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At least 13 people have been killed in southwestern Japan after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday, as rescuers searched for people trapped in collapsed buildings including a shopping mall.
At least 13 people have been killed in southwestern Japan after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday, as rescuers searched for survivors of collapses at a shopping mall and a paper mill.
Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSpecially designed Airbus completes marathon 24-hour flight before joining Qantas fleetA specially modified Airbus A350 plane touched down in France Tuesday after a record 24-hour test flight from Australia, ahead of it joining Qantas’s fleet next year, Agency France-Presse reports. Continue reading...
While Madrid braces for "difficult hours ahead", Portugal puts municipalities on maximum wildfire alert. Which countries have suffered the worst damage so far?
The European Commission’s wildfire strategy, presented in March, has fallen short as Spain and France face large-scale evacuations and thousands of hectares have already burned. Meanwhile, EU countries have stalled progress on key forest-management rules.
震度6強の揺れを観測した熊本県八代市で、地震発生時の28日午後4時半ごろに撮影された住宅の防犯カメラの映像です。大きな揺れで立っていることが難しくなった男性が車にしがみついている様子が分かります。周辺の木や洗濯物なども大きく揺れています。
New law enforcement operations could quickly escalate into a blockade of Taiwan, say analysts.
Malaysia is finding it increasingly difficult to stay neutral in the US-China rivalry as the superpowers lock horns over trade, investment and the security of advanced technology, according to a top government adviser. “They don’t make us take sides when it comes to foreign policy,” Tengku Zafrul Aziz, senior political adviser to Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, told This Week in Asia. “Th...
Malaysia is finding it increasingly difficult to stay neutral in the US-China rivalry as the superpowers lock horns over trade, investment and the security of advanced technology, according to a top government adviser. “They don’t make us take sides when it comes to foreign policy,” Tengku Zafrul Aziz, senior political adviser to Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, told This Week in Asia. “Th...
Malaysia is finding it increasingly difficult to stay neutral in the US-China rivalry as the superpowers lock horns over trade, investment and the security of advanced technology, according to a top government adviser. “They don’t make us take sides when it comes to foreign policy,” Tengku Zafrul Aziz, senior political adviser to Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, told This Week in Asia. “Th...
Police say search for three-month-old a ‘retrieval effort’ after bodies of mother Helena Wright and toddler found in the ocean near Port MacdonnellGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHopes of finding a three-month-old boy alive have faded as South Australian police investigate the death of his mother and sister as a murder-suicide.The bodies of Helena Wright, 36, and her 23-...
A Hong Kong ophthalmologist has been cleared of professional misconduct after the city’s medical watchdog decided to offer no evidence against him, 15 years after a complaint was lodged over his handling of laser eye surgery procedures. The three disciplinary charges against Dr Yiu Man-kit stemmed from a complaint submitted in 2011 by a patient, Chan Man-chi, over a bilateral Lasik surgery perform...
The death toll from Japan’s Kyushu island quake rises to 13.
Lake Vostok, a massive body of water, lies four kilometers beneath Antarctic ice. This subglacial lake remains liquid due to insulating ice and geothermal heat. Its existence challenges our understanding of life's extreme limits and nature's magic. The lake has been isolated from the atmosphere for millions of years. Scientists continue to study this unique environment and its potential inhabi...
The new initiative is the second time Infantino has attempted to privatise football assets, with the first being in 2018 where the FIFA chief proposed a multi-billion dollar project to create more global competitions, funded by private investors.
The new initiative is the second time Infantino has attempted to privatise football assets, with the first being in 2018 where the FIFA chief proposed a multi-billion dollar project to create more global competitions, funded by private investors.
高市総理大臣は非常災害対策本部で「『イオンモール熊本』で発生した建物崩壊では、3人が亡くなり、まだ多数の方々が建物内に取り残されている。『日本製紙八代工場』で発生した煙突の倒壊でも複数の行方不明の方がおられ、いずれの現場でも現在も懸命の救助・救出活動が行われている。発災後20時間以上が経過しているが、いまもなお、助けを待つ方々もおられ、まさに時間との勝負だ」と述べました。
Activists protested at a hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was having dinner in Washington, DC.
Fires like those burning for a week in France and Spain are so intense they often make direct firefighting impossible, marking a new pattern driven by climate change that calls for a tailored response.
Fires like those burning for a week in France and Spain are so intense that they hamper, and at times rule out, direct firefighting. This new pattern, driven by climate change, demands a specific response.
International leaders have issued warnings the RSF may be preparing to attack the city, raising fears of further atrocities being committed.
International leaders have issued warnings the RSF may be preparing to attack the city, raising fears of further atrocities being committed.
A home on the edge of al-Mughayyir has become a weekly frontline in the battle for the occupied West Bank.
Five properties feature in La Liste’s Discovery Gem Hotel Awards for 2026 – including two in Europe.
Industrial chicken farms are boosting the spread of gastroenteritis-causing bacteria, as the global chicken population has surged to roughly 31 billion birds, new research shows.
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EU countries have extended temporary rules allowing platforms to detect child sexual abuse material online voluntarily until 2028. Lawmakers' biggest battle is the permanent "chat control" law that could decide the future of private messaging in Europe. Watch the video.
Beavers’ penchant for dam building has created natural fire breaks across Europe, which could help tackle deadly blazes.
