BBC: A council in Japan has voted to remove its mayor who has been unconscious for several months. Kikuo Hatakeyama, 72, has served as the mayor of Hachirogata in north-east Japan since 2008, but fell ill in February and suffered a brain hemorrhage. The town assembly unanimously passed a no-confidence motion against the mayor meaning […]
BBC: One California grandmother has been waiting for answers since she was a child and her mother spotted a UFO hovering while she hung clothes out to dry. A therapist in Texas has been an “experiencer” since childhood. And another Lone Star resident, a 36-year-old musician, has been delving into the extraterrestrial world since he […]
BBC: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the US of opting for a “reckless military adventure” every time a “diplomatic solution is on the table”. Iranians would “never bow to pressure”, Araghchi said in a post on X, a day after each side accused the other of launching attacks in the Strait of Hormuz […]
Al Jazeera: Preah Vihear/Siem Reap provinces – When asked how she spends her day, 11-year-old Sokna rattled off a list of chores. She first fetches water, then washes dishes and sweeps the leaves and dust from around the blue tarpaulin tent her family now calls home, in the grounds of a Buddhist pagoda in northwestern Cambodia. […]
India Today: Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). He will also function as Secretary of the Department of Military Affairs, with effect from the date of assumption of charge. The former Army officer will replace General Anil Chauhan, who will be completing his tenure as […]
The Indian Express: The BJP’s decision to appoint Suvendu Adhikari as the West Bengal CM flows from a need to have a decisive leader at the helm who can steer the new government as it goes about fulfilling the primary promises it made in its manifesto about stopping the entry of undocumented immigrants from across the Bangladesh […]
BBC: A cyber attack hit several universities and schools in the US, Canada and Australia, causing chaos, confusion and major disruptions amid the high stakes end-of-year season. The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused the academic software Canvas used by thousands of schools and universities to go offline this week. By […]
BBC: Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, after both countries accused each other of violating separate ceasefires declared by each side to cover the celebrations of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. “This ceasefire will include a suspension of all kinetic activity, and also a prison swap of 1,000 […]
BBC: Three people hiking on Indonesia’s Mount Dukono have died after the volcano erupted on Friday morning. Videos and pictures of the eruption show the volcano, located on North Maluku island, spewing a column of ash stretching 10km (six miles) into the sky. The three victims were part of a group of 20 Singaporeans and […]
BBC: When film star-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay’s newly-formed political party won the most number of seats in the recent election in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, it was hailed as historic. But five days after Monday’s vote-counting, political uncertainty prevails in the southern state, with no clarity on when a new government could be […]
