Tarique Rahman and 48 others were found guilty in 2018 in the attack targeting a rally held by supporters of Sheikh Hasina .

Rahman serves as the acting chairperson of Zia 's Bangladesh Nationalist Party while in self-exile in London .

Rahman could become Bangladesh 's next leader if his party is voted into power.

The ruling comes at a critical time as the South Asian country suffers political tension.

China bonds rallied Monday with the 10-year yield dropping below the key psychological level of 2% to hit a multi-decade low.

The bond rally was mainly driven by expectations of a further cut to the reserve requirement ratio for commercial lenders.

The People's Bank of China announced last Friday that in November it had injected 800 billion yuan into the banking system, via a so-called reverse repo operations.

President of the International Criminal Court says threats facing the institution "jeopardise its very existence" Russia issued an arrest warrant for ICC chief Prosecutor Karim Khan two months after the court issued a warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin .

U.S. House of Representatives in June passed a bill to sanction the court in response to Khan 's request for arrest warrant against Netanyahu and his former defence chief.

The reopening of Notre Dame will be a high-security affair, with a repeat of some of the same measures used during the Paris Olympics .

Police chief Laurent Nuñez said only people with invitations and the island's residents will have access to the Ile de la Cité.

He said about 50 heads of state and government are expected and security arrangements are drawing on the police measures that sealed off large sections of central Paris for the Paris Games' opening ceremony.

Price of a typical UK home rose by 3.7% last month compared to a year earlier .

Housing market has remained "relatively resilient" in recent months , says Nationwide.

Average UK home now costs 268,144 , close to record high of 273,751 reached in August 2022 .

Low levels of unemployment combined with pay increases that are outstripping inflation.

Chase Strangio will be the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the nation's highest court.

He's representing families who say Tennessee 's ban on health care for transgender minors leaves their children terrified about the future.

He grew up outside of Boston and came out as trans when he was in law school.

The case is expected to decide the case by the summer .

Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered AI analyzed data from 2023 on the AI ecosystems of 36 countries.

The tool aggregated 42 AI -specific indicators to determine which countries are leading in AI .

The U.S. is far ahead of its next-best competitor, China , according to the institute's Global Vibrancy Tool.

The U.K. received maximum scores across four indicators: total AI minority stake investment, AI study programs in English , national AI strategy presence, and AI mentions in legislative proceedings.

China was overtaken by the U.S. for “greatest global vibrancy” in 2018 , according to the paper.

Last year , the UK hosted the world’s first AI Safety Summit .

Violence flared in Kurram district on Nov. 21 when gunmen ambushed a vehicle convoy and killed 52 people.

Nobody claimed responsibility for the assault, which triggered retaliatory firing and arson.

Over the past 24 hours alone, 14 people have died and 27 have been injured in fighting.

Shiite Muslims dominate parts of the district, although they are a minority in the rest of the country.

Campaigners say shared parental leave is failing working families it was designed to help.

Just 5% of those who took up shared leave came from bottom 50% of earners.

The uptake is heavily skewed towards higher earners, predominantly based in London and south-east England .

The government has committed to reviewing parental leave during its first year in office.

Paul Bowen , who employs roughly 30 people at his pie factory and shop in Chorley , Lancashire , says the rise in National Insurance contributions is the latest in a long line of budgetary squeezes for small businesses like his.

When he was struggling in the early days of fatherhood, he approached North East Young Dads and Lads for help.

He now works for the charity as a "peer enabler", offering the same advice and support from which he benefited.

ExaSky is the largest astrophysical simulation of the universe ever made.

The simulation covers a volume exceeding 31 billion cubic megaparsecs.

Simulating gravity and other physical processes, including the formation of stars, galaxies, and black holes, is essential for a comprehensive understanding of the expanding universe.

The results of the simulation will help cosmologists understand the evolution of the cosmos.