Son of banana tycoon takes lead with 51% of votes counted in Ecuador’s presidential runoff election
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Son of banana tycoon takes lead with 51% of votes counted in Ecuador’s presidential runoff election.
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Son of banana tycoon takes lead with 51% of votes counted in Ecuador’s presidential runoff election.
An adult man once hailed as a child prodigy in China has decided to depend on his parents and live his entire life without a regular job. Rise of the “prodigy”: Born in 1995, Zhang Xinyang first gained acclaim as the “little prodigy” when he was 2.5 years old for being able to read over 2,000 Chinese characters. At age 5, Zhang was enrolled in a primary school but was bumped to second grade in less than a month.
Scott Fisher, 29, was arrested Thursday and faces a homicide charge in connection with the death of Kimberly Wong
Dozens of Palestinian men captured by the Israeli military were stripped to their underwear and paraded around a central square in Gaza where Hamas fighters used to hold rallies.
The Ministry of Health in Singapore is closely tracking the rise in hospitalisation and intensive care unit cases due to COVID-19 infection.
Thousands of tons of dead sardines have washed up on a beach in northern Japan for unknown reasons, officials said Friday. The sardines and some mackerel washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, creating a sliver blanket along a stretch of beach about a kilometer (0.6 mile) long. Takashi Fujioka, a Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute researcher, said he has heard of similar phenomena before, but it was his first time to see it.
The Japanese man who made headlines throughout the year for chronicling his journey as a “dog” has apparently flunked an agility course. What happened: The man, known to his followers as Toco, posted a series of photos on Instagram this week showing what appeared to be moments of failure in a Crufts-style agility course. About Toco: Toco rose to fame in 2022 after commissioning Zeppet, a Japanese model and sculpture company, to create a hyperrealistic rough collie costume for 2 million yen (around $16,000 at the time).
As the holidays approach, if you are in the market for a luxury Swiss watch now might be your best time to buy. Subdial, a watch industry data provider, reported that its Bloomberg Subdial Watch Index fell again for the month of November to a new two-year low.
The Russian missile ship the Askold, which was destroyed on Nov. 4 after a Ukrainian missile struck the shipyard in Kerch, on the east coast of the occupied Crimean peninsula, will not be repaired, a Telegram news channel has claimed.
A woman in China received an unexpected 430,000-yuan (approximately $60,300) restaurant bill after she inadvertently shared the ordering code online, leading others to place food orders using it. What happened: The woman, surnamed Wang, mistakenly posted her table’s ordering QR code on her WeChat page while intending to share food photos of the hotpot restaurant she visited with her friend on Nov. 23, according to South China Morning Post. Despite limiting the post’s visibility to only her contacts, many people had scanned the code and placed fake orders, later resulting in the $60,300 bill for 1,850 portions of fresh duck blood, 2,580 portions of squid and 9,990 portions of shrimp paste.
Spurs once again beaten despite taking lead
The first ever recorded pregnant megamouth shark has been found on the shore in the Philippines
Blues supporters show their frustration after crisis-stricken Manchester United ease to a dominant victory
Manager is struggling to find his best combination in the middle of the pitch and needs to find a solution before his team drop more points
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Chinese warships have docked for the first time at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, which is undergoing a Chinese-funded upgrade that has drawn concerns from the United States over its potential role in expanding China’s overseas military footprint.
Simchat Greyman had to pause several times when describing the evidence of sexual violence he saw when recovering the bodies of victims of the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel.
Dagen McDowell compared Ramaswamy to your sister’s new boyfriend who inspires you to fake an illness so you don't have to be around him.
A video posted of the encounter shows the Prince surprising Emma Webb on day 13 of her charity walk to raise awareness for mental health
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Increasingly isolated world leader faces arrest warrant from International Criminal Court on international soil over his war in Ukraine