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'Artists of steel': Japanese swords forge new fanbase
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» MISATO, SAITAMA (JAPAN) - Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
Trump heads to the Gulf eyeing deals amid diplomatic offensive
AFP, Published on 13/05/2025
» RIYADH - Donald Trump will arrive in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday on the first leg of a Gulf tour that will also take him to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, eyeing business deals even as accords on the Middle East's hotspots will likely be harder to reach.
Swedish police say school killing spree gunman likely shot himself
AFP, Published on 05/02/2025
» ÖREBRO, Sweden - Swedish police indicated on Wednesday that a gunman who slaughtered 10 people at an adult education centre shot himself as the country mourned its worst mass killing.
‘Bodies on the ground’: mass shooting shocks Sweden
AFP, Published on 05/02/2025
» ÖREBRO, Sweden - Linn could not get the thought of “blood everywhere” out of her head after her usually quiet town of Orebro on Tuesday became the scene of the worst mass shooting in Swedish history.
Five wounded in Sweden school shooting
AFP, Published on 04/02/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Five people were shot and wounded at a school in the central Swedish city of Orebro on Tuesday, police said, urging the public to stay away from the area as a large operation was under way.
Women called the shots in Iron Age England, say scientists
AFP, Published on 16/01/2025
» PARIS - Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was centred around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians, a study said on Wednesday.
Taiwan stages first-ever tabletop war games
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2024
» TAIPEI - The Presidential Office in Taiwan has conducted its first-ever tabletop exercise simulating a military escalation with China, say officials briefed on the matter, at a time when the island is facing renewed Chinese military threats.
True blue tradition: how Japan's coveted jeans are made
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» KOJIMA-AJINO (JAPAN) - Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs.
Taiwan raises alert as China deploys 90 ships in likely drills
Reuters, Published on 09/12/2024
» TAIPEI - Taiwan raised its alert level on Monday saying China has set up seven zones of reserved airspace and deployed naval fleets and coast guard boats in what a security source described as the first military drills across a broad swathe of the region's waters.
China starts new round of war games near Taiwan, offers no end date
Reuters, Published on 14/10/2024
» TAIPEI: China's military started a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces", and offered no date for when they may conclude, drawing condemnation from Taipei's government.