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Seven hurt after elderly driver hits pedestrians in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 20/10/2017
» A car rammed into pedestrians in western Tokyo on Friday, injuring seven people including a two-year-old boy, leading to the 85-year-old driver being arrested at the scene, police and rescue workers said.
Group opposing nuclear weapons wins Nobel peace prize
Associated Press, Published on 07/10/2017
» OSLO, Norway: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a forceful show of support for a grassroots effort that seeks to pressure the world's nuclear powers to give up the weapons that could destroy the planet.
China raises bullet train speed limit back to 350kph
Kyodo News, Published on 21/09/2017
» The maximum speed of trains running on China's high-speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai was on Thursday restored to 350 kilometres per hour, local media reported.
149 dead as 7.1 quake crumbles Mexican buildings
Associated Press, Published on 20/09/2017
» MEXICO CITY: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake stunned central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 149 people as buildings collapsed in plumes of dust. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped.
Japan PM Abe eyes snap election in October
Kyodo News, Published on 17/09/2017
» Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told a senior ruling party lawmaker that he is considering holding a general election in October, high-ranking government officials said Sunday.
S.Korea: 'Resolute response' to new 3700km missile flight
Kyodo News, Published on 15/09/2017
» SOEUL: South Korea strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile launch Friday morning as a "clear violation" of UN Security Council resolutions and a "very serious and grave challenge" to world peace and security, urging it to cease provocations and sit down at the negotiation table.
Outcry follows N.Korea's missile launch over Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 29/08/2017
» TOKYO -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Tuesday that flew over Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido before falling into the Pacific Ocean in defiance of international sanctions and criticism of Pyongyang's continued nuclear and missile development.
13 dead, about 100 hurt in IS-claimed terror attacks in Spain
Kyodo News, Published on 18/08/2017
» A van ploughed through a crowd of pedestrians Thursday in the centre of Barcelona, leaving at least 13 people dead and around 100 injured in an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group, local authorities said.
N.Korea, S.Korea foreign ministers chat briefly in Manila
Kyodo News, Published on 07/08/2017
» MANILA -- The foreign ministers of North and South Korea held a rare but very brief meeting over the weekend on the sidelines of regional talks in Manila, a government source said Monday, amid strained inter-Korean relations.
Asean, China adopt S.China Sea 'code of conduct' framework
Published on 06/08/2017
» MANILA - Southeast Asian countries and China adopted on Sunday the framework of a code of conduct in the South China Sea, setting the stage for long-sought negotiations to start on ways to ease tensions in regional waters.