Japanese ministers quit over kickbacks scandal
Tokyo – Four Japanese ministers tendered their resignations on Thursday as unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reels from a... Read more
14 Dec, 2023
Newly confident Putin faces the press and Russian people
Moscow – Vladimir Putin on Thursday will hold his first year-end press conference since sending troops into Ukraine, with... Read more
14 Dec, 2023
Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the dead
Taizhou – At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it... Read more
14 Dec, 2023
Four people found dead following apparent shipwreck off Aruba
Oranjestad – Authorities on the Caribbean island of Aruba have recovered four bodies, possibly migrants who died when a... Read more
13 Dec, 2023
Australian police nab man over 17 million scam texts
Sydney – Australian police on Wednesday charged a man living in suburban Sydney with sending 17 million scam text... Read more
13 Dec, 2023
Thai MP jailed for six years on royal insult charges
Bangkok – A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced a lawmaker from the progressive Move Forward Party to six years in... Read more
13 Dec, 2023
Suspended sentences in Japan army sexual assault case
Fukushima – Three Japanese ex-soldiers were found guilty Tuesday but given only suspended jail sentences for sexually assaulting a... Read more
12 Dec, 2023
Chinese dissident doctor and AIDS whistleblower dies aged 95
Washington – A dissident doctor who became China’s most outspoken and celebrated AIDS campaigner, spending years under government pressure... Read more
12 Dec, 2023
‘From despair to hope’: UN urges leaders to support refugees
Geneva – As the number of refugees soars worldwide, the United Nations is appealing for countries to support displaced people... Read more
12 Dec, 2023
‘Nothing more to say’: Trump cancels plan to testify in NY fraud trial
Washington – Donald Trump changed his mind about testifying in his own defence in his New York fraud case... Read more
11 Dec, 2023
