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Masanori Aoki, now 34, stabbed two women who were taking a walk in the city of Nakano, then shot two policemen with a hunting rifle
Death penalty for Japan man who killed four in gun and knife attack
TOKYO — A Japanese court has sentenced to death a man who killed four people in a shooting and stabbing attack in 2023, rejecting the defence's argument that he has schizophrenia.Masanori Aoki, now 34, stabbed two women who were taking a walk in the city of Nakano and then shot two policemen — who arrived at the scene after receiving an emergency call — with a hunting rifle.Gun violence is rare in Japan, where strict firearms laws are in place. Even rarer is the shooting of multiple police officers. The last such incident took place more than 30 years ago.The defence had argued that a life sentence was more appropriate for Aoki, who has "diminished capacity" because of schizophrenia.Prosecutors agreed that Aoki had suffered from delusions but argued that he had committed the...
October 14, 2025

Death penalty for Japan man who killed four in gun and knife attack

An aerial photo shows a cargo ship docked next to loading cranes at the Shanghai Container Terminal
US-China trade tensions flare again as port fees take effect
SINGAPORE — New fees on US ships arriving in Chinese ports came into effect on Tuesday, as trade tensions between Washington and Beijing increase.The charges — which China says aim to "safeguard its shipping industry" from "discriminatory" measures — apply to US-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels but not Chinese-built ships, state media said.It comes in retaliation as the US is set to start charging fees on Chinese ships arriving in its ports from 14 October.Beijing announced the levies last week alongside moves to tighten controls on its rare earth exports. US President Donald Trump responded with a threat of an additional 100% tariff on China.Also on Tuesday, new US tariffs came into effect on imported timber, kitchen cabinets and upholstered furniture, much of which comes...
October 14, 2025

US-China trade tensions flare again as port fees take effect

India faces a severe air pollution crisis, ranking among the world's top 10 most polluted countries
Foul skies, fading light: How air pollution is stealing India's sunshine
DELHI — India is losing sunlight.A new study by six Indian scientists finds that over the past three decades, sunshine hours — the time direct sunlight reaches the Earth's surface — have steadily declined across most of India, driven by clouds, aerosols and local weather.Data from 20 weather stations from 1988 to 2018 shows a persistent decline in sunshine hours nationwide, with only the northeast region seeing a mild seasonal reprieve, according to the paper published in Scientific Reports, a peer-reviewed journal published by Nature Portfolio.Scientists from Banaras Hindu University, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and the India Meteorological Department report that the steepest annual declines occurred in the northern inland region — notably Amritsar and...
October 14, 2025

Foul skies, fading light: How air pollution is stealing India's sunshine

Thousands took to the streets in August to protest the wealth of lawmakers in Indonesia
Indonesian MPs get extra allowance weeks after angry protests over perks
JAKARTA — Weeks after widespread protests swept Indonesia over the excessive pays of lawmakers, a new allowance raise has unleashed fresh public anger.Lawmakers will now get 702 million rupiah ($42,400; £31,800) in recess allowances — a near-double increase from the previous allowance of 400 million rupiah, said the country's deputy house speaker.The recess allowance is meant to support lawmakers carrying out their official duties, like visiting constituents, when parliament is not in session.The protests earlier in August were triggered primarily by a $3,000 monthly housing allowances given to lawmakers — nearly 10 times the minimum wage in Jakarta. These were later cut, in a bid to quell anger.August's protests began after thousands demonstrated against the housing...
October 14, 2025

Indonesian MPs get extra allowance weeks after angry protests over perks

Anthony Albanese
Private numbers of Australia PM and Donald Trump Jr publicly listed on website
SYDNEY — The private phone numbers of several high-profile figures including Australia's Prime Minister and Donald Trump Jr have been published on a US website.Both of their personal contact details remain publicly listed on the site, which uses AI to scrape the internet for information and the BBC has chosen not to name.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's office is aware of the situation — which was first reported by independent Australian media outlet Ette Media — and local authorities are investigating.A spokesman for Australia's opposition leader Sussan Ley, whose private number was also published, said the matter was "obviously concerning" and they had requested the information be removed.The site claims to have contact details for hundreds of millions of...
October 14, 2025

Private numbers of Australia PM and Donald Trump Jr publicly listed on website

Anita Anand (left) with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi
India and Canada reset ties after strain of Sikh leader's murder
DELHI — India and Canada have agreed a host of steps at talks between their foreign ministers in Delhi aimed at restoring ties that plummeted after a Sikh separatist leader was assassinated on Canadian soil.Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand, making her first official visit to India, met her counterpart S Jaishankar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Modi told her the visit would strengthen "efforts to impart new momentum" to the two countries' partnership.Relations hit rock bottom in 2023 when Canada's then PM Justin Trudeau accused India of being linked to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, claims Delhi denied. Both countries suspended visa services and expelled each other's top diplomats.Canada is home to nearly 1.7 million people of Indian origin and the...
October 13, 2025

India and Canada reset ties after strain of Sikh leader's murder

Paramjit Singh is in detention and faces the threat of deportation
Sikh man with tumor held by US immigration denied medical care, says family
DELHI — For over two months, Paramjit Singh, 48, a US green card holder battling a brain tumour and a heart condition, has been held in a detention centre by US immigration authorities.Singh, an Indian passport holder, has lived in the US on a green card since 1994. He lives in Indiana with his family, who own a chain of gas stations. His wife and two children are US citizens.But Singh now faces the threat of deportation.On 30 July, he was detained by immigration authorities at Chicago O'Hare International Airport while returning from a trip to India and has since been in their custody.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities have cited two decades-old cases as reasons for his detention, but Singh's family and lawyer say there are no active cases against...
October 13, 2025

Sikh man with tumor held by US immigration denied medical care, says family

Jin Mingri, who founded the influential Zion Church is 2007, is among those detained
US calls for China to release 30 leaders of underground church
SINGAPORE — The US has called for the release of 30 leaders of one of China's largest underground church network who were reportedly detained over the weekend in overnight raids in various cities.The list includes several pastors and Zion Church founder Jin Mingri who was arrested in the early hours of Saturday after 10 officers searched his home, said US-based non-profit ChinaAid.The Chinese Communist Party promotes atheism and tightly controls religion — still, some Christian groups are calling this the most extensive crackdown against the faith in decades.Christians have long been pressured to join only state-sanctioned churches that are led by government-approved pastors and toe the party line.It is unclear if the detainees have been formally charged, and Beijing has not...
October 13, 2025

US calls for China to release 30 leaders of underground church

Hundreds of RSS volunteers sit in straight lines wearing a white shirt and khaki trousers
RSS, India's most powerful Hindu organization, marks centenary
NAGPUR, India — The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu extremist organisation whose work played a large role in propelling Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power, has celebrated its centenary with an event attended by thousands of members.In a speech at RSS headquarters in the western city of Nagpur, its chief Mohan Bhagwat addressed a range of topics, including the conflict with Pakistan earlier this year, climate change, economic inequality and political turmoil in India's neighboring countries."The world functions through dependence on each other. That is how relations between any two nations are maintained. No country can survive in isolation," he said, echoing Modi's emphasis on self-reliance in the context of Donald Trump's hefty tariffs on...
October 03, 2025

RSS, India's most powerful Hindu organization, marks centenary

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election candidates pose at a joint press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on September 23, 2025
Japan’s ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals
TOKYO — Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it.The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).And while the LDP has ruled Japan almost continuously for the last 30 years, it’s now in a precarious position as it prepares to vote for a new party leader on Saturday – mired in scandal, widely unpopular, and abandoned by longtime supporters who have instead flocked to new right-wing parties.The next party leader could very well become the country’s next prime minister, but even that’s not guaranteed; voters delivered a clear rebuke in the past two parliamentary elections, delivering seats to opposition parties and stripping the LDP of its majority.Key...
October 03, 2025

Japan’s ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals

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