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The January 6 committee presented a collection of interviews with people in former President Donald Trump's sphere describing House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's frantic phone calls pleading with Trump to call off the Capitol rioters.

After a period of relative stability, Mario Draghi's government looks set to collapse after the Five Star Movement withdrew its support for the coalition. In this video, we discuss how Italy got to this point and what could happen if there's an election.

A cargo plane carrying 11 tonnes of weapons - including landmines - has crashed in Greece. All eight members of crew are reported to have died when the plane flying from Serbia to Jordan went down close to the city of Kavala. Residents near to the crash s...

Those 50 seconds that Erdogan made Putin wait, looking frazzled in-front of cameras say plenty of how much has changed after Ukraine: Putin received a red carpet welcome in Tehran, which like Moscow is suffering under Western sanctions. As well as meeting...

The 19th Asian Games will be held from September 23 to October 8, 2023 in #Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, the #Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on Tuesday. Originally scheduled for September 10 to 25 this year, the Games were postponed b...

Hoover Dam explosion captured in terrifying video in Nevada AN explosion has rocked the Hoover Dam, with thick black smoke seen billowing from the historic landmark. Footage posted on social media shows a giant fireball rising at the Nevada monument on T...

Incredible Wildfires scorch southern Europe amid record heatwave

Ezhou Huahu Airport, the fourth dedicated freight airport in the world and the first in Asia, was put into operation on July 17, in central China's Hubei Province. It is estimated that by 2025, the new airport will have an annual throughput of one million...

China Update is about China economic and political news and analysis, today we discuss, the Chinese economy, the housing market and fears of financial crisis, the Chinese mortgage strike plus other China news

A Damien Hirst art installation was removed from a gallery in Germany after animal rights groups complained that insects' rights were violated by a UV light set up to kill the creatures

A video of a five-year-old girl carting around a US$75,000 camera to film a school wildlife project has gone viral on Chinese social media platforms. Meng Meng often follows her photo-videographer father when he goes shooting.

New facility unites the economic and demographic giants of Asia and Africa

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the far western region of Xinjiang on July 12-13, 2022, on his first trip to the area in eight years. The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is seen as a sensitive topic, with Beijing blaming years of violent attacks in...

On July 8, 2022 former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot during a campaign speech. He was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister and played a significant role in the country’s political landscape.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi says he will resign, but Italy's President Sergio Mattarella rejected the offer. Bloomberg's Tommaso Ebhardt reports on "...

Facebook’s parent company Meta has drawn fire over its summary of a long-awaited report on its human rights impact in India