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Japan's low-crime image cracking as car thefts, home intrusions rise
Kyodo News, Published on 28/11/2025
» Japan has often prided itself on its orderly, low-crime society, but cracks in that image are widening amid rising car thefts and home intrusions fueled by export markets and public complacency.
Cathay Pacific flight heading to Penang forced to return to Hong Kong over 'unusual smell' in plane cabin
South China Morning Post, Published on 28/01/2024
» A Cathay Pacific Airways flight bound for Penang, Malaysia was forced to return to Hong Kong following reports of an "unusual smell" in the plane cabin after takeoff.
EU calls Orban's bluff and strikes deal to open Ukraine talks
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - EU leaders agreed on Thursday to open talks with Ukraine and Moldova on joining the bloc, despite an earlier threat from Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban to veto the plan.
The secrets Hamas knew about Israel’s military
Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman, The New York Times, Published on 14/10/2023
» ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER - The 10 gunmen from Gaza knew exactly how to find the Israeli intelligence hub — and how to get inside.
Karabakh explosion toll soars to 170
AFP, Published on 29/09/2023
» YEREVAN, Armenia - The death toll from a fuel depot blast in Nagorno-Karabakh soared to 170 on Friday as the exodus from the ethnic Armenian enclave following its fall to Azerbaijani forces continued unabated.
Nagorno-Karabakh will ‘cease to exist’ at year-end
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» YEREVAN - The decades-long, bloody dream of independence for Nagorno-Karabakh ended on Thursday with a formal decree declaring that the ethnic Armenian statelet in Azerbaijan "ceases to exist" at the end of the year.
Nine dead, Grand Prix cancelled after flooding devastates northern Italy
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» CESENA (ITALY) - At least nine people died in Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region as heavy rains flooded rivers and submerged entire neighbourhoods and farmland Wednesday, prompting the cancellation of this weekend's Imola Grand Prix.
One in five Americans have a family member killed by guns: survey
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - One in five American adults have a family member who was killed by a gun -- including by suicide -- and a similar percentage said they've been threatened with one, according to a survey released Tuesday.
Brexit turns to 'Bregret' in UK
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Brexit as a "huge opportunity" on Tuesday, as the UK marked three years since leaving the EU amid economic crisis and a growing public sense of "Bregret".
UN experts point to Rwandan role in east DR Congo rebel crisis
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» KINSHASA - Rwanda's army "engaged in military operations" against DR Congo's military in the country's troubled east, according to a report by a group of independent United Nations experts seen by AFP on Thursday.