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Trump provoked Capitol mob, Republican Senate leader McConnell says

FILE PHOTO: Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell. /VCG Image Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of provoking the mob

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Samsung's Lee Jae-yong sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for corruption

Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong arrives at a court in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2021. /Reuters A South Korean court sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong to two and a

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China: U.S. to pay 'heavy price' for wrongdoing over Taiwan

China firmly opposes any form of official exchanges between the U.S. and Taiwan, and the U.S. will pay a heavy price for its wrongdoing on issues concerning China'sTaiw

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Biden win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol

Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in

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UK judge to rule on US extradition bid for Julian Assange

A British judge will decide Monday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face espionage charges over the site’s publication

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Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US, UK judge rules

Judge Vanessa Baraitser said she had refused Assange's extradition because of fears that he could take his own life.

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Russia bars more British citizens from entry over Navalny sanctions

Russia said on Wednesday it had summoned Britain’s ambassador to tell her it was expanding the number of British citizens banned from entry in response to London sancti

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Ex-Japan PM Abe apologizes and corrects parliament statements over funding scandal

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday corrected statements he had made in parliament, apologizing for what he said were mistakes regarding a political fun

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Swiss federal court overturns 8-year doping ban given to swimming superstar Sun Yang

Sun Yang, China's most successful swimmer who has won three Olympic gold medals and 11 World Championships titles, had his eight-year ban from swimming overturned by th

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Swiss federal court overturns 8-year doping ban given to swimming superstar Sun Yang

Sun Yang, China's most successful swimmer who has won three Olympic gold medals and 11 World Championships titles, had his eight-year ban from swimming overturned by th

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Sidelines | Christmas E-Armistice

Sidelines is column by CGTN's Social Media Desk In the world of social media, hardly a day would pass by without a skirmish breaking out about something somewhere.An unknowing transmitter of COVID-19

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The Venn diagram between crypto and OnlyFans

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For the first time in donkey’s years, we didn&#

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White House Press Secretary McEnany Berates Press for Ignoring Eric Swalwell, Hunter Biden Scandals

Donald Trump earlier slammed William Barr for silence on a probe into Hunter Biden's allegedly corrupt business dealings, while censuring the press for ignoring the sca

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Canada border official says information shared inappropriately with FBI in Huawei CFO case

A Canadian border official who oversaw staff at Vancouver's airport when Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested two years ago testified on Friday she

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Huawei CFO case: Information shared 'inappropriately' with FBI

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, December 7, 2020. /Reuters A Canadian border official

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Human Capital: Google’s labor stumbles

Welcome back to Human Capital, a weekly newsletter that looks at the latest in diversity and inclusion in tech, as well as labor. This week, Google made headlines a couple of times for its workplace i

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Macron says images of police beating Black man shameful for France

President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that images showing Paris police beating a Black music producer were shameful for France, and that government would have to fin