風力発電事業めぐる詐欺事件 “外資系企業が興味”と伝えたか
北海道の風力発電所の事業権を譲渡するとうその説明を行い、都内の会社から現金あわせて2億円をだまし取ったとして3人が逮捕された事件で、容疑者らが会社の担当者に対し「外資系企業が事業に興味を示し、契約直前だ」などと伝えていた疑いがあることが分かりました。警視庁は会社側に支払いを決断させるねらいがあったとみて調べています。
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Nicolas Maduro to face trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges in June 2027
A judge set the June 1 trial date at the request of lawyers on both sides, with the approved schedule giving time for the defence to challenge the indictment this fall.
A year after deadly jet crash at Bangladesh school, families demand answers
This week marks one year since a military jet struck a school in Dhaka, killing 36, most of them children.
Blocked by censors, China's animal lovers take fight against abuse offline and overseas
The killing of a dog and her puppies in Guangdong has sparked outrage inside and outside the country.
Iranian missiles show deadly precision amid US-Iran war escalation
Killing of three US soldiers at Jordan base shows Iran maintains the ability to exact deadly toll in grinding conflict.
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What is Beijing thinking? Why Washington is struggling to understand its rival
After Donald Trump’s high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping in May, the idea of US-China “strategic stability” appeared in readouts from both sides. While the White House framed this vision as a “constructive relationship of strategic stability on the basis of fairness and reciprocity”, Beijing said only that it was a “constructive bilateral relationship of strategic stability”. China watchers zoomed ...
Chile hunts for copper buyers beyond China with US$100 billion mining plan
Chile wants to widen the group of countries buying its copper and attract about US$100 billion in mining investment over the next decade, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, in the most explicit move yet by the new government in Santiago to reduce its exposure to Chinese demand. “The market is highly concentrated and we need to broaden the number of places that buy our copper,” Francisco Perez...
Saudi Arabia nuclear pact with U.S. may create path to uranium enrichment
The Trump administration released scant details of the deal, but sources said it paves the way for the building of a uranium enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia.
Iran warns of ‘eye for an eye’ response if US follows through on Trump’s threats to destroy infrastructure – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.The Jordanian army said it intercepted four Iranian missiles on Wednesday with two additional missile falling in an open area, AFP reports.The two missiles that the army did not intercept fell in “two remote, uninhabited areas, without causing any human casualties or material damage” the army said in a statement. Continue reading...
グーグル親会社 4～6月期決算 営業利益は6兆6400億円余
アメリカのIT大手グーグルの親会社「アルファベット」は22日、先月までの3か月間の決算を発表し、売り上げが前の年の同じ時期と比べて24％増えて1197億9600万ドル、日本円でおよそ19兆5200億円となりました。本業のもうけを示す営業利益は30％増えて407億7000万ドル、日本円で6兆6400億円余りとなりました。これはクラウドや広告事業が好調だったことが主な要因です。アルファベットを含む大手IT企業は、AI向けデータセンターの構築に巨額の資金を投じて「ハイパースケーラー」とも呼ばれていますが、金融市場からは財務負担を懸念する声も出ていて、記者会見でのピチャイCEOの発言内容が注目されています。
トランプ氏「船舶攻撃ならインフラ破壊」イランは報復の構え
アメリカとイランの攻撃の応酬が続く中、トランプ大統領は今後ホルムズ海峡で船舶が攻撃されるたびに、イランの発電所などのインフラを破壊すると主張しました。イラン側は実行されれば報復としてアメリカが関係する地域のインフラを攻撃すると反発し、戦闘のさらなる拡大が懸念されます。
US launches new strikes as Iran warns of regional turmoil
Tehran's chief negotiator says if Iran's 'security is not ensured, no infrastructure will be safe'.
Iran warns of regional turmoil if US threats and attacks do not stop
Tehran's chief negotiator says if Iran's 'security is not ensured, no infrastructure will be safe'.
Wounded Gaza journalists call for urgent medical evacuation
Wounded and chronically ill Palestinian journalists held a protest calling for urgent medical evacuation from Gaza.
US not getting enough critical minerals from China, Greer says as Xi-Trump meeting looms
Washington is still not receiving sufficient critical mineral exports from China, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday, even as top American and Chinese officials met to finalise key economic deliverables for President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to the White House. “We are getting a flow of critical minerals from China. It’s not as much as we would want. It’s not at the pace w...
名古屋 岐阜 京都 甲府で「酷暑日」予想 熱中症に厳重警戒
22日は三重県と静岡県、それに岐阜県で最高気温が40度以上と「酷暑日」となりました。23日は東海に加え、京都市や甲府市でも「酷暑日」が予想されています。熱中症で救急搬送される人は全国で急増していて厳重な警戒を続けてください。
US and Saudi Arabia announce nuclear cooperation deal
Trump administration says 'historic' agreement will 'reinforce global nonproliferation standards' and create jobs in US.
How China and Indonesia can build a truly sturdy partnership
In April 1955, amid the Cold War, 304 representatives across 29 Asian and African nations convened in Bandung, Indonesia, to discuss the principles of a more complex future world order. Among them were India, China and host Indonesia. While India would go on to champion the non-aligned movement at the 1961 Belgrade Conference, Mao Zedong’s China and Sukarno’s Indonesia were more sceptical of the c...
US announces nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that could enable kingdom to enrich uranium – US politics live
US energy secretary Chris Wright says pair of agreements signed Wednesday ‘uphold the highest standards of nuclear safety and nonproliferation’Sign up for the Breaking News US emailA reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest out of the Middle East at our dedicated live blog.Donald Trump took to Truth Social a short while and noted that the US will destroy one bridge or power plant, inclu...
Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure over Strait of Hormuz attacks
US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the US would destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant every time Tehran attacked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The threat came as Washington and Iran exchanged fresh strikes, regional missile alerts sounded and diplomatic efforts remained stalled.
US signs landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia
The US Department of Energy says the "peaceful" co-operation agreement will give US firms "great access" to the Saudi nuclear energy programme.
France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave
France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heatwave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.
U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign nuclear cooperation deal
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed a deal for U.S. companies to run nuclear power on Saudi soil, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday.
US announces nuclear cooperation pact with Saudi Arabia
The United States on Wednesday announced that it had reached a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright signing the pact and a separate bilateral safeguards deal alongside Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.
First beluga whales from Marineland arrive in Texas as rescue gets underway
Two beluga whales settled into their new home at SeaWorld San Antonio this week following an international relocation mission from shuttered Canadian theme park Marineland.
First beluga whales from Marineland arrive in Texas as rescue underway
Two beluga whales settled into their new home at SeaWorld San Antonio this week following an international relocation mission from shuttered Canadian theme park Marineland.
House Republicans to write $95bn bill to fund Iran war and aid farmers
GOP-controlled chamber paves way for reconciliation bill, while making long-shot attempt at new voting restrictionsHouse Republicans on Wednesday agreed to begin the process of writing a $95bn bill to fund the war with Iran as well as provide new aid to farmers, while making a long-shot attempt to impose new restrictions on voting nationwide.In a virtually party-line 216-214, the Republican-contro...
Terrorism trial opens in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
The man convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie spent years researching the writer’s whereabouts before stabbing him on a lecture stage, federal prosecutors said Wednesday at the opening of his federal terrorism trial. It is a second trial for Hadi Matar, who was found guilty in a New York state attempted murder case last year. The federal terror charges focus more on Matar’s alleged motive for...
US lawmakers accuse China of using UN peacekeeping forces to spy on countries
Lawmakers called out China’s growing footprint at the United Nations on Wednesday as a vehicle for espionage even as a Congressional hearing over its funding descended into a heated partisan battle over the Iran war started by US President Donald Trump. “The Chinese peacekeeping department is concentrated in strategically sensitive regions, including areas along Belt and Road [Initiative] corridor...
小泉防衛相 核めぐり“タブーなく議論を”
小泉防衛大臣は訪問先のベルギーで、核をめぐる議論について「あらゆるタブーなく議論しなければ、どの国も1国で安全保障を確立することはできない」と述べ、必要だという認識を示しました。