His comments came after U.S. President Joe Biden repeatedly indicated the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily if the island is attacked, only to have the White House deny a shift in a decades-long “one China policy.” “We believe he is actually paying lip service to this one China policy,” said Zhou Bo, now a senior fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center for International Strategy and Security Studies. Zhou did not specify who “we” referred to in his response to a question on CNBC’s ”Street Signs Asia” about how Beijing viewed the back-and-forth over Biden’s comments....

A bride was brutally hit in the head by her angry groom in Uzbekistan – after hitting him in a toy during their wedding, shows a shocking video. The viral footage shows the newlywed beast grieving over his new wife in front of terrified guests, as their best man and best man stood next to them during the unspecified contest. “No one stopped him, no one [tried] “to defend her,” one observer wrote on Sunday, urging anti-violence advocates targeting women and girls to investigate the hope that the groom will be held accountable....

If the Warriors are to be the leading team 3-2, they will need some guys to help Steph Curry, who has been amazing throughout the series. Curry’s 43-point performance in Game 4 was a masterpiece, but Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole need to do more if the Warriors are to win their fourth ring under Steve Kerr. On the other hand, the Celtics’ success may well depend on their ability to slow down Curry – something they have not been able to do so far....

Debi Johnstone recalled the words as she took the stand on the opening day of McCallum’s public trial on Monday. Johnstone is the woman McCallum is accused of running over his leg with her car after an argument in a Save-On-Foods parking lot on Sept. 4, 2021 — an allegation the 66-year-old denied. In peppered testimony, the pensioner admitted she and McCallum had an “unpleasant” exchange in a “heated conversation” as she sat in her open Mustang and he stood nearby....