One protester in Sichuan province said “things got bloody” after police used batons and electric prods.
Watch: Fireworks ignite as blaze hits Japanese festival launch boats
Launch barges at a fireworks festival in Japan’s city Yokohama caught fire after pyrotechnics landed on them.
Watch: Fireworks ignite as blaze hits Japanese festival launch boats
Launch barges at a fireworks festival in Japan’s city Yokohama caught fire after pyrotechnics landed on them.
Texas Republicans vote to arrest Democrats blocking plan to re-draw electoral boundaries
The Democrats facing arrest have fled to block a vote that could sway the balance of power in Washington.
Family of Irish missionary kidnapped in Haiti ‘devastated’
Gena Heraty, from County Mayo, was taken with eight other people from an orphanage which she runs.
China reports 7,000 cases of chikungunya virus
The uptick in cases have prompted measures that are being compared to those taken during the pandemic.
Aboriginal group launches legal bid to stop Brisbane Olympic stadium
The group says Victoria Park is culturally and historically significant to Indigenous people.
US attorney general orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe
The Trump administration alleges political foes were behind attempts to falsely tie him to Russia in the run-up to his 2016 presidential win.
US condemns house arrest of Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro
US State Department responded to Brazil’s supreme court order saying Bolsonaro allegedly breached a ban on using social media.
‘I’m upset, angry and disgusted,’ Epstein accuser tells BBC
Haley Robson says recent speculation Ghislaine Maxwell could be pardoned has left her “extremely angry”.
