26.09.2024 14:04Walkley-award winning journalist to investigate potential issues in ABC抯 Line of Fire reports Alan Sunderland to undertake independent review of online article and 7.30 story about an Australian military operation in AfghanistanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or da ... 26.09.2024 14:05Republican Candidates Keep Straying Into Dangerous Territory: Abortion In a campaign they would like to center on the economy and the border, Republican candidates keep drifting back to abortion rights, an issue that favors Democrats.26.09.2024 14:08Man wins landmark acquittal in 1966 quadruple murder retrial in Japan A Japanese court acquitted Thursday an 88-year-old former professional boxer in a high-profile retrial decades after he was sentenced to death over a 1966 quadruple murder, saying investigators had fabricated evidence.
Iwao Hakamata spent nearly half a century on death row before new evidence led to his release from incarceration in 2014, leading to his being recognized that year as the world's longest-serving death row prisoner.
Read full story here26.09.2024 14:21Calls for resignation mount as New York Mayor Eric Adams is indicted on federal charges With one year to go before the municipal election, the 64-year-old former police officer from Brooklyn and his team are under investigation for alleged illegal campaign financing in the 2021 election and corruption.26.09.2024 14:35H2A rocket sends Japanese reconnaissance satellite into orbit An H2A liquid-fuel rocket sent an information-gathering satellite into orbit Thursday following its launch from a southwestern Japan island, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said.
Rocket No. 49's successful mission from the space center on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, followed two postponements due to unfavorable weather.
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Japan megabanks, DBJ to invest up to $175m in Rapidus -
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TOKYO -- Japan's three megabanks plan to invest up to 5 billion yen ($35 million) each in Japanese chipmaker Rapidus, which aims to mass-produce cutting-edge semiconductors, Nikkei has learned.The government-backed Development Bank of Japan will also contribute 10 billion yen, bringing the major banks' total capital contribution to 25 billion yen ($175 million). The aim is to secure the funds needed for investment, and to stabilize cash flows ahead of the start of mass production in 2027.26.09.2024 14:47Tokyo Game Show showcases latest AI tech in games amid labor shortage The Tokyo Game Show kicked off Thursday with a special area showcasing the latest artificial intelligence technology to help develop video games, as the industry grapples with a chronic labor shortage.
A record 985 exhibitors from 44 countries and regions are participating this year, displaying their newest titles in one of the world's biggest gaming trade fairs.
Visitors take photos of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.'s latest console, "PlayStation 5 Pro," at the Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 26, 2024. (Kyodo)
A visitor tries out a virtual reality game at the Tokyo Game Show at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 26, 2024. (Kyodo)
The Tokyo Game Show opens at Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 26, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Read full story here26.09.2024 14:49慣hrown like a rag doll: British tourist narrowly survives hippo attack in Zambia Roland Cherry, from Warwickshire, sustained severe bite wounds after being mauled by animal during safariA man narrowly survived after being dragged to the bottom of a river and 搕hrown through the air like a rag doll when he ... 26.09.2024 14:56Japan defense force ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel has sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday, triggering an immediate backlash from China.
On Wednesday, the destroyer Sazanami, along with Australian and New Zealand vessels, headed southward from the East China Sea and through the narrow waterway between China and Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China claims as its own territory, the sources said.
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New World Development scion Adrian Cheng steps down as CEO -
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HONG KONG -- Adrian Cheng has stepped down as CEO of his billionaire family's Hong Kong real estate company New World Development, as the developer booked its first loss in two decades.The company announced the change on Thursday afternoon as it released its results for the year ended June 30. NWD booked a loss attributable to shareholders of 19.6 billion Hong Kong dollars ($2.52 billion) amid a prolonged slump in the city's property market.26.09.2024 15:07Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins Poll suggests half of Congolese have not heard of deadly disease, as conspiracy theories and rumours spread For doctors and nurses fighting mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the virus itself is not the only enemy. They ... 26.09.2024 15:20Netanyahu strengthened by Israeli offensive against Hezbollah The Israeli prime minister, who is expected to address the UN General Assembly on Friday, is benefiting from national unity after Israel launched attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.26.09.2024 15:51Podcast: How pro video gaming, or esports, is taking off with big dollars behind it In August, the first ever Esports World Cup concluded. It featured more than 1,500 players and a prize pool of $60 million.26.09.2024 15:53French-American initiative calls for 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon As Israel continues its bombing campaign against Hezbollah, which has killed over 600 people since Monday, Western diplomats are working to clear the way for a negotiated settlement to the crisis.26.09.2024 16:00Congress funds the government but faces another shutdown threat before Christmas Congress averted a government shutdown 40 days before the 2024 elections, but they抣l face another funding deadline on Dec. 20.26.09.2024 16:02Inside the Minds of Swing Voters We explain the results of a poll of undecided voters.26.09.2024 16:06U.S. sailor gets suspended term over random attack of 4 near Tokyo A Japanese court sentenced a member of the U.S. Navy to 28 months in prison on Thursday, suspended for four years, for randomly attacking and injuring four people near Tokyo in July 2022.
The Yokosuka branch of the Yokohama District Court said Daniel Krieger, 31, charged into four passersby, aged in their 20s to 60s, on the night of July 9, 2022 in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Read full story here26.09.2024 16:24Switch error caused shinkansen trains to uncouple while in motion The detachment of two linked Shinkansen trains while traveling at high speed last week was likely due to a malfunction in a coupling switch, with metal fragments found behind it possibly playing a role, railway operator JR East said Thursday.
The Komachi and Hayabusa high-speed trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line uncoupled on Sept. 19 between Furukawa and Sendai stations in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The Tokyo-bound trains subsequently made an emergency stop, but no injuries were reported and none of the cars derailed.
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EU's delayed vote on Chinese EV tariffs expected next week, sources say -
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PARIS/HAMBURG, Germany -- The European Union is expected to vote on import tariffs on China-made electric vehicles next week, sources told Nikkei Asia, after the action was delayed from Wednesday.The EU's 27 countries are expected to vote on a set of varying tariffs on Chinese EVs announced by the European Commission in June to level the playing field for European carmakers. Chinese EV producers benefit from government subsidies that allow them to price their exports cheaply, in their attempt to expand global market share.26.09.2024 17:00Mark Robinson, the Trump-style candidate even Trump finds unpalatable The Republican nominee for governor in the pivotal state of North Carolina is no stranger to scandal.26.09.2024 17:22Hoda Kotb Will Depart 慣oday Show Her exit, planned for early next year, is a seismic shift for NBC and opens up a pair of morning TV抯 most coveted anchor chairs.26.09.2024 17:26Hoda Kotb announces she is leaving TODAY Hoda Kotb, longtime anchor at TODAY, announced on the show that she will be leaving the anchor desk after 26 years at NBC News. "I realized it was time for me to turn the page."26.09.2024 17:26China announces new measures to arrest housing slump and boost growth Benefits to rise for poorest and local authorities to be given powers to intervene in real estate marketsBusiness live latest updatesChinese leaders have vowed to arrest a slump in the housing market and boost growth after conc ... 26.09.2024 17:30Mirror-like offering by supermarket giants may be stifling vigorous competition, ACCC report says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission uses special information gathering powers to examine 慶oncerning reports from grocery suppliersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia抯 major super ... 26.09.2024 17:50Stanley McChrystal: Why Kamala Harris Has Won Me Over Some deeply consequential decisions are starkly simple.26.09.2024 17:53Conspiracy Theorists and Vaccine Skeptics Target Geoengineering Around the country, people with a deep distrust of government want to preemptively ban the use of aerosols to reduce heat from the sun.26.09.2024 18:00Tufts Lacrosse Players Recovering After Navy SEAL-Led Workout Draws Inquiry Nine players were hospitalized with a serious and rare muscle condition called rhabdomyolysis in the days after the 45-minute workout, according to the university.26.09.2024 18:07Helene抯 Intensification Could Be 慉ggressive. Here抯 Why. Very warm ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico provide fuel for an 揳ggressive intensification, a hurricane expert said.26.09.2024 18:16One Day at a Time, Vance抯 Mother Deals With Her Past and His Future In his 2016 memoir, Senator JD Vance of Ohio described a rough childhood owing to his mother抯 devastating drug addiction. Today, he and his mother, Beverly Aikins, are a remarkable team.26.09.2024 18:30Tennis: Nishikori grinds out win over Cilic in Japan Open 1st round Host country favorite Kei Nishikori rolled back the years with a vintage performance to beat Croatia's Marin Cilic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round at the Japan Open tennis championships Thursday.
In a rematch of the 2014 U.S. Open final won by Cilic, former world No. 4 Nishikori claimed a key break in the sixth game of the final set for a 4-2 lead and held on in front of a sold-out crowd at Ariake Colosseum.
Read full story here26.09.2024 18:44Hong Kong: Stand News journalists given jail terms for 憇edition Chung Pui-kuen sentenced to 21 months while Patrick Lam gets 11-month term but is released on medical groundsThe former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong抯 Stand News has been sentenced to jail on sedition charges for the publication ... 26.09.2024 18:46Anti-Trans Laws Linked to Increase in Trans and Nonbinary Youth Suicide Attempts It抯 the first study to establish a causal relationship between such policies and higher suicide attempt rates. 小褌褉邪薪懈褑褘: 242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282