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1. 1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Virginia’s Old Dominion University, police say

   A gunman and one victim are dead and two other victims are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning, the Virginia university’s police said. At a news conference on Thursday, Old Dominion University (ODU) Police Chief Garrett Shelton confirmed that one of the three victims injured has died. He said authorities learned that there was a third victim who brought...

2. Suspect shot dead after crashing truck into Michigan synagogue, police say

   A male suspect was killed in a confrontation with security personnel after crashing his truck through the doors and into the hallway of a Detroit-area synagogue on Thursday, with no one else reported seriously injured in the incident, authorities said. Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at about 12.30pm local time at Temple Israel Synagogue in the Detroit suburb of ‌West...

3. British mum who kept woman as ‘house slave’ for 25 years is jailed

   A UK judge on Thursday jailed for 13 years a mother-of-10 who forced a vulnerable woman to work as a “house slave” for more than two decades. Amanda Wixon subjected the woman, who was a teenager when the ordeal began, to more than 25 years of abuse at her squalid home in Gloucestershire, western England. The 56-year-old forced the victim, who has a learning disability, to do manual labour,...

4. UK PM Starmer admits his ‘mistake’ in appointing Mandelson as US ambassador

   British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken responsibility for his “mistake” in sending Peter Mandelson to Washington as ambassador, as Downing Street denied there was a “cover-up” in the release of files related to the appointment. The prime minister is facing fresh questions about his judgment in giving Mandelson the ambassadorship despite being warned of a “general reputational risk”...

5. Anchors Academy Expands with Junior Secondary Division and Co-establishes Senior Secondary School with St Bees School UK

   [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Anchors Academy, recognised as one of Hong Kong's leading private schools for kindergarten and primary education, is taking a significant leap forward. The school has announced the extension of its educational offering to include Junior Secondary (Years 7 to 9)*, alongside a strategic partnership with the UK's historic...

6. 2 arrested in raid on Hong Kong syndicate accused of laundering HK$4.7 billion

   Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two men in a crackdown on a syndicate accused of laundering HK$4.7 billion (US$600.54 million) in criminal proceeds over four years and running a drug business. Investigators from customs’ financial investigation bureau said on Thursday the group operated through two companies, receiving large sums of unexplained funds and channelling them through more...

7. Strait of Hormuz must stay closed, Iran’s Mojtaba Khamenei says in defiant statement

   Iran’s new supreme leader has vowed to keep blocking the Strait of Hormuz, attack US bases and avenge the blood of its martyrs in his first statement since succeeding his father. “The lever of blocking the Strait of Hormuz must definitely be used,” Mojtaba Khamenei said about the strategic waterway, which carries about a fifth of global oil shipments. Khamenei urged Iran’s Gulf neighbours to...

8. Is it time for China to rethink non-intervention in this new age of disorder?

   With the Strait of Hormuz effectively weaponised as part of the Iran crisis, Beijing should move beyond rigid non-intervention to take targeted action to defend its massive interests abroad, according to a leading Chinese government adviser. In an interview published on Monday, Zheng Yongnian called for a more assertive “intervention 2.0” while avoiding US-style hegemonic overreach or...

9. Man injured after lithium battery catches fire on Hong Kong bus

   A man was injured on Thursday evening after a lithium battery he was carrying caught fire on a Hong Kong bus in Tsuen Wan, filling the vehicle with thick smoke. Police received a report at 7.21pm about the fire on the bus travelling on Citybus route E21, which was heading along Tsuen Wan Road towards Kowloon at the time. Smoke suddenly erupted in the front section of the upper deck as the...

10. China’s nuclear warhead storage a ‘highly concentrated risk’, US report says

    Most of China’s nuclear warheads are located at a single facility in the country’s northwest and could be vulnerable during a conflict, according to a US think tank. In a report published this month, the US Air University’s China Aerospace Studies Institute detailed the warhead management and logistical structure of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force. The report, based on open-source...