An old video of a man beating up a police officer has resurfaced in posts that falsely claimed the attacker was a politician from India’s West Bengal state. It was shared after protests erupted in February 2024 against sexual harassment and land grabs in West Bengal, which is controlled by the opposition Trinamool Congress party. […]
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Chinese companies are doing something rarely seen since the 1970s: setting up their own volunteer armies. At least 16 major Chinese firms, including a privately-owned dairy giant, have established […]
Investors in China can’t catch a break — both aspiring Chinese property owners who never got the homes they paid for from now-bankrupt builders and stock market investors who have ridden the nation’s market almost straight down from recent crisis after crisis. The iShares MSCI China ETF (NASDAQ:MCHI) has started the new year down by […]
Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have held a protest outside the home of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing frustration over his government’s seeming lack of progress in securing the release of more than 100 captives. A group representing families of the hostages said they had “begged for 105 days” and are […]
Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have held a protest outside the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing frustration over his government’s seeming lack of progress in securing the release of more than 100 captives. A group representing families of the hostages said they had “begged for 105 days” and are […]