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Japan’s new PM faces major test with an election just weeks after taking office

Japan’s new PM faces major test with an election just weeks after taking office


October 27, 2024
Polls opened Sunday in Japan’s general election, in a test for new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as he seeks voter support for his scandal-hit party just weeks after taking the role. Ishiba, the former defense minister, called a snap election immediately after winning the leadership contest of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a conservative political […]
Criminals are looting millions from ATMs in Europe. Here’s why Germany is a prime target

Criminals are looting millions from ATMs in Europe. Here’s why Germany is a prime target


October 27, 2024
In the early hours of Thursday, March 23, 2023, residents in the German town of Kronberg were woken from their sleep by several explosions. Criminals had blown up an ATM located below a block of flats in the town center. The attack caused severe damage to the building and forced the evacuation of its inhabitants. […]
‘Instead of aid, we are receiving tanks’: Keyhospital in northern Gaza comes under Israeli fire

‘Instead of aid, we are receiving tanks’: Keyhospital in northern Gaza comes under Israeli fire


October 26, 2024
Israeli forces entered the compound of northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital and opened fire after days of laying siege to the facility, health authorities in the enclave said. Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the hospital director, said in a video that Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered the hospital compound late Thursday and began firing at parts […]
Hoax bomb threats wreak havoc on India’s travel industry, days ahead of Diwali festival

Hoax bomb threats wreak havoc on India’s travel industry, days ahead of Diwali festival


October 26, 2024
Indian airlines have received more than 100 hoax bomb threats in a span of a few days, forcing planes to delay, reroute and make emergency landings – throwing the country’s aviation industry into costly disarray right before one of the biggest festivals of the year. The epidemic of hoax threats has targeted both international and […]
Man sentenced to life after ‘catfishing’ at least 70 minors and driving a 12-year-old to take her own life

Man sentenced to life after ‘catfishing’ at least 70 minors and driving a 12-year-old to take her own life


October 26, 2024
A man in Northern Ireland has been sentenced to life for several crimes, including manslaughter, after using social media sites to blackmail and sexually abuse at least 70 minors in several countries. Alexander McCartney, 26, was sentenced by a judge at Belfast Crown Court on Friday for child sexual offenses, blackmail and the manslaughter of a 12-year-old girl who […]
Israel launched strikes on Iran in a retaliatory attack. Here’s what we know

Israel launched strikes on Iran in a retaliatory attack. Here’s what we know


October 26, 2024
Israel said on Saturday it had struck military targets inside Iran in response to earlier Iranian attacks, again raising fears that the long-running confrontation between the two powerful militaries could escalate into an all-out regional war that draws in the United States. The Israeli military said it had targeted Iranian missile manufacturing sites and aerial defense systems […]
Prince William’s Earthshot Prize reveals celebrity line-up for awards night

Prince William’s Earthshot Prize reveals celebrity line-up for awards night


October 26, 2024
Emmy, Grammy, and Tony award-winning, American actor Billy Porter and celebrated South African television presenter Bonang Matheba have been tapped to host the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards in South Africa on November 6. The Earthshot Prize is an ambitious environmental initiative founded by Prince William back in 2020 that seeks to offer green solutions to some of the world’s most […]
The US wants this to be ‘the end’ of direct Israel-Iran fire. It may be too soon to tell

The US wants this to be ‘the end’ of direct Israel-Iran fire. It may be too soon to tell


October 26, 2024
After Israel’s attack on Iran Saturday, US officials were quick to caution both countries against perpetuating the cycle of violence, but analysts say lasting de-escalation is not a foregone conclusion. The airstrikes “should be the end of this direct exchange of fire between Israel and Iran,” a senior US administration official said after the attacks. […]
British nurse Lucy Letby loses bid to appeal single attempted murder conviction

British nurse Lucy Letby loses bid to appeal single attempted murder conviction


October 25, 2024
Former British nurse and convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby on Thursday lost an attempt to appeal against her conviction for trying to murder a newborn baby, amid questions over the fairness of her trials. Letby, 34, was found guilty of murdering seven children and attempting to murder seven more between June 2015 and June 2016 while working in the […]
North Korean troops spotted in Russian border region with Ukraine, says Kyiv

North Korean troops spotted in Russian border region with Ukraine, says Kyiv


October 25, 2024
A group of North Korean soldiers have been spotted in Russia’s Kursk region, an area of ongoing military operations, Ukraine’s military intelligence service announced Thursday. After receiving training in Russia’s far east, some troops have now made their way to the western Russia region where Ukraine has maintained a strong foothold since launching an incursion […]
US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources

US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources


October 25, 2024
Violence is intensifying in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, this week, which saw a United Nations helicopter hit by gunfire and two gangs apparently target US embassy vehicles. The evacuation of “non-emergency” diplomatic workers will be rolled out in the “coming days,” the second source said. Also on Thursday, a humanitarian helicopter used by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) in the country was […]
As North Korea, Iran and China support Russia’s war, is a ‘new axis’ emerging?

As North Korea, Iran and China support Russia’s war, is a ‘new axis’ emerging?


October 25, 2024
The thousands of North Korean troops US intelligence says arrived in Russia for training this month have sparked concern they will be deployed to bolster Moscow’s battlefront in Ukraine. They’ve also turned up alarm from the United States and its allies that growing coordination between anti-West countries is creating a much broader, urgent security threat […]
Cyclone Dana lashes eastern India as hundreds of thousands evacuate

Cyclone Dana lashes eastern India as hundreds of thousands evacuate


October 25, 2024
Tropical Cyclone Dana made landfall along the northern coast of Odisha state as the equivalent of a tropical storm in the Atlantic basin with winds of 110 kilometers per hour (70 mph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The storm was located about 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of Kolkata, moving north-northwest at […]
As Georgia votes, fears of a stolen election and a return to the Kremlin’s orbit loom large

As Georgia votes, fears of a stolen election and a return to the Kremlin’s orbit loom large


October 25, 2024
At the Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori, the small Georgian town where the Soviet dictator was born, a line of guides is waiting to tell you the story of the local boy who made it big. They can list the birthdays of Stalin’s family and recite the poems he wrote as a schoolboy (for Stalin […]
King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ history as he opens Commonwealth summit

King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ history as he opens Commonwealth summit


October 25, 2024
Britain’s King Charles has said the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history and urged the organization to “right inequalities that endure” as he opened a meeting of Commonwealth countries in Samoa on Friday. “I understand from listening to people across the Commonwealth how the most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate. It is […]