economic development official Yang Youlin to death after finding him guilty of accepting bribes worth more than 2.21 billion yuan, or about $325 million, over a period of three decades.Besides bribery, Yang was convicted of […]
Woman arrested in Thailand for stabbing boyfriend (Image source: Bangkok Post) A 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Thailand on suspicion of murdering her boyfriend, a 34-year-old cannabis farm operator, after police found his body with multiple stab wounds in a luxury rental home in Pattaya.Police were called to the property in Nong Prue […]
Ng Ka-sing (centre) was arrested in 2022 and is now being convicted of manslaughter (Source: SCMP) A Hong Kong man has been found guilty of manslaughter but acquitted of murdering his girlfriend after jurors accepted his claim that he may have accidentally beaten her to death while trying to help her lose weight by keeping […]
Indian theatre has lost one of its most influential figures with the passing of celebrated actor, director and theatre visionary Vijaya Mehta, who died in Mumbai on June 30 at the age of 91. According to her family, she had been battling a prolonged illness. She is survived by her daughter, actor-director Anahita Uberoi, and […]
Sharif Rahman Canadian restaurant owner Three British men have admitted their involvement in the death of a Canadian restaurant owner who was fatally injured following a dispute over an unpaid restaurant bill in Ontario.Robert Evans Jr, 25, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Sharif Rahman, 44, during a court hearing in Canada on Friday. Rahman, […]
On a stormy evening in 1827, Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna after years of declining health that had already pulled him out of public life. He had been confined to bed for months, struggling with swelling, jaundice, and exhaustion that made even small movements difficult. By then, his hearing loss was already part of […]
The New York Times has been investigation the number of boat strikes and the death toll in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific carried out by the Trump administration. Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The Times, explains what those numbers mean. By Eric Schmitt, Gilad Thaler, Nikolay Nikolov, Shawn Paik, Rafaela Balster, Stephanie Swart, […]
new video loaded: A Death at the Epicenter of Ebola Our chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, reports from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak on how families, medical workers and local volunteers are grappling with losses of life. By Declan Walsh, Estelle Caswell, Thomas Vollkommer and Arlette Bashizi June 3, 2026 Source link
Veteran film producer Pahlaj Nihalani passed away today at the age of 76 at his residence in Mumbai, as reported by News 9. Producer Shashi Ranjan confirmed to the publication that he wasn’t keeping well since quite some time. “Pahlaj ji was not keeping well. He was taken home from Nanavati Hospital, where he breathed […]
