The trial, Austria’s first against Assad regime officials, will be a rare chance for Syrian witnesses to confront two men they have accused of torture.

The city’s current savings plan starts with $100. A City Council proposal would make the initial contributions among the highest anywhere.

Congressional primaries in Manhattan, Brooklyn and beyond could test the strength of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist movement and reverberate across the country.

The Taiwan president’s spokeswoman said China used “baseless pretexts” to punish journalists, which she called evidence that Beijing was a “troublemaker.”

Li Ying, known as Teacher Li to his 2.2 million followers on X, doesn’t live in China but still faces smear campaigns and death threats. He is not letting that stop him.

Graham Platner, whose contest in Maine is a key to Democrats’ hopes of winning the Senate, sought to discredit reports that he had exchanged sexual messages with women outside his marriage.

Virtual sex work is nothing new on TV. But this year it is more visible, central to series like “Euphoria,” “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed.”

U.S. Central Command has helped around 70 commercial ships pass through the strait in the last three weeks, an official said.