After serving jail term, a Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in UK
An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was jailed under its sweeping national security law has fled...
Monthly Archives: December 2023
For transgender youth in crisis, hospitals sometimes compound the trauma
A North Carolina hospital network is referring transgender psychiatric patients to treatment facilities that do not align with their...
Maui’s economy needs tourists. Can they visit without compounding wildfire trauma?
Hawaii’s governor and mayor are welcoming tourists back to the west side of Maui months after August wildfires killed...
US sanctions money network tied to the Yemen Houthi rebels blamed for shipping vessel attacks
The U.S. is imposing sanctions on a group of money exchange services from Yemen to Turkey alleged to be...
US military space plane blasts off on secretive mission expected to last years
The U.S. military has launched its secret space plane on another mission that’s expected to last at least a...
15-year-old surfer dies in South Australia state’s third fatal shark attack since May
A 15-year-old surfer has died in the third fatal shark attack in the waters off South Australia state in...
Judge rejects Sen. Bob Menendez request to delay criminal trial
A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected an attempt by Sen. Bob Menendez to delay his criminal...
Maine secretary of state disqualifies Trump from ballot under 14th Amendment
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has decided Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 Republican...
World population up 75 million this year, topping 8 billion by Jan. 1
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will...
2 persons of interest sought in murder investigation involving missing pregnant teen
Police said they are seeking two persons of interest in a capital murder case after 18-year-old Savanah Soto is...
