Texas carries out first execution since Christa Pike survived lethal injection using the same drug... as killer utters final words to victim's family

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on Friday reiterated Pyongyang's rejection of South Korea's offer to provide humanitarian medical assistance, criticizing the gesture as a "farce." Kim's statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) came a day after she rejected Seoul's plan to send 1,431 medical items across 166 categories to a hospital in Pyongyang, as part of a humanitarian medical support program. She called the offer an "insult" and "political provocation." "The racket of 'mine explosion' and the farce of 'medical equipment support' orchestrated by the ROK are just the two sides of the same coin minted by its inveterate bad habit of escalating confrontation with our state." ROK stands for the Republic of Korea, South Korea's official name. Kim claimed that South Korea's medical aid proposal and its accusations against North Korea over a recent land mine explosion near the inter-Korean border were intended to damage Pyongyang's reputation and image. North Korea has denied responsibility for the Sept. 21 mine blast insi

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Four-time A-League champions Melbourne Victory face four-time NSL winners South Melbourne Hellas in 'massive' Australia Cup final.

The World Trade Organization said that the drag on global trade from the war in the Middle East was more than offset by spending on goods related to artificial intelligence.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed a planned ban on credit card payments to the Australian Taxation Office will be delayed following backlash from small businesses.

Hong Kong’s police have revealed they will launch an academy offering specialised courses for overseas officers and shared new details about the force’s bachelor’s degree programme, with classes expected to start next March. Kelly Cheng Lai-ki, director of the Police College, said establishing the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing would consolidate generations of frontline wisdom handed down within the force into an international exchange hub. “These exchanges can showcase our...

A rare work of Chinese calligraphy long presumed destroyed in the chaos of 1945 only to resurface 81 years later, fetched HK$177.45 million (US$22.6 million) in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The work called Jishi Tie, or Accumulated Time Letter, by early Tang dynasty (618-907) calligrapher Yu Shinan, went under the hammer at China Guardian Hong Kong’s autumn auction at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. It fetched HK$155 million at the hammer, with the final price including the buyer’s...

Mr Polanski conceded defeat to Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali in the seat vacated by Sir Keir Starmer just after 2.30am to cap a torrid week for the Green leader.

As Londoners woke up this morning, they were greeted with the first sign of the autumnal weather to come but, for the deer in Bushy Park, it was a particularly chilly start.

Nathan Wood, 58, over-exaggerated his rheumatoid arthritis over a period of nine years, Bradford Crown Court was told on Thursday.

A Michigan middle school sent out a hilariously honest fundraiser letter that prompted students to donate cash instead of participating in their bake sale.

Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, 18, was allegedly behind the wheel of his gold 2006 BMW cabriolet when he lost control on the morning of October 3 in Newcastle, north of Sydney.