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千葉 柏 患者の点滴に排せつ物混入し殺害した疑い 元職員逮捕

ことし1月、千葉県柏市の病院で入院していた70代の男性患者の点滴に排せつ物を混入して死亡させたとして51歳の元職員が殺人の疑いで逮捕されました。

A 1971 prediction by Stephen Hawking just came true with a cosmic collision 1.3 billion light-years away: Now scientists are trying to understand how

A cosmic collision of two black holes confirmed Stephen Hawking's fifty-year-old prediction. The observed increase in the merged black hole's area precisely matched theoretical calculations. This event provided the most accurate observational evidence for Hawking's black hole area law. Scientists collaborated across LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA to analyze the gravitational wave signal. The precise d...

Fontainebleau 'contained' but not out as two arrested

Two fires that have burned just over 2,000 hectares since Sunday in the Fontainebleau Forest south of Paris, have been "contained", even though they are not extinguished, the local prefect said Tuesday evening. Two people have been arrested on suspicion of having started the fire with one of them, a volunteer firefighter, confessing that he had set fire to twigs with matches and gasoline. France 2...

New England had almost completely lost its forests by the 1800s after centuries of logging. Then nature slowly reclaimed the land in one of history's greatest forest recoveries, covering about 60% of the region once again

School in remote SA Indigenous community on list of places where accused paedophile worked

Police investigating Hamish Tait – who faces 329 child abuse charges – have released list of 55 locations where he worked or attendedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA federal police investigation into an accused paedophile facing more than 300 child abuse charges has expanded to a remote community in South Australia.Hamish Tait, 35, faces 329 charges of child abuse betwe...

2 prisoners found guilty of helping correctional officer attack fellow inmate

A Hong Kong court found two prisoners guilty of helping a correctional officer attack a fellow inmate who was left severely wounded after a stick was repeatedly thrust into his rectum. District Court on Wednesday convicted Bosco Lee, 21, and Brian Lam Shing-wai, 22, of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm for their involvement in a brutal assault on a prisoner at Pik Uk Prison in Sai Ku...

Iran launches attacks across region as US strikes continue

Iran attacked Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan on Tuesday night, claiming to destroy the US Fifth Fleet’s command centre.

Former Sydney church turned LGBTQ+ arts venue weighs legal action after landlord orders it to stop ‘offensive trade’

Divine Playhouse promoter and founder says venue faces significant operational, legal and financial challengesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former church turned arts venue at the centre of a culture war is exploring legal action after receiving a notice from its landlord that forced its organisers to close the space and cancel planned events.Divine Playhouse is facin...

上半期の訪日客は5年ぶり減少 専門家「今後は“成熟期”へ」

先月までの半年間に日本を訪れた外国人旅行者は2108万人余りと去年の同じ時期より2％減って、上半期としては5年ぶりの減少となりました。日中関係の悪化で中国からの観光客が減ったほか、中東情勢に伴って航空便が減ったことが影響した形です。

UK proposes overnight social media curfew for 16, 17-year-olds

Hong Kong airport profit falls 16.8% to HK$2b as expenses, salvage operation bite

Hong Kong’s airport has reported a 16.8 per cent decline in net profit to HK$2 billion (US$255.16 million) for the 2025-26 financial year, with the management citing a significant rise in expenses driven by the third runway’s operating costs and last year’s aircraft salvage operation. In its annual report released on Wednesday, the operator of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) said revenue gr...

東京 高田馬場 動画配信中の女性殺害事件 被告に懲役16年 判決

去年、東京 高田馬場の路上で、動画配信中の22歳の女性を殺害した罪に問われた44歳の被告に対し、東京地方裁判所は「強固な殺意でなされた残虐な犯行だが、経緯には同情の余地がある」として、懲役16年の判決を言い渡しました。

Don’t buy brides, China’s Bangladesh embassy warns as trafficking surges

China’s embassy in Bangladesh has joined a number of Chinese diplomatic missions warning the country’s citizens about using illegal matchmaking services to find brides. Anyone who goes to the South Asian country to find a wife using brokers or agencies could face arrest on suspicion of human trafficking, the embassy said in a social media post on Tuesday. Under Bangladeshi law, a human trafficking...

Don’t buy brides in Bangladesh, Chinese embassy warns as trafficking surges

China’s embassy in Bangladesh has joined a number of Chinese diplomatic missions warning the country’s citizens about using illegal matchmaking services to find brides. Anyone who goes to the South Asian country to find a wife using brokers or agencies might face arrest on suspicion of human trafficking, the embassy said in a social media post on Tuesday. Under Bangladeshi law, a human trafficking...

Cathay Pacific to add 4 Latin American destinations via Madrid code-share with Iberia

Hong Kong’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways, will expand its network by including four new destinations in Latin America via Madrid through code-share flights with Spanish airline Iberia. Passengers from Hong Kong will be able to travel to Fortaleza and Recife in Brazil, Buenos Aires in Argentina, and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic under the new arrangement. Cathay will also increase...

Is artificial intelligence causing a rise in natural human stupidity?

Generative AI chatbots capable of writing emails and computer code, translating, organising a trip or coming up with gift ideas are now readily available – prompting some to ask whether human brainpower could suffer for lack of use. A simple natural-language prompt is usually enough to draw a usable response from a service like ChatGPT or Claude, with the effects making themselves felt in schools ...

UK working to ban goods and services exports to and imports from Israeli settlements

The UK government is working on a ban on imports and exports to illegal Israeli settlements, the trade minister confirmed on Wednesday morning.

Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD

Organisation’s experts say pledge puts pressure on UK public finances and ‘adds significant fiscal risks’Labour should ditch the triple-lock pensions promise to help tackle the UK’s straitened public finances, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has urged.In its latest survey of the UK economy, the Paris-based club of industrialised nations added its voice to those calling fo...

Malaysia’s Anwar deals with another split with BN in Melaka after Johor poll rout

Malaysia’s unity government is holding in Putrajaya, but its uneasy alliance is fraying in the states after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) moved into opposition in Melaka even as it is still reeling from a rout by its federal partner Barisan Nasional (BN) in Johor. The split followed a constitutional amendment allowing Melaka’s government to appoint up to seven unelected assem...

Russian attack on Odesa kills three as Ukraine targets vessels in Black Sea

At least three people killed and three others wounded in Russian strikes on Odesa, city's military administrator says.

Congo's Ebola outbreak tops 2,000 cases, kills 754 in fastest-growing surge

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola situation has worsened, now exceeding two thousand confirmed infections and recording 754 lives lost. This outbreak has become the most rapid on record, overwhelming health authorities. Reports of suspected cases in additional provinces suggest wider transmission, though new treatment trials targeting the Bundibugyo strain provide potential avenues fo...

US resumes Iran ports blockade as Gulf attacks continue: What’s the latest?

Less than a month after signing an MoU as a step towards peace, the US reinstates a naval blockade on Iranian ports.

Face-to-face with ancient Rome: Exhibition in Hungary brings forgotten faces to life

A new exhibition in Hungary brings ancient residents of the Roman frontier city of Aquincum to life with detailed facial reconstructions

🔴 Middle East live: More than 30 killed in recent US strikes on Iran, Tehran says

W杯イングランドとアルゼンチンが準決勝へ調整 過去の対戦は？

サッカーワールドカップ北中米大会の準決勝で日本時間16日、対戦するイングランドとアルゼンチンが現地で調整を行い、会見では両チームの監督が意気込みを述べました。