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Hong Kong police rack up $120m overtime bill
Hong Kong police have earned an average of $11,000 (€9,880) for each officer in overtime pay during the last six months of anti-government protests, with the total overtime bill coming to more than $120m (€107.8m), the government said yesterday.
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'Republicans blinding themselves to president's misconduct': Schiff
As the marathon debate in the House of Representatives about approving two articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump was ongoing in Washington, House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff was in New York lashing out against Republicans for "blinding themselves" in defending Mr Trump's conduct amid a defining moment for the country.
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Protests as 'political elite' holds onto power
Algerians have relaunched street protests after a former prime minister was elected president despite months of demonstrations to force out the country's old political elite.
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Trump hails defenders as impeachment voting looms
US President Donald Trump has praised his Republican defenders in Congress as "warriors" as a Democratic-led House panel prepared to take historic votes on two articles of impeachment against him for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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Six bodies recovered from island volcano site
A New Zealand military team in gas masks and hazmat suits recovered six bodies yesterday from the volcanic island which fatally erupted earlier this week, as doctors worked to save badly burned survivors.
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Florida city faces million dollar ransom demands by cyber attackers
A city in Florida has confirmed hackers seeking to extort money were responsible for crippling its computer systems earlier this week.
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