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Peru's brand-new president under fire for child sex comments
AFP, Published on 20/02/2026
» LIMA - Barely hours into the top job, Peru's eighth president in a decade found himself under fire Thursday over past utterances on child marriage, and graft allegations.
S. Korea court weighs death sentence for ex-president Yoon
AFP, Published on 19/02/2026
» SEOUL - A South Korean court will rule Thursday on insurrection charges against ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, weighing whether he should be sentenced to death for his failed bid to impose military rule.
Paying for a selfie: Rome starts charging for Trevi Fountain
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» ROME - Italy's Trevi Fountain launched a new ticketing system Monday, making the famous Rome landmark the latest tourist site to charge entry in a bid to raise funds and battle overcrowding.
Fraudsters flee Cambodia's 'scam city' after accused boss taken down
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» SIHANOUKVILLE (CAMBODIA) - Hundreds of people dragged away suitcases, computer monitors, pets and furniture as they fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud centre, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported.
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.
30 people injured by 7.5 quake in northeastern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2025
» TOKYO - A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, injuring 30 people and triggering tsunami waves as high as 70 centimetres that reached the Pacific coast, the Japanese government said.
Trump threats reverberate as Hondurans vote for president
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» TEGUCIGALPA - Hondurans go to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election dominated by US President Donald Trump's threats to cut aid to the country if his right-wing champion loses.
Vietnam flooding submerges homes, kills 41, after relentless rain
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» NHA TRANG (VIETNAM) - Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said on Thursday at least 41 people were killed.
Fire razes 170 buildings in southern Japan, one dead
Kyodo News, Published on 19/11/2025
» OITA — More than 170 buildings were damaged in a massive fire that swept through a dense residential area in the southwestern Japan city of Oita overnight, leaving one person dead, local authorities said on Wednesday.
Singapore snares record haul of smuggled rhino horns from South Africa
Reuters, Published on 18/11/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore seized a record 35.7 kilogrammes of smuggled rhinoceros horns worth about S$1,130,000 (US$867,430) en route to Laos, the largest haul in Singapore to date, the National Parks Board said on Tuesday.