08.01.2025 7:29 BYD brought Chinese workers on irregular visas to build a factory in Brazil, pledged to comply with local labor laws, Reuters reports.08.01.2025 7:40 A fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles has forced some residents to evacuate amid "life-threatening and destructive" winds.08.01.2025 7:41 Tens of thousands of Southern Californians were ordered to flee their homes Tuesday after a brushfire exploded in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.08.01.2025 7:43 Authorities in Missouri and Puerto Rico are investigating an incident where several businesses on the island were allegedly set on fire by a tourist from Missouri; videos of the alleged event have gone viral.08.01.2025 7:48 While French President Emmanuel Macron has accused the X boss of supporting 'reactionary international news,' Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has so far remained silent.08.01.2025 7:5008.01.2025 7:51 Lim Kimya, 74, had refused to flee Cambodia even after former PM Hun Sen threatened to make opposition MPs lives 'hell'.08.01.2025 7:52 Extreme Winde treiben einen Wald- und Buschbrand am Rande von Los Angeles an. Menschen müssen unter dramatischen Umständen ... 08.01.2025 7:54 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says change will strike $49bn in medical debt from credit reports.08.01.2025 8:00 Sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department called the use of generative AI a “game-changer” and “a concerning moment” and said the department was sharing information with other law enforcement agencies.08.01.2025 8:00 'Cold War moles' (Part 5/5). Between 1956 and 1982, the Soviet intelligence agency recruited six AFP journalists as agents.08.01.2025 8:15 Those landlords were added to an existing lawsuit against RealPage, which runs an algorithm that recommends rental prices to landlords.08.01.2025 8:24 Japan's education system is known for producing well-behaved and respectful children. Now tourists have a chance to dip their toe into the country's culture by taking part in an experience that puts them in the shoes of a Japanese school kid.
Visitors get a taste of a system seen as a microcosm of Japanese society and a building block of national identity at a once abandoned junior high school near Tokyo thanks to the "Kimi no Koko" experience, which translates as "Your High School."
Read full story here08.01.2025 8:33 »Unausgegoren«: Kanzler Scholz hält nichts von Robert Habecks Idee, den Wehretat auf 3,5 Prozent der deutschen Wirtschaftsleistung ... 08.01.2025 8:40 Continuing his inventory of the facades of places of pleasure around the world, photographer François Prost traveled across Japan in search of 'rabuhos,' those flashy love hotels.08.01.2025 8:45 In a press-conference, the President-elect said he would try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.”08.01.2025 8:4908.01.2025 9:02 The aviation industry is bracing for another year of turbulence, as delivery delays at Boeing and supply chain problems are set to continue in 2025.08.01.2025 10:00 California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and suggested the worst could still be yet to come08.01.2025 10:27 Up-and-coming tennis player Rei Sakamoto capped an impressive year with his first ATP Challenger Tour title only three months after turning pro.
The big-serving 18-year-old, who stands 195 centimeters and has trained at IMG Academy in Florida since 2022, aims to take more steps in 2025 toward his goal of becoming the first Japanese man to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Read full story here08.01.2025 11:32 Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group that won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, urged the government on Wednesday to participate as an observer at a convention of signatories to a U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty, but said Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba remained noncommittal during a meeting in Tokyo.
The group's co-chair Terumi Tanaka said the roughly 30-minute sit-down with the prime minister, held to congratulate the group on the prize, "did not yield results" on the issue. Another attendee, Toshiyuki Mimaki, described Ishiba's reticence as "regrettable."
Read full story here08.01.2025 11:44 The aviation industry is bracing for another year of difficulties, as delivery delays at Boeing and supply chain problems are set to continue in 2025.08.01.2025 12:13 Tomorrow's Golf League, a technology-driven indoor competition fronted by Tiger Woods and featuring Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama, teed off Tuesday, with the Bay Golf Club defeating New York GC in the inaugural match.
Irish golfer Shane Lowry led the Bay to the 9-2 victory in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, over a New York team including Rickie Fowler and reigning British Open champion Xander Schauffele.
Read full story here08.01.2025 12:19 “We have been so concerned about all the scary things that Trump’s going to do, we forgot he’s also going to do some really stupid things,” Desi Lydic said on “The Daily Show.”08.01.2025 12:54 Tottenham manager berates his team's recent slump in form ahead of their League Cup semifinal against Liverpool.08.01.2025 12:54 HMPV infections are spreading in China while cases of flu-like disease have also been found in India and the UK.08.01.2025 13:03 The Chinese hacker group "MirrorFace" carried out 210 cyberattacks from 2019 to 2024 on Japanese organizations with the aim of obtaining information related the country's national security and advanced technology, Japan's National Police Agency said Wednesday.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which disclosed in 2023 that it had suffered a data breach as the result of a cyberattack, was among the organizations targeted by the group, according to a source close to the matter.
Read full story here08.01.2025 13:05 Verifying casualty figures for soldier in the Russia-Ukraine war is difficult, as experts call it 'a war of narratives'.08.01.2025 13:30 Moscow blames Ukraine and Moldova for halting supplies; Chisinau suspects Russia seeks to influence upcoming election.08.01.2025 14:03 Bangkok police chief says initial investigation suggests a gunman was hired to carry out Tuesday's shooting.08.01.2025 14:20 Japan's weather agency and land ministry on Wednesday warned of heavy snowfall in regions along the Sea of Japan coast on the country's main island of Honshu and urged residents to avoid nonessential outings due to potential disruptions to road and rail traffic.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said northeastern and central regions could be blanketed with snow through Friday, with precipitation expected to intensify, particularly around Thursday.
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A fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles has forced some residents to evacuate amid "life-threatening and destructive" winds.
Tens of thousands of Southern Californians were ordered to flee their homes Tuesday after a brushfire exploded in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.
Authorities in Missouri and Puerto Rico are investigating an incident where several businesses on the island were allegedly set on fire by a tourist from Missouri; videos of the alleged event have gone viral.
While French President Emmanuel Macron has accused the X boss of supporting 'reactionary international news,' Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has so far remained silent.
Extreme Winde treiben einen Wald- und Buschbrand am Rande von Los Angeles an. Menschen müssen unter dramatischen Umständen ... 
Sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department called the use of generative AI a “game-changer” and “a concerning moment” and said the department was sharing information with other law enforcement agencies.
'Cold War moles' (Part 5/5). Between 1956 and 1982, the Soviet intelligence agency recruited six AFP journalists as agents.
Those landlords were added to an existing lawsuit against RealPage, which runs an algorithm that recommends rental prices to landlords.
Japan's education system is known for producing well-behaved and respectful children. Now tourists have a chance to dip their toe into the country's culture by taking part in an experience that puts them in the shoes of a Japanese school kid.
Visitors get a taste of a system seen as a microcosm of Japanese society and a building block of national identity at a once abandoned junior high school near Tokyo thanks to the "Kimi no Koko" experience, which translates as "Your High School."
Read full story here
»Unausgegoren«: Kanzler Scholz hält nichts von Robert Habecks Idee, den Wehretat auf 3,5 Prozent der deutschen Wirtschaftsleistung ... 
Continuing his inventory of the facades of places of pleasure around the world, photographer François Prost traveled across Japan in search of 'rabuhos,' those flashy love hotels.
In a press-conference, the President-elect said he would try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and suggested the worst could still be yet to come
Up-and-coming tennis player Rei Sakamoto capped an impressive year with his first ATP Challenger Tour title only three months after turning pro.
The big-serving 18-year-old, who stands 195 centimeters and has trained at IMG Academy in Florida since 2022, aims to take more steps in 2025 toward his goal of becoming the first Japanese man to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Read full story here
Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group that won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, urged the government on Wednesday to participate as an observer at a convention of signatories to a U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty, but said Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba remained noncommittal during a meeting in Tokyo.
The group's co-chair Terumi Tanaka said the roughly 30-minute sit-down with the prime minister, held to congratulate the group on the prize, "did not yield results" on the issue. Another attendee, Toshiyuki Mimaki, described Ishiba's reticence as "regrettable."
Read full story here
Tomorrow's Golf League, a technology-driven indoor competition fronted by Tiger Woods and featuring Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama, teed off Tuesday, with the Bay Golf Club defeating New York GC in the inaugural match.
Irish golfer Shane Lowry led the Bay to the 9-2 victory in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, over a New York team including Rickie Fowler and reigning British Open champion Xander Schauffele.
Read full story here
The Chinese hacker group "MirrorFace" carried out 210 cyberattacks from 2019 to 2024 on Japanese organizations with the aim of obtaining information related the country's national security and advanced technology, Japan's National Police Agency said Wednesday.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which disclosed in 2023 that it had suffered a data breach as the result of a cyberattack, was among the organizations targeted by the group, according to a source close to the matter.
Read full story here
Japan's weather agency and land ministry on Wednesday warned of heavy snowfall in regions along the Sea of Japan coast on the country's main island of Honshu and urged residents to avoid nonessential outings due to potential disruptions to road and rail traffic.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said northeastern and central regions could be blanketed with snow through Friday, with precipitation expected to intensify, particularly around Thursday.
Read full story here