HONG KONG: Journalists from Hong Kong’s CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they shut down Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after a rival outlet’s staff were arrested for ‘sedition’. One of the most popular online news outlets in Hong Kong with more than 800,000 social media followers, CitizenNews is the third media outlet to shutter as … Read more
PRAGUE: At least two volunteer firefighters were killed in an explosion at a house in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, according to local media reports. The explosion happened in Korycany, in the Zlin region in the southeast of the country. Volunteer firefighters were called in following a reported gas leak. Two out of the six … Read more
NEW DELHI: A helicopter belonging to Indian army Tuesday crashed in a dam in the northern Indian state of Punjab, local media reports said. So far there are no immediate reports of any casualty in the crash. The helicopter crashed in Ranjit Sagar Dam of Pathankot district. “We have received information that an army helicopter … Read more
