Fri 05 April 2024: A 112-year-old man, recognized as Japan’s oldest male, has passed away in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported on Thursday. Gisaburo Sonobe, who died in late March, was born on Nov. 6, 1911 and became the country’s oldest man after his predecessor died in November 2022 at 111, the national […]
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Thu 04 April 2024: Taipei, Taiwan – More than half of people in Southeast Asia would side with China over the United States if forced to choose, a survey has found, underscoring Beijing’s growing influence in the region. In the State of Southeast Asia 2024 survey released this week, 50.5 percent of respondents said they would […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said the South Asian country will face extreme heat from April to June. “During April to June hot weather season, above normal heatwave days are likely to occur over most parts of south peninsula, central India, east India and plains of northwest India,” IMD […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: Taiwan has been jolted by its biggest earthquake in a quarter-century, triggering tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island, Japan and the Philippines. The earthquake on Wednesday shook buildings off their foundations and led to a landslide in the eastern part of the island. At least two buildings in the eastern city […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: Russia said on Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations. “This is a country that is next to us, and one way or another we communicate with them,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s jail sentence in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts. Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each handed a 14-year sentence in the case on January 31 – just a week ahead of the February 8 elections, which […]
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Sat 30 March 2024: New Delhi: Three months after his lawyers moved the Supreme Court about the possibility that he may be eliminated in custody, jailed former legislator Mukhtar Ansari died on Thursday, March 28 due to “cardiac arrest” after he was rushed to a hospital from Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh. Government doctors said Ansari […]
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Lutfulloi Nazrimad, a suspect in the Crocus City Hall shooting, stands in a glass cage in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow [Basmanny District Court press service via AP] Sat 30 March 2024: Nine people have been detained by Tajikistan’s national security service on suspicion of having links with the gunmen who attacked a […]
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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s president Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd L) has apologised for not acting sooner. Sat 30 March 2024: Health inspectors in Japan raided a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical plant after the pharmaceutical company disclosed that a fifth death may have been connected to its dietary supplements, which were promoted as aiding in cholesterol reduction. On Saturday, representatives from […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: With India amid a national election campaign, its news media is in sharp focus. Until recently it was believed that the sheer diversity of outlets ensured a range of perspectives, but now, India’s mainstream media has largely been co-opted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just how […]
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