25.11.2024 8:59Rugby: Japan finish European tour with 59-14 loss to England Tries to Naoto Saito and Kazuki Himeno were among the rare bright moments for Japan in a heavy 59-14 defeat to England at Twickenham on Sunday.
The hosts ran in nine tries as they snapped a run of five losses and spoiled former England head coach Eddie Jones' return to the "Home of Rugby."
Read full story here25.11.2024 8:59Procès des viols de Mazan : les réquisitoires débutent avec Dominique Pelicot Les magistrats professionnels composant la cour criminelle de Vaucluse à Avignon peuvent réclamer la peine maximale contre Dominique Pelicot, à savoir 20 ans de réclusion criminelle, de laquelle dépendront celles des autres accusés.25.11.2024 9:43U.N. plastic pollution talks in Busan seek last-chance deal to curb waste - Nikkei Asia25.11.2024 10:15Japan, Germany shortlisted to build new Australian frigates Australia said Monday it has shortlisted Japan and Germany to build its new fleet of general purpose frigates in a program worth up to A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) over the next decade.
Japan has proposed vessels based on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's cutting-edge Mogami-class frigate, Canberra said, with a final decision set to be made next year.
Read full story here25.11.2024 10:48Sumo: Kotozakura eyes yokozuna promotion following breakthrough title Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament winner Kotozakura said Monday he plans to seize the opportunity for yokozuna promotion in the wake of his maiden Emperor's Cup.
The 27-year-old from Chiba Prefecture was crowned champion of the 15-day tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center with a 14-1 record after defeating fellow ozeki Hoshoryu in Sunday's winner-take-all closing bout.
Read full story here25.11.2024 11:09Can Saudi Arabia keep pace with its ambitious mega-project spending spree? "Saudi Arabia has poured tens of billions into projects that have yet to hint of any financial returns," one financier told CNBC.25.11.2024 11:4693-year-old driver in fatal Tokyo crash dies in prison A 93-year-old former top bureaucrat who was serving a sentence for a high-profile 2019 Tokyo car accident that left two people dead has died in prison, apparently of natural causes, a source close to the matter said Monday.
Kozo Iizuka, a former chief of the now-defunct Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, died last month around three years into his five-year term.
Read full story here25.11.2024 11:48Spiking drinks will become new criminal offense, UK government says Downing Street wants to make it easier to spot the 'cowardly act' of drugging someone to take abuse them and to take steps to better protect women, particularly in nightlife contexts.25.11.2024 13:05The COP circus is broken and needs to be slimmed down - Nikkei Asia25.11.2024 14:06Deadly DHL cargo plane crash at Vilnius, Lithuania, caught on camera An investigation has been launched into why a DHL cargo plane crashed on its approach to Vilnius airport in Lithuania.25.11.2024 14:35Storms threaten Thanksgiving week travel plans Two developing storm systems will bring disruptive weather in the days before Thanksgiving. NBC News meteorologist Michelle Grossman has the details on Early Today. 25.11.2024 14:40Ricoh to shift some China production to Thailand to avoid Trump duties - Nikkei Asia25.11.2024 14:44Taiwan revels in baseball championship and respite from isolation - Nikkei Asia25.11.2024 15:00In-Air Emergencies Can Cause Lasting Trauma Extreme turbulence, a blown-out door, an engine on fire: For passengers and crew members who have experienced in-air emergencies, the pain endures.25.11.2024 15:00Congress will have a record-setting number of Black members in its ranks next year The Congressional Black Caucus will have 62 members in the 119th Congress, contributing to a record 67 Black representatives. 25.11.2024 15:03How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism Stricter rules and punishments over campus protests seem to be working. Universities have seen just under 950 protest events this semester, compared to 3,000 in the spring.25.11.2024 15:03How Democrats Lost Their Base and Their Message Donald Trump’s populist pitch bumped Democrats off their traditional place in American politics.25.11.2024 15:04More than 30 stranded whales saved in New Zealand by people lifting them on sheets More than 30 pilot whales stranded on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after people refloated them by lifting them on sheets.25.11.2024 15:14Grandfather falls to death climbing out NYC window to escape home invaders A 73-year-old man fell to his death Saturday morning after climbing out of the sixth floor window of his Manhattan home to escape a group of home invaders, police said.25.11.2024 15:19DHL cargo plane crashes as it nears Lithuania airport, killing one A DHL cargo plane crashed as it came into land at Lithuania's Vilnius airport early on Monday, skidding into a house and killing one person on the aircraft.25.11.2024 15:22Discussions over sending European troops to Ukraine reignited With the prospect of American disengagement from Kyiv following Donald Trump's return to the White House, Paris and London are not ruling out leading a military coalition in Ukraine.25.11.2024 16:00Hong Kongers in U.S. fear Trump deportations if special status lapses - Nikkei Asia25.11.2024 16:00Drugs, hormones and excrement: the polluting pig mega-farms supplying pork to the world Mexico is a leading international pork producer, but Yucatán residents say the waste oozing from hundreds of enormous hog farms is destroying the environmentThe stink of excrement was the first thing the residents of Sitilpech noticed when the farm opened in 2017. It hung over the colourful one-storey homes and kitchen gardens in the Maya town in Yucatán, and has never left. Next, the trees stopped bearing fruit, their leaves instead covered with black spots. Then, the water from the vast, porous aquifer emerged from the well with a horrible, overwhelming stench.“Before, we used that water for everything: for cooking, for drinking, for bathing. Now we can’t even give it to animals. Today, we have to give the chickens purified water because otherwise they get diarrhoea,” says one resident. “The radishes grow thin and the coriander often turns yellow. This has always been a quiet town, where life was very good until that farm started,” they say. Continue reading... ... 25.11.2024 16:04Three years after the worst migrant shipwreck in the Channel, crossings are more deadly than ever Thirty-one people died or disappeared when their dinghy sank on November 24, 2021, with no rescue services helping them. Despite an increase in police and sea rescue resources since then, the number of people trying to reach England in small boats has not abated and shipwrecks are multiplying.25.11.2024 16:35A Climate Change We explore Donald Trump’s climate agenda.25.11.2024 16:46UK financial regulator fines Barclays $51 million over disclosures related to Qatar dealings Britain's financial regulator on Monday fined Barclays 40 million pounds ($50.9 million) in total for its failure to disclose certain arrangements with Qatari entities in 2008. 25.11.2024 16:55UNESCO is failing victims of Japan’s historical colonial exploitation And we, the international community, are letting it happen. 25.11.2024 16:58Toyota to close JV sales base in Beijing amid stiff competition Toyota Motor Corp. is considering closing the sales base of its Chinese joint venture in Beijing and consolidating it with another base in Tianjin as part of restructuring efforts amid intensifying competition with local brands, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.
The restructuring at Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co. will not involve a reduction in production, and the automaker will continue launching new products in China to pursue growth, as the country remains one of its strategically important markets, the sources said.
Read full story here25.11.2024 17:00‘Disaster Dodged’: Gaetz Meltdown Prompts Relief and Envy From Federal Workers “How did we get so lucky?” wrote a federal prosecutor, on Matt Gaetz's withdrawal25.11.2024 17:00How the Rise of New Digital Workers Will Lead to an Unlimited Age We're entering a new era of autonomous AI agents that will redefine how humans work, life and connect25.11.2024 17:00Alicia Kearns: the one-nation Tory taking on the Foreign Office The former select committee chair is looking to change the way Britain deals with foreign hostage situationsAlicia Kearns, as a former Foreign Office official and an outspoken voice on foreign affairs, is an MP who understands how the department ticks.She is also someone who does not give up easily, and with some freedom to operate since she is neither on Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative frontbench nor the Labour dominated foreign affairs select committee, a body she chaired until this summer. Continue reading... ... 25.11.2024 17:00‘I feel guilty and angry’: the captain turned campaigner trying to keep cruise ships at bay After spending most of his life on commercial vessels, Guillaume Picard is now fighting to keep these vast liners out of the French port of MarseilleRead more in this seriesFew people know the sea better than Guillaume Picard. He grew up on a boat moored in the port of Hyères in southern France after his parents left 1960s Paris. His first job was on a sailing boat. Then he spent 30 years in the merchant navy before becoming a commercial captain, ferrying tourists and containers across the Mediterranean for more than two decades.Now aged 65, his grey hair in a ponytail, it is with no small note of sadness that he says, increasingly, it is the land that calls him. “To be completely honest, I want to go to sea less and less,” he says. “I go hiking a lot in the mountains with my wife, and we’ve found an environment that is much more preserved. The mountains are beautiful wherever you go.” Continue reading... ... Страницы: 680681682683684685686687688689690691692693694695696697698699700701702703704705706707708709710711712713714715716717718719720