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Japan ex-PM Abe's alleged killer faces verdict
AFP, Published on 21/01/2026
» NARA — The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe faces a verdict Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world.
India's divine designs meld with AI at Durga Puja festival
AFP, Published on 29/09/2025
» KOLKATA - Millions in India's eastern city of Kolkata will draw on millennia-old traditions when they celebrate the Hindu festival of Durga Puja this week with street parties and worshipping idols in elaborate pavilions.
Japan cult widow speaks 30 years after subway attack
AFP, Published on 17/03/2025
» OSAKA (JAPAN) - Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed and kissed him in a coffin.
'Who's next?': Misinformation and online threats after US CEO slaying
AFP, Published on 23/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - A US health boss's murder sparked a torrent of online misinformation and calls for violence against other executives, suggesting a failure of social media moderation that analysts fear could translate into real-world harms.
US CEO slaying suspect charged with murder as 'act of terrorism'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» NEW YORK - US authorities on Tuesday charged the man suspected of gunning down a health insurance CEO in New York earlier this month with murder, including a charge of second-degree murder "as an act of terrorism."
Prince Harry wins phone hacking case
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» LONDON - A British judge ruled on Friday that Prince Harry was a victim of phone hacking by journalists working for Mirror Group Newspapers, and awarded him £140,600 ($179,600) in damages.
India warns on Canada travel after row over Sikh murder
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» NEW DELHI - India on Wednesday warned its citizens against visiting parts of Canada, the latest salvo in a diplomatic row over allegations New Delhi was involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist near Vancouver.
Canada warns India to treat Sikh slaying allegation seriously
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday demanded that India treat with "utmost seriousness" Canada's allegations of New Delhi's possible involvement in the slaying of a Sikh exile, a concern echoed by Washington.
Canada links India to slaying of Sikh exile, expels intel chief
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» OTTAWA - Canada on Monday accused India's government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader near Vancouver last June, and expelled New Delhi's intelligence chief in Ottawa in retaliation.
Escaped Brazilian murderer evading US police steals rifle
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» NEW YORK - Schools near Philadelphia were closed and residents told to lock their doors Tuesday after an escaped Brazilian murderer dodged gunfire to steal a rifle from a home and was declared "extremely dangerous."