Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Trump shooting comment
The comedy rock duo Tenacious D — made up of Jack Black and Kyle Gass — has canceled the rest of their tour after Gass’ remarks about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
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MH17: Malaysia urged to ramp up pressure as justice eludes victims’ families a decade on
“It has been 10 years. International law or law in general shouldn’t be this slow,” Farhatul Mustamirrah Mahamad Aziz, an international law expert with Universiti Teknologi Mara, told This Week in Asia.
Asia-Pacific markets mixed after Fed Chair Powell's rate cut comments lift Wall Street
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's dovish comments sent Wall Street higher overnight.
Why Japan is the envy of Australia’s desperate housing planners
The scale of the challenge facing Starmer is daunting. Britain is one of several large economies in the developed world where the number of homes per capita has barely changed since 2000. However, according to data compiled by the Grattan Institute, Australia is in an even worse position, having experienced the second-biggest decline in housing stock per person aged over 20 since the turn of the millennium.
Asia markets mostly slip as investors assess assassination attempt on Trump, softer China GDP data
Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Monday as investors awaited China's Third Plenum and also assessed an assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally over the weekend.
King Charles to visit Australia and Samoa on first overseas tour since cancer diagnosis
Britain’s King Charles is preparing to visit Australia and Samoa in October, an itinerary that will span 12 time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment.
King Charles III to visit Australia and Samoa as he recovers from cancer
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is preparing to visit Australia and Samoa in October, an itinerary that will span 12 time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment.
Global leaders condemn assassination attempt targeting former US President Donald Trump
HONG KONG (AP) — Global leaders have expressed concern Sunday over an assassination attempt targeting former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania that left one attendee dead and critically injured two others, with many condemning the violence that shocked the world.