Taiwan Travelogue, a tale of forbidden love and Taiwanese food, has won the International Booker Prize. It’s the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award. BBC Chinese met with author Yang Shuang-zi for a food tour, and to learn more about her inspiration behind the book. Source link
But there has been conflicting information from Tehran, with one news agency reporting that no deal has been finalised or confirmed. Source link
Kenneth Iwamasa, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, said he “will forever regret” his actions. Source link
A 21-year-old Austrian man admitted planning the attack and other terrorism-related offences. Source link
The live-in personal assistant to actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor’s death. Kenneth Iwamasa, who injected Perry with ketamine, worked with two doctors to provide the actor with more than $50,000 (£38,000) of the drug in the weeks before his death,…
The Israeli military has also said a strike on a car in Khan Younis on Tuesday killed Ihab Khrizim, the head of a Hamas funds transfer network, and Mohammed al-Habash, a unit commander in Hamas’s production headquarters who was said to have been involved in weapons manufacturing. Source link
Ministers in France are meeting to assess the country’s preparedness for heatwaves, while tennis number one Jannik Sinner bowed out of the French Open after suffering from the heat. Meanwhile, Italian authorities have issued a red heatwave alert for the capital, Rome, where it could top out at 32C on Thursday. Source link
It all sounds ominous, but this is still a far cry from the furious exchanges that characterised the first five-and-a-half weeks of this conflict. In that time, the US and Israel launched thousands of sorties against targets all across Iran, and Tehran responded with volleys of drones and ballistic missiles against US bases, Gulf countries…
Police say the operation targeted the network of notorious late Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro. Source link
Beirut had until now largely been spared even as both Israel and Hezbollah accused each other of breaking last month’s ceasefire. Source link