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Lee Jung-soon, 88, is one of many nuclear bomb survivors who now lives in Hapcheon, South Korea
Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
HAPCHEON – At 08:15 on August 6, 1945, as a nuclear bomb was falling like a stone through the skies over Hiroshima, Lee Jung-soon was on her way to elementary school.The now-88-year-old waves her hands as if trying to push the memory away."My father was about to leave for work, but he suddenly came running back and told us to evacuate immediately," she recalls. "They say the streets were filled with the dead – but I was so shocked all I remember is crying. I just cried and cried."Victims' bodies "melted away so only their eyes were visible", Ms Lee says, as a blast equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT enveloped a city of 420,000 people. What remained in the aftermath were corpses too mangled to be identified."The atomic bomb... it's such a...
August 05, 2025

Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb

Families of Israeli hostages have consistently demanded the government prioritises their release
Hundreds of Israeli ex-officials appeal to Trump to help end Gaza war
JERUSALEM — A group of some 600 retired Israeli security officials, including former heads of intelligence agencies, have written to US President Donald Trump to pressure Israel to immediately end the war in Gaza."It is our professional judgement that Hamas no longer poses a strategic threat to Israel," the officials said."Your credibility with the vast majority of Israelis augments your ability to steer Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu and his government in the right direction: End the war, return the hostages, stop the suffering," they wrote.Their appeal comes amid reports that Netanyahu is pushing to expand military operations in Gaza as indirect ceasefire talks with Hamas have stalled.Israel launched a devastating war in Gaza following Hamas's attack in...
August 04, 2025

Hundreds of Israeli ex-officials appeal to Trump to help end Gaza war

On January 16, people in Jerusalem walk past posters of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.
Netanyahu asks Red Cross to help hostages in Gaza, as families warn against an ‘expanding war’
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of not wanting a ceasefire deal and requested that the International Red Cross bring food and medical care to hostages held in Gaza, after public fury ignited over propaganda videos showing two emaciated Israeli captives.Tens of thousands of protestors joined a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening – some holding placards reading “Stop the war” and “Leave no one behind” – as they called for Netanyahu to strike a deal that would free the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.Videos released by the militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad last week showed hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski in a visibly fragile state – images that galvanized a forceful reaction both at home and abroad.On...
August 04, 2025

Netanyahu asks Red Cross to help hostages in Gaza, as families warn against an ‘expanding war’

People pay respect to the statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, 8 July 2025
South Korea removes border propaganda speakers to ease tensions with North
SEOUL — South Korea has started to remove propaganda loudspeakers along its border with North Korea in an effort to reduce tensions, Seoul’s military said.The South's ministry clarified that the move marked a "practical measure aimed at easing tensions", but did not affect its military's readiness.The ministry did not provide specifics on the removal process, nor did it clarify whether the loudspeakers may be reinstalled if tensions rise again.Prior to the dismantling of the speakers, there had been no communication between the two Koreas, spokesperson for the ministry Lee Kyung-ho said.The speakers used to blare anti-North Korean propaganda and K-pop songs across the border, a move that hit a nerve as Kim Jong-un's government had been intensifying its campaign to...
August 04, 2025

South Korea removes border propaganda speakers to ease tensions with North

A former federal minister, Shibu Soren represented the tribal-dominant state of Jharkhand
Influential Indian tribal leader Shibu Soren dies at 81
DELHI — Shibu Soren, a prominent Indian tribal leader and a three-time chief minister of the eastern state of Jharkhand, has died at the age of 81.He was undergoing treatment in Delhi for a kidney ailment and had been on life support after he suffered a stroke last month.In a political career of more than 40 years, Soren co-founded the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), an influential regional party that has been at the forefront of the creation of the tribal-dominated eastern state.He became the chief minister of Jharkhand three times, but failed to complete any of these terms in office due to political instability in the state.His son Hemant Soren, who is the current chief minister of Jharkhand, announced the leader's death on Monday."Our respected Dishom Guru has left us, I have...
August 04, 2025

Influential Indian tribal leader Shibu Soren dies at 81

Surrounded by security guards, Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, participates in march marking Jerusalem Day, Monday, May 26, 2025
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prays at al-Aqsa, violating decades-old agreement
JERUSALEM — Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, the al-Aqsa compound, triggering a wave of regional condemnation and sparking fears of further escalations in tensions.The provocative move came as Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip continue, with at least 33 Palestinians killed on Sunday enroute to aid distribution points, as global criticisms mount over Israel manufacturing famine-like conditions in the besieged enclave.Ben-Gvir’s visit to the hillside compound threatens to further setback efforts by international mediators, such as Qatar and Egypt, to bring an end to Israel’s almost two-year military offensive on Gaza.The area, which Jews call the ‘Temple Mount’, is the holiest...
August 04, 2025

Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prays at al-Aqsa, violating decades-old agreement

Gene Wu, a Democratic state lawmaker in Houston, says he and others are 'walking out on a rigged system'
Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump
WASHINGTON — Democratic state lawmakers have fled Texas in a bid to stop a vote on a new congressional map that would heavily favour Republicans.The redistricting, unveiled by Texas' majority Republicans last week and backed by President Donald Trump, would create five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives.Two-thirds of the 150-member Texas legislature must be present in order to hold a vote. Fifty-one Democratic lawmakers have fled, most of them to Illinois, denying Republicans the required quorum.They said they plan to stay away for two weeks until the end of a special legislative session convened by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott.The session is being held to approve the redistricting, as well as provide disaster relief for last month's deadly...
August 04, 2025

Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump

A picture taken in a university lecture hall of several rows of students
Chinese students in UK told to spy on classmates, report says
LONDON — Chinese students at UK universities are being pressured to spy on their classmates in an attempt to suppress the discussion of issues that are sensitive to the Chinese government, a new report suggests.The UK-China Transparency (UKCT) think tank says its survey of academics in China studies also highlighted reports of Chinese government officials warning lecturers to avoid discussing certain topics in their classes.It comes days after a new law came into force placing more responsibility on universities to uphold academic freedom and free speech.The Chinese embassy in London called the report "groundless and absurd", adding that China respects freedom of speech in the UK and elsewhere.The regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), says freedom of speech and academic...
August 04, 2025

Chinese students in UK told to spy on classmates, report says

Ong Beng Seng helped bring the Formula 1 Grand Prix to Singapore
F1 tycoon pleads guilty in rare Singapore corruption case
SINGAPORE — A Singapore-based billionaire hotelier has pleaded guilty to a charge connected to a rare corruption scandal that shocked the country last year.Ong Beng Seng has admitted to abetting the obstruction of justice by helping ex-transportation minister Subramaniam Iswaran cover up evidence while he was being investigated for corruption.Ong had been accused of giving expensive gifts, including tickets to the Formula 1 Grand Prix and a ride on a private jet, to Iswaran while they were engaged in official business.Ministers in Singapore cannot keep gifts unless they pay the market value of the gift to the government, and they must declare anything they receive from people they have business dealings with.At Iswaran's sentencing last October, the court heard that Iswaran requested...
August 04, 2025

F1 tycoon pleads guilty in rare Singapore corruption case

The boat carrying more than 150 migrants sank in the Gulf of Aden
More than 60 migrants die off Yemen in boat capsize
SANAA — More than 60 migrants died when a boat carrying around 150 people sank off the coast of Yemen in bad weather on Sunday.The vessel capsized off Yemen's southern province of Abyan, and 68 bodies have been recovered, the Yemen chief for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) told the BBC. He said 12 people had been rescued and dozens were still missing.Most of the victims are believed to be Ethiopian nationals, said the IOM, which called the incident "heartbreaking".Yemen remains a major pathway for migrants from the Horn of Africa travelling to the Gulf Arab states in search of work, with the IOM estimating hundreds have died or gone missing in shipwrecks in recent months.IOM Yemen chief Abdusattor Esoev said the boat was carrying around 157 migrants on a...
August 04, 2025

More than 60 migrants die off Yemen in boat capsize

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