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Eyewitness captures moment man tackles and disarms Bondi shooter

Eyewitness captures moment man tackles and disarms Bondi shooterFifteen people have been killed, including a child, in a shooting targeting a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday.
Dozens of other victims are in hospital.
Footage captured by an eyewitness shows a man grappling with an alleged gunman, before wrestling the weapon off him.
In a press conference, the New South Wales Police Premier Chris Minns said that one of the gunmen had been killed and another was in custody.
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Soft power – hard work: can China harness social media apps to rewire its global image?

AdvertisementTikTokChinaPoliticsSoft power – hard work: can China harness social media apps to rewire its global image?After the US migration to RedNote, experts say transforming engagement into influence will require a ‘light touch’ from Beijing
Reading Time:7 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPMeredith ChenPublished: 11:10am, 14 Dec 2025Mary Roettger was just one of millions of Americans seeking a social media life raft when she warily logged onto China’s RedNote platform for the first time in January.As fears loomed over a threatened US ban on TikTok, the Florida writer braced for a clumsy, spam-filled experience full of “negative people”.Instead, she was struck by a starkly different culture. Roettger was “blown away with the amount of tenderness and excitement” of the online community suddenly before her.
Advertisement“That was new,” said the 27-year-old, who shared on RedNote her poems, pictures of her cat and videos taken during casual strolls. “It was people speaking with people, not..

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Brown University shooting latest: 2 dead and 9 wounded as suspect remains at large

CloseProvidence mayor reports two killed and eight injured in Brown University shootingAt least two people have been killed and nine others are wounded after a shooter opened fire on Brown University’s campus in Providence, Rhode Island Saturday afternoon.
Federal, state and local law enforcement officials are still looking for the suspect, who remains at large six hours after the attack. The university has reported at least two deaths with six people in critical condition while students are barricading themselves in buildings using desks and tables. All of the victims were confirmed to be students.
Officials are looking for a male dressed in black, and released a video of the suspect on Saturday night. Investigators said they do not have images of the suspect entering the building, nor do they have an image of the suspect’s face.
Brown’s campus is on lockdown, and Providence officials have asked students and residents to shelter in place and reach out to the police with any informat..

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China’s growing young billionaire class masks innovation hurdles, analysts say

AdvertisementChina’s private sectorEconomyChina EconomyChina’s growing young billionaire class masks innovation hurdles, analysts sayTechnological innovation – one of Beijing’s top priorities – is helping to drive wealth creation, report says
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPMandy Zuoin ShanghaiPublished: 11:00am, 14 Dec 2025While China continues to produce many young self-made billionaires, showcasing its economic dynamism, observers have urged the creation of a more supportive environment, saying that innovation is still being held back.
About 98 per cent of the super-rich in mainland China, with assets valued at US$1 billion or more, are relatively young first-generation entrepreneurs, reflecting the vitality and wealth-creation power of its economy, Swiss bank UBS said in a recent report.
However, Beijing’s tendency to strengthen state ownership and the lack of a loss-proof mechanism – which would shield innovative risk-takers from severe repercussions for failures – hav..

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‘Who paid the money’: Indian-origin ‘killer’ truck driver released from jail on $100,000 bond; killed 1 in major Washington State crash

Indian-origin semi driver Kamalpreet Singh, believed to be an illegal immigrant, staying in the US without any valid documentation, was released on bond after he was charged with vehicular homicide. The bond amount was set at $100,000. A major outrage started against Indian-origin drivers behind the wheel in the US, taking lives recklessly and then walking free. 29-year-old Robert B Pearson was killed as his car was crushed between two trucks on SR 167. Troopers said three vehicles were traveling in lane one when two of them stopped for traffic and a third failed to slow in time. A 2020 Freightliner Cascadia semi driven by 25-year-old Kamalpreet Singh of Elk Grove, California, struck the rear of a blue 2010 Mazda 3 sedan that had stopped behind a white 2016 Peterbilt truck. The Freightliner overrode the back of the Mazda and pushed it under the rear of the Peterbilt. Karoline Leavitt Calls Indian Trucker Illegal Alien After Deadly California Road Accident Kill Three The engine of Rober..

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‘Only reason you should be flying…’: ICE using ‘confidential’ air passenger data for deportation

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been receiving lists of travelers who are coming through airports to cross-check with their list of people who ICE thinks should be deported, making the work easier but in a controversial way. The New York Times reported that since March, the list of air travelers has stopped being confidential and ICE has been receiving such lists several times a week. White House did not deny the co-ordination between the two departments as DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said: “The message to those in the country illegally is clear: The only reason you should be flying is to self-deport home.” ‘Muslims Sucking Our Resources’: Republican Andy Ogles Tells Trump To Deport All Muslim Immigrants A DHS spokesperson said this is not new. “Back in February, Secretary [Kristi] Noem reversed the horrendous Biden-era policy that allowed aliens in our country illegally to jet around our country and do so without identification,” the spokesperson added. “Under Presi..

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Kamala Harris blasts Trump’s leadership and claims ‘both parties have failed to hold the public’s trust’ in speech to DNC

Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered a rebuke to both Democrats and Republicans during a recent speech, delivering a warning that Americans feel betrayed by their political institutions.
During comments she made Friday to members of the Democratic National Committee, Harris warned that the American dream is dying — and that Democrats had a hand in its demise.
“We must be honest that for so many, the American dream has become more of a myth than reality,” she told the assembled Democrats.
She noted that the growing costs of food, housing, transportation and energy have sparked an affordability crisis. President Donald Trump and his administration have insisted there is no such thing, and messaging suggesting otherwise has been deemed by his camp as a “Democratic hoax.”
This isn't Harris's first time critiquing the nation's political institutions. Earlier this year, she told Stephen Colbert on CBS’s The Late Show that American politics are “broken.” She has offer..

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Three Americans killed by IS gunman in Syria, US military says

Three Americans killed by IS gunman in Syria, US military says6 hours agoShareSaveDearbail JordanShareSaveAFP via Getty ImagesUS troops have maintained a presence in Syria since 2015 to help train other forces as part of a campaign against ISTwo US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman, the US Central Command has said.
Officials said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was “engaged and killed”.
US President Donald Trump wrote on social media that it was “an ISIS attack” against the US and Syria and said there would be “a very serious retaliation”. The Syrian government has issued a statement condemning the attack.
The identities of those killed are being withheld for 24 hours until their next of kin have been informed, the US Central Command said.
In a post on X, the US Central Command, which directs American military operations in Europe, Africa and the Indo-Pacific, sa..

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Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions

Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions7 hours agoShareSaveSarah Rainsford,VilniusandDearbail JordanShareSaveWatch: BBC captures celebrations as Belarus frees political prisonersBelarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is also among those who have been released following talks in Minsk with US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Belarus, John Coale.
The US has agreed to lift sanctions on potash, a key ingredient in fertiliser and an important export for Belarus, which is a close ally of Russia.
Coale said: “As relations between the two countries normalise, more and more sanctions will be lifted.”
Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, is not recognised as president by the EU.
Kolesnikova has been in prison since 2020, much of the time in isolation. Speaking after her release, she described “a feeling of unbelie..

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Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to fresh truce: Trump

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WASHINGTON/BANGKOK: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had spoken by telephone with the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia, who both agreed to end border hostilities and return to a ceasefire he brokered earlier this year.“I had a very good conversation this morning with the PM of Thailand, Anutin Charnvirakul, and the PM of Cambodia, Hun Manet, concerning the very unfortunate reawakening of their longrunning War. They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me, and them, with the help of the Great PM of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Both Countries are ready for PEACE and continued Trade with the USA.”Trump’s remarks differed significantly from those of Thai premier Anutin hours earlier, who made no mention of an agreement to end the fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours, which raged for a fifth day on Friday. Anutin said he had asked Trump to urge Cambodia..

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