NATO chief warns of China’s ‘staggering’ military expansion
China's expansion of its armed forces is "staggering", NATO's chief said on a visit to Japan beginning Tuesday aimed at "projecting" the alliance's power in the Asia-Pacific region."Let us not be naive about China," secretary general Mark Rutte told the Japan Times."The build-up of their armed forces and investments in…
Paul Schrader sued for sexual harassment & assault
The writer behind Robert De Niro's classics "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver" is being sued by his former assistant for sexual harassment and assault.The unnamed 26-year-old has accused Paul Schrader of grabbing and kissing her while they were at the Cannes Film Festival last year.A lawsuit filed in New York…
Germany loses top spot in EU asylum requests
Germany said Monday that it no longer took top spot in the European Union for new asylum applications, as a media report citing EU data put France and Spain ahead.Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the latest figures reflected measures taken to restrain "irregular migration towards Europe as a whole as…
UK Inquiry: Child Stabbings Sparked Riots
A two-phase British public inquiry began work on Monday into the killing of three young girls in northwest England last year that sparked the country's worst riots in decades.Bebe King, aged six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar died in the stabbing spree at a Taylor…
