by Kyoko Hasegawa and Caroline GardinThe UN nuclear watchdog chief will make his first visit this week to storage facilities for vast quantities of soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster.Japan’s government must decide what to do with the soi…
Mexico announces big meth seizure amid pressure from Trump
Mexico has announced a series of major drug discoveries in recent weeks in an apparent attempt to highlight increased efforts to combat drug smuggling.
‘They knew’: Victims of pedophile French surgeon blame systemic failure
by Anais LLobetA French surgeon to stand trial over raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 patients, mostly children, practiced for decades right up until his retirement despite a conviction for owning abusive images of children and colleagues sound…
NYK takes over Swedish owner Northern Offshore to boost wind shipping operations
Japanese giant follows years of collaboration with deal for majority stake
Brit couple Craig & Lindsay Foreman detained in Iran on round-the-world motorcycle trip charged with espionage
A BRITISH couple detained while on a motorcycle trip in Iran have been charged with espionage.
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were on a round-the-world journey and travelled through th…
DeepSeek ‘shared user data’ with TikTok owner ByteDance – BBC.com
DeepSeek ‘shared user data’ with TikTok owner ByteDance BBC.comSouth Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App The New York TimesDeepSeek sent user data to ByteDance, says South Korean privacy watchdog Ligh…
Survivors recount horrific RSF attack on famine-hit Sudan camp
by Ibrahim Abdallah with Bahira Amin in CairoSarah had survived famine, multiple wars and years of displacement in Sudan’s Zamzam camp and never considered fleeing, until a paramilitary attack turned the site into a “killing field”.Last week, shelling…
Suspected IS terrorists accused of kidnapping French journalists in Syria begin trial in Paris
The abductees testifying at the trial insisted they were sure in their identification of those who kidnapped them.
Japan to allow Taiwan as place of origin in family registry
Japan will allow people from Taiwan to list the island as their place of origin in the country’s family registry instead of China, a justice ministry official said Tuesday.When a Japanese citizen marries someone from overseas, the spouse’s nationality…
New law in Vietnam derided as bid to quell all critique of communist rule
A rights group calls Vietnam’s new “Decree 147” social media crackdown a bid by the Communist Party to put an “icy stranglehold on free speech.”