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On Thursday, November 17, a leading Ukrainian human rights investigator published a video of what he claimed was a torture chamber used by Russian forces in the recently recaptured Kherson region, including a small room where up to 25 prisoners were held at once. Dmytro Lubinets, the parliament’s human rights commissioner, published the video on social media after Ukraine’s interior …

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) conducting business with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Pasay may now receive complimentary freshly brewed coffee. Monday, November 14 saw the opening of Migrant’s Brew, a small café in the OWWA lobby, by former television celebrity and current OWWA administrator Arnell Ignacio. Ignacio could not hold back his tears as he launched the café. “Ayokong …

Last month, the largest prize in professional golf was won on a recently opened course outside Bangkok. Stonehill is owned by the Thai energy magnate Sarath Ratanavadi. The purse of $4 million was supplied by the national wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. The competition was one of the prominent activities preceding this week’s historic conference. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …

Several months before he is actually crowned, the next king of the United Kingdom, King Charles III, may feel “threatened” by the latest season of “The Crown,” which dramatizes the life of the royal family. During an interview with The Daily Beast to promote his new biography about the late Queen Elizabeth II, Andrew Morton, the royal biographer best known …

A senior administration official announced on November 15 that US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Philippine islands of Palawan at the edge of the disputed South China Sea, a move that could be viewed as a reprimand by Beijing. Harris will be the highest-ranking American official to visit the island series adjacent to the Spratly Islands when he …

On Wednesday, November 16, ticket resellers attempted to charge as much as $28,000 a ticket for Taylor Swift’s impending stadium tour of the United States, as fans went online for a second day in a row to get seats to see the “Anti-Hero” singer perform live. On Tuesday, November 15, pre-sales began, bringing millions of fans to the Ticketmaster website …

Elon Musk stated on Wednesday that he planned to minimize his time at Twitter and eventually pick a successor to oversee the social media company, adding that he intended to finish a reorganization this week. Musk made the comments while appearing in a Delaware court to defend himself against allegations that his $56 billion pay package at Tesla Inc. was …

US media say that former Saturday Night Live comic Pete Davidson is dating supermodel and author Emily Ratajkowski. A source informed Us Weekly that “Pete and Emily have been conversing for a few months” and that they were introduced by common acquaintances and are “in the very early stages” of a relationship. Pete, 28, and Emily, 31, are reportedly dating, …

On Monday, November 14, a jury in New York ordered Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis to pay $2.5 million in civil punitive damages for the 2013 rape of a publicist in his apartment, for a total finding of $10 million in the case. The same jury found Haggis guilty of sexual assault in the civil case on Thursday and …

The global population surpassed 8 billion on November 15, according to the United Nations, which issued a warning that places already struggling with resource constraint as a result of climate change may face more hardship. According to UN forecasts, there will be less food, water, batteries, and gasoline as the global population increases by 2.4 billion people by the year …