World News by Wild Rose

As the Chinese saying goes, “Even an upright judge finds it hard to settle family matters.” Whenever Chinese TV channels air reality shows that centre on couples or parent-child relationships, controversy is guaranteed. Heated debates ensue over who is right and who is wrong. Viewers examine every facial expression in microscopic detail and overanalyse every word before arriving at their verdict. Yet, that wasn’t the case with Zhang Jiaqi after the Olympic diving medallist and her mother, Xiao...

Family raises concerns over possible attempts to weaken the case against the prime accused, Suhail Sajeev; questions decision to send Suhail to the Borstal School at Thrikkakara, a detention facility for offenders aged 18 to 21

Matthew Bielski, founder and CEO at Defiance ETFs, joins Scarlet Fu and Eric Balchunas on "ETF IQ". They discuss the Defiance Autism Impact ETF (ticker: ASD) and Bielski's personal family story tied to autism. (Source: Bloomberg)

A lorry overturned on the BR-393 in Rio de Janeiro state on Saturday, killing five relatives from Juiz de Fora and injuring nine people. The post Brazil Highway Crash Kills 5 From One Family on BR-393 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Across Borno, abductions are leaving families with depleted savings, missing loved ones and disrupted education.

Roopi was admitted to Hill View Hospital & Research Centre on September 18, with breathing difficulties and placed on a ventilator on October 7

Malaysians delight in visiting family and friends, so much so that these visits made up 44 per cent of domestic travel. They enjoy seeing their loved ones even more than shopping (21.6 per cent) and holidaying (13 per cent), as shown in the latest numbers from the Statistics Department on domestic tourism in the second quarter of this year. The 44 per cent recorded is even higher than last year’s trend in domestic tourism where “visiting relatives and friends remained the primary purpose of...

When one of my seniors from medical school was pregnant during her surgical residency, she planned the exact date of her C-section so she could complete her training on time. When I asked why she didn’t consider taking maternity leave to recuperate afterwards, she said she couldn’t bring herself to lag behind her peers. “I didn’t want motherhood to slow me down,” she said. In medicine, it is common for women to delay childbearing until after their early career years, often into their...

Constable Vijendra Thakur, of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force died on September 30 at Sendra Camp in Farsegarh

Four members of one family, including two children, died when a landslide buried their home in a rural community of Siuna, in Nicaragua’s North Caribbean Coast region, early on 1 October. The post Nicaragua Landslide Buries Family Home in Siuna, Killing Four on 1 October appeared first on The Rio Times.

Adam Polovincik tells the BBC he told his young children "everything is going to be all right" as flight plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m).

A young Chinese wife selflessly donated her kidney to her husband suffering from uraemia because she “did not want to lose him,” despite the success rate being less than 10 per cent. In September, Liang, 25, donated her left kidney to her husband, Chung, at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Chung, 33, has congenital megaureter, a condition present from birth that involves an abnormally enlarged ureter. He underwent regular treatment for his condition, which...

In a village on the outskirts of Kota Bharu, in Malaysia’s deeply conservative northeastern state of Kelantan, Rozi* has learned to ignore what people say about her daughter. She had known for years that Hana* was different. As a child, Hana preferred girls’ clothes and spent most of her time with girls. Later, after leaving Kelantan to study, she began transitioning and eventually returned home, living openly as a woman. Rozi, 58, struggled to accept it at first, but what troubled her more was...

Supreme Court judge backs alternative dispute resolution in family litigation, arguing that mediation and conciliation can deliver faster, more private and less adversarial outcomes than prolonged court battles

This would help preserve the institution of marriage and family, says Madurai Bench

A man in northern China created a poignant record of his mother’s final 14 days, documenting her rapid decline from a vibrant woman to her last moments. Gao, hailing from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, shared that his mother travelled to his city for medical treatment after developing a fever and a persistent cough. On August 29, he captured her arrival at the railway station. Dressed in her favourite red coat, she appeared energetic and in good spirits, walking with confidence and a...

Manila, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--A 90-year-old second-generation Japanese woman born in the Philippines who was separated from her father after World War II is planning to visit his native Okinawa Prefecture in southernmost Japan for the first time by the end of this year. Adelaida Kakazu is searching with the help of a support group for relatives in Japan, hoping to meet them during the trip...

A man in eastern China filed a lawsuit against an AI company after he followed a chatbot’s recommendation for his mother’s burial date, which he later claimed was linked to a family misfortune. According to Jimu News, Shi, from Jiashan county in Zhejiang province, lost his mother to a sudden illness in April. As the youngest of five siblings, Shi sought an auspicious date for her burial. Such dates, derived from traditional Chinese almanacs reflecting ancient beliefs about celestial movements,...