President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Ukrainians in an emotional speech to mark 31 years of independence that Ukraine was reborn when Russia invaded on February 24 and will recapture annexed Crimea and occupied areas in the east. In the recorded speech aired
Australia will lift a ban on citizens travelling overseas without permission, the government announced Wednesday, with the country’s border set to open to skilled workers and international students by the year’s end. More than 18 months after Australia closed its international borders, fully vaccinated
Ecuador’s highest court has approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the small and traditionally Catholic country. The Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed hearing. Ecuador, where the church
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s top aides has disappeared from public life, prompting speculation that he may have been executed. General Hwang Pyong-so was once at the heart of Kim’s inner circle within the Workers’ Party Central Committee. As a Vice-Marshall he also
President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Marc Kasowitz, who is representing the Republican in the investigation into potential connections between his campaign and Russia, was quick to email attacks to a stranger who told him to resign, Pro Publica reported Thursday. Kasowitz sent numerous profane
Former Spanish teacher at Franklin High in Reisterstown has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors in a sexual offense against a student. Ekatherine Pappas, 25, was charged after police said they discovered a video of her engaged in a sex act with a
North Korea claims that it has launched its first ever intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and now has the power to deliver a nuclear-capable strike on any location on the planet. State officials announced the launch early Tuesday morning after South Korea had
A fiery editorial in a Pyongyang-based newspaper said an “all-out confrontation” was ongoing but told its readers “victory is just in store”. The country has been acting increasingly erratically in recent months with a series of missile tests and threats and this
A teenager tried to prevent her father marrying his fiancée by having sex with him because of “misplaced love”, a court in Hon Kong reportedly heard. As her father’s marriage approached in 2008, the 19-year-old tried to change his mind, according to the South