Tokyo officials have asked the US military to investigate an incident in which an American fighter jet dropped a fuel tank that landed in a residential area. Suspicious metal objects were found in the coastal town of Fukaura, with a population of some 7,600 people, earlier this week ... .
Practically no one in Africa is getting “vaccinated” for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19), and as a result there is almost no covid anywhere to be found on the continent. A recent piece from the Associated Press (AP) explains that in Zimbabwe, nobody wears a mask, nobody is vaccinated, and life goes on as normal ... See more here ... Head Office ... ....
Former Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe has warned China that the invasion of Taiwan would be “economic suicide,” noting that Japan and the US would not stand by and let it happen ... “A Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency, and therefore an emergency for the Japan-US alliance ... .
None of the US’s recent one-term presidents have run for another term after being defeated ...Donald Trump, though, sees things differently ... So, what do we know so far?. Does he want to run again? .
LONDON. Former British number one Johanna Konta announced her retirement from tennis on Wednesday. The 30-year-old has struggled with persistent knee trouble over the past couple of seasons and has slipped to 113 in the world rankings -- a far cry from her career high of number four ... She wrote ... "I am so incredibly grateful for these people ... .
(Reuters) – Urban poverty is on course to triple in Myanmar, pushing nearly half the population below the poverty line next year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as the twin impact of the pandemic and a military coup threaten progress made in the past decade ... Based on a survey of 1,200 households, the U.N ... .
Protesters in Sudan were met with tear gas as they marched in the country’s capital Khartoum on Tuesday. They told RT they want the nation to return to full civilian rule after the military seized power in October ... “These are all young voices protesting against this government ... .
TAIPEI--Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe said on Wednesday. Tensions over Chinese-claimed Taiwan have risen as PresidentXi Jinping seeks to assert his country’s sovereignty claims against the democratically ruled island ... alliance ... .
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a deputy’s patrol car on the way to a hospital, authorities said. Eight other people were wounded, some critically ... Juliana, and 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin ... .
Tel Aviv is the world's most expensive city to live in as soaring inflation has pushed up living costs globally, according to a survey published on Wednesday. The Israeli city climbed five rungs to score top place for the first time in the authoritative ranking compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ... .
Kiev. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called for direct negotiations with Russia to end an eight-year war with pro-Russian separatists in his country's east ... "Let's be honest, the war in Donbass has been going on for eight years ... .
The United Nations said on Wednesday that a program to pay $300 million a year in cash to Afghan families with children, elderly or people with disabilities is the best way to target increasing poverty. In what the U.N ...The U.N.World Food Programme has said 22.8 million people are facing acute food insecurity ... (Reuters) ....