Japanese woman, world’s oldest person, has died
Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central...
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Imran Khan claims he was given chance to leave country on exile for 3 years
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Judge sets Trump’s sentencing in hush money case for Jan 10
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30 killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza
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New Orleans inches toward normalcy
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AI cannot replace human decision-making on battlefield, Chinese military warns its forces
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Ukraine’s president hopes Trump’s strength and unpredictability can help end war with Russia
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China downplays reports of flu outbreak, says country safe for travel
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South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff
South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff on Friday during which he defied their attempt to detain him. It’s the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under...
Rana’s attorney seeks review of US court’s decision to extradite him to India
An attorney for Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana has urged the US Supreme Court to review the lower court’s decision to extradite him to India, citing the principle of double jeopardy which prevents a person from being tried or punished twice for the same offence. India is seeking the extradition of Rana,...
10 hurt in shooting incident outside New York’s Queens
A group of men fired at least 30 gunshots into a crowd gathered outside a nightclub in New York’s Queens on New Year’s Day, injuring 10 people, police said. The shooting happened on the same day a terror attack was carried out in New Orleans that killed 15 people. Police officers...
India to fund rehab of Sri Lanka’s north boatyard
India will provide Sri Lankan Rupees 290 million to develop the Karainagar Boatyard in the Northern Province of the island nation, the Indian High Commission said here on Thursday. The project envisages rehabilitation of Karainagar Boatyard of the Cey-Nor Foundation Ltd, incorporated under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development...
Pakistan military accepts mercy petitions of 19 convicts involved in May 9 violence
Pakistan military on Thursday said that it has accepted the mercy petitions of 19 convicts involved in attacks on the army facilities on May 9, 2023. On May 9, 2023, former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party supporters allegedly attacked several military installations, including the army headquarters in Rawalpindi...
Impeached South Korean president issues defiant message as he faces possible detention
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, in a message to conservative supporters rallying outside his Seoul residence, vowed to “fight to the end” against “anti-state forces,” while his legal team warned Thursday that police officers attempting to detain him could face arrest by his presidential security service or even...
Israeli strikes kill at least 18 in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 18 people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including three children and two high-ranking officers in the Hamas-run police force, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. One strike early Thursday hit a tent in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone known as Muwasi, where hundreds of thousands of...
