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Japan’s farm minister resigns over rice gaffe, as stubbornly high prices threaten government’s grip on power
An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve...
adminMay 21, 2025 
Exclusive: Intercepted radio chatter and drone footage appear to capture Russian orders to kill surrendering Ukrainian troops
The radio crackled, but the order barked into it was clear: Capture the commander and kill the others. The chilling exchange was part...
adminMay 21, 2025 
Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside Madrid’s American school, police source says
Portnov, 51, was shot several times as he was getting into a car around 9:15 a.m. local time in Madrid (3:15 a.m. ET),...
adminMay 21, 2025 
Trump fast-tracked processing of White South African refugees. But not everyone wants to leave
A group of 59 White South Africans arrived in the United States last week after being granted refugee status by the White House,...
adminMay 21, 2025 
First ‘self-deportation’ flight from US lands in Honduras – with US citizen children aboard
The first flight carrying migrants who chose to self-deport from the United States as part of a new Department of Homeland Security initiative...
adminMay 20, 2025 
Putin just showed Trump how little he needs him
“The root causes of the conflict.” These were startling words from a man purportedly on the path to peace. But it is the...
adminMay 20, 2025 
France planning Supermax-style prison near notorious Devil’s Island penal colony site
France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal...
adminMay 20, 2025 
Europe and the UK ‘reset’ relations, almost a decade after Brexit nearly broke them
The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a landmark deal aimed at “resetting” their post-Brexit relationship, easing restrictions on travel...
adminMay 20, 2025 
First major piece of Bayesian superyacht recovered from seabed
Salvage crews have recovered the boom from the $40 million Bayesian luxury yacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily in August 2024,...
adminMay 20, 2025 
Four arrested under Tokyo’s strict yakuza gang laws – but not for the reason you think
Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action...
adminMay 20, 2025 