Category: Foreign

Pictures: China set for ‘bullet train’ that enables seat capacity increase by 70%

China’s first bullet train that allows for the compartments to be rearranged is ready to be rolled off the factory floor. The train completed over 60 in-plant...

Video: Python eats currawong on kingscliff roof (viewers discretion)

VISION: A python has been filmed trying to eat a currawong on the roof of a Kingscliff home. Warning: Video may upset some viewers. #9News pic.twitter.com/vHZiyt9DRI...

$1 million bail set for singer, R. Kelly over sexual assault

Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly, who has faced years of sexual abuse allegations, was ordered held on a one million dollar bond on charges that he sexually assaulted...

Zimbabwe starts trading new currency

Zimbabwe started Friday to trade its new currency, the RTGS dollar, two days after the central bank announced measures to try and resolve a chronic monetary crisis. On...

US actor, Jussie Smollet’s part removed from Empire

American actor Jussie Smollett, whom police have accused of orchestrating a bogus assault for personal gain, is being removed from the final two episodes of this season...

Cameroon: Opposition leader, 131 others face death penalty

Later today, Thursday, Febuary 21, 2019, opposition leader, Maurice Kamto and 131 others, will appear before a military court on charges which carry death penalty, as...

China’s former military chief sentenced to life imprisonment

A military court on Wednesday convicted Fang Fenghui, former Chief of Staff of China’s Central Military Commission Joint Staff Department, on three counts of crime....

Blackout leaves huge chunk of Berlin without power, phone service

Tens of thousands of Berlin residents expressed optimism on the restoration of power supply on Wednesday after a mishap at a construction site which plunged households...

Musician Drake buys $400,000 diamond encrusted iPhone case

Canadian rapper, Aubrey Graham, popularly called Drake has reportedly bought an iPhone cover case made of 18-karat white gold, dotted with blue and white diamonds worth...

Legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld dies

Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most prolific and widely popular designers of the 20th and 21st centuries, has died in Paris. He was 85. Lagerfeld was Creative Director...