BBC: The man accused of assassinating former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has apologised to the ex-leader’s family for the first time. Tetsuya Yamagami, who earlier pleaded guilty to murder, told the court on Thursday that he felt “deeply sorry” towards Abe’s widow, Akie. Yamagami used a homemade gun to shoot Abe during a political campaign […]
BBC: President Vladimir Putin has warned again that Ukrainian troops must withdraw from Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region or Russia will seize it, rejecting any compromise over how to end the war in Ukraine. “Either we liberate these territories by force, or Ukrainian troops will leave these territories,” he told India Today. Moscow controls around 85% […]
NDTV: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Russian President Vladimir Putin at Delhi airport this evening. Before both headed out in the same car, the two leaders shook hands, hugged each other and exchanged greetings. Russia’s state-owned news agency Sputnik reported that in the airport visit to greet the Russian President and his friend, PM Modi […]
BBC: The UK and Norway have signed a defence pact that will see them operate a combined fleet to hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. The deal is designed to protect undersea cables – which British officials say are increasingly under threat from Moscow – with a 30% rise in Russian vessels spotted in […]
BBC: India’s biggest airline IndiGo faced a growing crisis, with more than 300 flights cancelled since Tuesday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded nationwide. Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru – among India’s busiest airports – were worst hit. The airline blamed technical glitches, weather and new crew rostering rules for the disruption. The budget airline, with […]
BBC: Astronomers in India say their discovery of a massive galaxy from when the Universe was only 1.5 billion years old challenges our understanding of how galaxies were formed in the early period after the Big Bang. Simply put, if the Universe is 13.8 billion years old, it means we’re seeing a galaxy from 12 billion […]
Reuters: DHAKA, Dec 4 – Thousands in Bangladesh flocked to hear the plans of the students who toppled long-time leader Sheikh Hasina when they launched a new political party this year, but now it finds itself struggling to translate the street power into votes. Fighting to deliver on its promise to free the nation from decades of […]
BBC: Russia has blocked access to popular gaming platform Roblox due to concerns over child safety and extremism, including the spread of LGBT-related content. The country’s media regulator said Roblox had become rife with “inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children”, according to local news outlets. The multiplayer online […]
BBC: Meta has started booting Australian children under 16 years off its Instagram, Facebook and Threads platforms, a week before an official teen social media ban begins. The tech giant announced last month that it had begun notifying users aged between 13 to 15 years old that their accounts would start being shut down from […]
BBC: Five Palestinians were killed, including two children, and several wounded when Israeli aircraft struck tents for displaced people west of Khan Younis, according to medics at the Kuwait Field Hospital. The strikes hit Gaza’s coastal al-Mawasi area. Medical teams said the dead were two women aged 46 and 30, a 36-year-old man, and two […]