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A court in Beijing on Friday sentenced Chinese-born Canadian musician Kris Wu to over 13 years for crimes including rape. The rapper and singer was detained and charged by the Chinese authorities in July 2021, following a series of sexual harassment allegations from internet celebrities and underage girls.  Chaoyang district …

With Iran’s protests extending into a third month, the government’s crackdown is intensifying in ethnically Kurdish areas in the northwest of the country, according to the government, local officials and human rights activists.  At least 42 people have been killed over the past week while protesting in Kurdish cities as …

An official “is no longer employed at the U.S. Embassy in London,” after he declared his support for England ahead of Friday’s World Cup clash with America.  Ahead of the goal-less draw in Qatar, the embassy posted a video on its official Twitter account, joking that their spokesperson Aaron Snipe …

When the United States’ national men’s team faces England at the Qatar World Cup later on Friday, one thing will be missing: medieval knights. Soccer’s governing body FIFA has told English soccer fans to ditch imitation chain mail, shields and swords or miss the game, according to the Times of …

Hundreds of activists, among them Greta Thunberg, marched through the Swedish capital to a court Friday to file a lawsuit against the Swedish state for what they say is insufficient climate action. More than 600 young people under the age of 26 signed the 87-page document that is the basis …