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Taipei attacker acted alone, police say after four die
Reuters, Published on 20/12/2025
» TAIPEI — The man suspected of carrying out an attack in Taiwan with a smoke grenade and knife acted alone, police said on Saturday of the incident that killed four, including the attacker.
Putin hails Ukraine gains, threatens more, in annual press conference
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin on Friday hailed his troops' progress in Ukraine during an annual press conference in Moscow -- a staple of his 25-year rule -- with the Russian president emboldened by battlefield gains in Ukraine during a US diplomatic push to end the almost four-year war.
Epstein files due as US confronts long-delayed reckoning
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The United States is poised on Friday to pry open one of its most closely guarded case files, as President Donald Trump's administration prepares to release a long-suppressed cache of records tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Bangladesh violence erupts after murder of 2024 uprising leader
Published on 19/12/2025
» Violence swept through parts of Bangladesh after the murder of a prominent activist behind the 2024 mass uprising, deepening concerns about the South Asian country’s fragile political transition.
Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» TOKYO - When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour.
Japan demands response from Finland over beauty queen's 'slanted eyes' photos
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/12/2025
» KYODO — Japan's top government spokesman on Thursday expressed concern over images posted online of the winner of a beauty pageant and some lawmakers in Finland showing them pulling back the corners of their eyes, a gesture widely regarded as racially offensive to Asian people.
Renowned war correspondent Peter Arnett dies at 91
Published on 18/12/2025
» Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who became one of the world’s foremost war correspondents, died on Wednesday at age 91, according to US media reports.
Rob Reiner’s son appears in court over parents’ murder
AFP, Published on 18/12/2025
» LOS ANGELES - The son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner made his first appearance in court Wednesday, charged with stabbing his parents to death in their Los Angeles home.
Australian PM vows to stamp out hatred as nation mourns youngest Bondi victim
AFP, Published on 18/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Australia’s prime minister vowed to stamp out extremism Thursday as the nation mourned the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting, a 10-year-old girl remembered as “our little ray of sunshine”.
Inside the Philippines’ $2-billion flood-control scandal
Published on 17/12/2025
» Senator Francis Pangilinan leaned into his microphone and fired off numbers in pesos: 50 million? 10 million? 100 million? “You withdrew this in cash?”