26.12.2024 9:05 Having made a name for herself as a doubles specialist, Ena Shibahara has shown she also has what it takes to stand out in singles, according to Japan's Billie Jean King Cup captain Ai Sugiyama.
Shibahara filled the singles spot vacated by injured former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka at the team event's finals last month in Spain, winning both of her matches against higher-ranked opponents in Japan's 2-1 first-round win over Romania and 2-1 quarterfinal loss to eventual champion Italy.
Read full story here26.12.2024 9:13 Jews around the globe lit the first of eight candles on Wednesday and came together to celebrate and reflect on their history.26.12.2024 9:14 The Israeli military said it had struck a vehicle containing a “terrorist cell” in the Nuseirat area of Gaza.26.12.2024 9:17 Around 45 percent of self-employed delivery drivers working for the Japanese unit of Amazon.com Inc. said they had been involved in a traffic accident while on the job, a recent survey conducted by a labor union has shown.
The survey was organized by the General Support Union, which set up a division exclusively for self-employed Amazon drivers in January to negotiate higher wages and establish an appropriate limit on the number of deliveries assigned.
Read full story here26.12.2024 9:2026.12.2024 9:36 At least 38 people killed after passenger plane crashes near Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan launches criminal case. 26.12.2024 9:37 Network disruption began on Thursday morning, a spokesperson for the company told AFP. The airline is just the latest Japanese firm to be hit by a cyber attack.26.12.2024 10:00 As conflict dragged on in Gaza and Ukraine, violence dogged the US election; floods and fires raged, but bravery and humanity shone through. Photographers recall the moments when they took these era-defining photosTwo horses bolt through central London Jordan Pettitt Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 10:00 When we get into the actual games, the smash-kit K-drama finds its feet. But it spends far too many episodes dragging its heels extremely painfully. Series three must do betterOne of Hollywood’s many bad habits is the bloat caused by splitting a story in half in a bid to double the profits (cough, cough, Dune and Wicked). Squid Game was always a perfect one-series story. Gambling addict Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) became Player 456, a desperate man who attempts to pay off his debts by taking part in a twisted underground fight-to-the-death competition. He beats the odds by surviving every one of its potentially fatal playground games. When it first appeared, it was horrifying, it was thrilling, and its satirical edge – which examined capitalism and class in South Korea – was clever and acidic. The world took to it in vast numbers.That it became one of Netflix’s most successful, and therefore most profitable, series of all time placed it in a creative bind. Inevitably, it was renewed for a second and then third series, but even before that, its satirical edge was stress-tested by Squid Game: The Challenge, a real gameshow spinoff. That was far more entertaining than it had any right to be, but its win-big mentality did rather undermine the point of the original, which took aim at the inherent unfairness of an exploitative economic system. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 10:00 Rising temperatures are pushing these Arctic mammals ever farther into Greenland’s north. But eventually there will be nowhere left for them to goBuilt like a small bison, weighing as much as a grand piano and covered in thick, shaggy coat, the musk ox is one of the most distinctive species in the high Arctic. But from a hill on Greenland’s tundra, they seem impossible to find.Each bush, rock and clump of grass resembles a mass of wool and horns in the blustery chill on the edge of the island’s enormous polar ice cap. Scanning the shimmering landscape with binoculars, Chris Sørensen looks for signs of movement. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 10:00 Government urged to ban trail hunting as data suggests illegal foxhunting is still widespread in England and WalesAnimal welfare campaigners are calling on ministers to keep to a pledge to toughen anti-hunt laws, as figures suggest illegal foxhunting remains widespread in England and Wales.Almost 20 years since the Hunting Act 2004 was brought in by Tony Blair’s government, the League Against Cruel Sports (Lacs) – the animal welfare charity that was the driving force behind the original ban – says its data evidences how stronger legislation is required to close loopholes and prohibit trail hunting, which campaigners say has been used as a smokescreen for illegal foxhunting. Trail hunting is where dogs follow an animal-based scent. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 10:01 Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world.26.12.2024 10:01 Trapped in Sudan’s brutal civil war, a young woman chose to work in a clinic on the front line, treating civilians and combatants. She had to navigate suspicion from both sides.26.12.2024 10:01 Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without tsunami deaths is a challenge.26.12.2024 10:01 A look back at the horrible loss of life.26.12.2024 10:04 Here are the key developments on the 1,036th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.26.12.2024 10:20 Former major of Taipei Ko Wen-je has been indicted over property development and campaign finance scandals.26.12.2024 10:30 Des révélations mais aussi des déceptions. Découvrez quels joueurs ou joueuses ont épaté ou déçu la rubrique tennis du Figaro.26.12.2024 10:30 The disaster that claimed 230,000 lives in Southeast Asia in December 2004 triggered an international awareness campaign. In two decades, models have been significantly refined and warning systems developed.26.12.2024 10:42 BREAKING NEWS: JAL says no customer information leak found in cyberattack
==KyodoRead full story here26.12.2024 10:49 The waves, which towered as high as 30 metres, killed more than 220,000 people in 15 countries in the deadliest tsunami in history Ceremonies were being held in countries across Asia on Thursday to remember the more than 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago in the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the most deadly tsunami in history.On 26 December 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sumatra island, triggering huge waves that slammed into coastal communities across the Indian ocean. The waves, which towered as high as 30 metres, killed 227,899 people across 15 countries. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 10:55 Sur l’ensemble de la journée, 12 opérations d’assistance et de sauvetage ont été coordonnées par le centre régional opérationnel de surveillance et de sauvetage (Cross) Gris-Nez.26.12.2024 11:00 Ce samedi face au Stade Français, le Toulousain clôturera un cru 2024 extraordinaire, d’ores et déjà rentré dans la légende du rugby hexagonal.26.12.2024 11:00 With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.26.12.2024 11:00 Like other weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons are not unsolvable problems.26.12.2024 11:00 Caring for God’s Acre mapped out 20,000 cemeteries and recorded 10,000 speciesChurchyards are vital havens for rare wildlife including dormice, bats and beetles, according to an extensive audit of burial grounds around the UK.The conservation charity Caring for God’s Acre mapped out 20,325 cemeteries, with 800,000 wildlife records submitted and more than 10,800 species recorded. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 11:00 Chains expand and high street cafes thrive but businesses face new pressures after budget“It will go all the way up there, with four floors, and a net maze,” says Jonathan Laznik, the owner of Gambado, pointing to the 10-metre-high ceiling in Forest Hill’s Capitol theatre, which is the venue for the company’s newest soft play venture.Built as a silent cinema in 1929, the Grade II-listed art deco building, which once sat 1,600 cinemagoers, has also served as a bingo hall and, until last year, a Wetherspoon’s pub. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 11:00 From Bridgerton to Sherwood and Alma’s Not Normal, the actor has lit up our screens all year – and her ‘victory lap’ is only just starting …Lorraine Ashbourne has had a massive year. “I know! People keep saying: oh God, Lorraine, get off the telly, we want somebody else,” she says. “But it has been extraordinary.” She kicked things off in January with ITV’s entertaining disaster thriller After the Flood, playing Sophie Rundle’s tough, grieving mother, Molly. As the year went on, she returned to two of her biggest and most significant roles yet, as the former secret spy cop Daphne Sparrow in Sherwood, and Grandma Joan in the wrenching, hilarious second series of Alma’s Not Normal. Has she ended up in such outstanding shows because she’s picky? “Absolutely not. I’ll do anything! I’m a cheap date. It’s just timing that these things have fallen into place.”Right now, Ashbourne is at home in north London. She grew up in Manchester, where she went to drama school. She met her husband, Andy Serkis, there, when they were both starring in a play at the Royal Exchange, in 1989. But she has lived in London for “40-odd years, so I’m a Londoner”. The couple’s three adult children still live at home with them, and Ashbourne’s parents are staying; her father has just had his 90th birthday. “We’re run ragged. It’s a busy household.” Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 11:18 Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor shortages, a government survey showed Thursday.
In the multiple response survey, 56.8 percent of companies said foreign workers are employed with the expectation that they will perform as well or better than Japanese staff, while 18.5 percent cited efforts to promote diversity, the labor ministry survey said.
Read full story here26.12.2024 11:21 Over the course of Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were staged along the coast of northern France, including of a boat experiencing engine trouble.26.12.2024 11:21 The BJP has accused the billionaire of funding initiatives critical of Modi, aimed at destabilising India.26.12.2024 11:29 On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia and triggered a huge tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people in a dozen countries. Страницы: 899900901902903904905906907908909910911912913914915916917918919920921922923924925926927928929930931932933934935936937938939
Having made a name for herself as a doubles specialist, Ena Shibahara has shown she also has what it takes to stand out in singles, according to Japan's Billie Jean King Cup captain Ai Sugiyama.
Shibahara filled the singles spot vacated by injured former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka at the team event's finals last month in Spain, winning both of her matches against higher-ranked opponents in Japan's 2-1 first-round win over Romania and 2-1 quarterfinal loss to eventual champion Italy.
Read full story here
Jews around the globe lit the first of eight candles on Wednesday and came together to celebrate and reflect on their history.
The Israeli military said it had struck a vehicle containing a “terrorist cell” in the Nuseirat area of Gaza.
Around 45 percent of self-employed delivery drivers working for the Japanese unit of Amazon.com Inc. said they had been involved in a traffic accident while on the job, a recent survey conducted by a labor union has shown.
The survey was organized by the General Support Union, which set up a division exclusively for self-employed Amazon drivers in January to negotiate higher wages and establish an appropriate limit on the number of deliveries assigned.
Read full story here
Network disruption began on Thursday morning, a spokesperson for the company told AFP. The airline is just the latest Japanese firm to be hit by a cyber attack.
As conflict dragged on in Gaza and Ukraine, violence dogged the US election; floods and fires raged, but bravery and humanity shone through. Photographers recall the moments when they took these era-defining photosTwo horses bolt through central London Jordan Pettitt Continue reading... ... 
When we get into the actual games, the smash-kit K-drama finds its feet. But it spends far too many episodes dragging its heels extremely painfully. Series three must do betterOne of Hollywood’s many bad habits is the bloat caused by splitting a story in half in a bid to double the profits (cough, cough, Dune and Wicked). Squid Game was always a perfect one-series story. Gambling addict Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) became Player 456, a desperate man who attempts to pay off his debts by taking part in a twisted underground fight-to-the-death competition. He beats the odds by surviving every one of its potentially fatal playground games. When it first appeared, it was horrifying, it was thrilling, and its satirical edge – which examined capitalism and class in South Korea – was clever and acidic. The world took to it in vast numbers.That it became one of Netflix’s most successful, and therefore most profitable, series of all time placed it in a creative bind. Inevitably, it was renewed for a second and then third series, but even before that, its satirical edge was stress-tested by Squid Game: The Challenge, a real gameshow spinoff. That was far more entertaining than it had any right to be, but its win-big mentality did rather undermine the point of the original, which took aim at the inherent unfairness of an exploitative economic system. Continue reading... ... 
Rising temperatures are pushing these Arctic mammals ever farther into Greenland’s north. But eventually there will be nowhere left for them to goBuilt like a small bison, weighing as much as a grand piano and covered in thick, shaggy coat, the musk ox is one of the most distinctive species in the high Arctic. But from a hill on Greenland’s tundra, they seem impossible to find.Each bush, rock and clump of grass resembles a mass of wool and horns in the blustery chill on the edge of the island’s enormous polar ice cap. Scanning the shimmering landscape with binoculars, Chris Sørensen looks for signs of movement. Continue reading... ... 
Government urged to ban trail hunting as data suggests illegal foxhunting is still widespread in England and WalesAnimal welfare campaigners are calling on ministers to keep to a pledge to toughen anti-hunt laws, as figures suggest illegal foxhunting remains widespread in England and Wales.Almost 20 years since the Hunting Act 2004 was brought in by Tony Blair’s government, the League Against Cruel Sports (Lacs) – the animal welfare charity that was the driving force behind the original ban – says its data evidences how stronger legislation is required to close loopholes and prohibit trail hunting, which campaigners say has been used as a smokescreen for illegal foxhunting. Trail hunting is where dogs follow an animal-based scent. Continue reading... ... 
Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world.
Trapped in Sudan’s brutal civil war, a young woman chose to work in a clinic on the front line, treating civilians and combatants. She had to navigate suspicion from both sides.
Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without tsunami deaths is a challenge.
A look back at the horrible loss of life.
Des révélations mais aussi des déceptions. Découvrez quels joueurs ou joueuses ont épaté ou déçu la rubrique tennis du Figaro.
The disaster that claimed 230,000 lives in Southeast Asia in December 2004 triggered an international awareness campaign. In two decades, models have been significantly refined and warning systems developed.
The waves, which towered as high as 30 metres, killed more than 220,000 people in 15 countries in the deadliest tsunami in history Ceremonies were being held in countries across Asia on Thursday to remember the more than 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago in the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the most deadly tsunami in history.On 26 December 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sumatra island, triggering huge waves that slammed into coastal communities across the Indian ocean. The waves, which towered as high as 30 metres, killed 227,899 people across 15 countries. Continue reading... ... 
Sur l’ensemble de la journée, 12 opérations d’assistance et de sauvetage ont été coordonnées par le centre régional opérationnel de surveillance et de sauvetage (Cross) Gris-Nez.
Ce samedi face au Stade Français, le Toulousain clôturera un cru 2024 extraordinaire, d’ores et déjà rentré dans la légende du rugby hexagonal.
With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.
Like other weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons are not unsolvable problems.
Caring for God’s Acre mapped out 20,000 cemeteries and recorded 10,000 speciesChurchyards are vital havens for rare wildlife including dormice, bats and beetles, according to an extensive audit of burial grounds around the UK.The conservation charity Caring for God’s Acre mapped out 20,325 cemeteries, with 800,000 wildlife records submitted and more than 10,800 species recorded. Continue reading... ... 
Chains expand and high street cafes thrive but businesses face new pressures after budget“It will go all the way up there, with four floors, and a net maze,” says Jonathan Laznik, the owner of Gambado, pointing to the 10-metre-high ceiling in Forest Hill’s Capitol theatre, which is the venue for the company’s newest soft play venture.Built as a silent cinema in 1929, the Grade II-listed art deco building, which once sat 1,600 cinemagoers, has also served as a bingo hall and, until last year, a Wetherspoon’s pub. Continue reading... ... 
From Bridgerton to Sherwood and Alma’s Not Normal, the actor has lit up our screens all year – and her ‘victory lap’ is only just starting …Lorraine Ashbourne has had a massive year. “I know! People keep saying: oh God, Lorraine, get off the telly, we want somebody else,” she says. “But it has been extraordinary.” She kicked things off in January with ITV’s entertaining disaster thriller After the Flood, playing Sophie Rundle’s tough, grieving mother, Molly. As the year went on, she returned to two of her biggest and most significant roles yet, as the former secret spy cop Daphne Sparrow in Sherwood, and Grandma Joan in the wrenching, hilarious second series of Alma’s Not Normal. Has she ended up in such outstanding shows because she’s picky? “Absolutely not. I’ll do anything! I’m a cheap date. It’s just timing that these things have fallen into place.”Right now, Ashbourne is at home in north London. She grew up in Manchester, where she went to drama school. She met her husband, Andy Serkis, there, when they were both starring in a play at the Royal Exchange, in 1989. But she has lived in London for “40-odd years, so I’m a Londoner”. The couple’s three adult children still live at home with them, and Ashbourne’s parents are staying; her father has just had his 90th birthday. “We’re run ragged. It’s a busy household.” Continue reading... ... 
Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor shortages, a government survey showed Thursday.
In the multiple response survey, 56.8 percent of companies said foreign workers are employed with the expectation that they will perform as well or better than Japanese staff, while 18.5 percent cited efforts to promote diversity, the labor ministry survey said.
Read full story here
Over the course of Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were staged along the coast of northern France, including of a boat experiencing engine trouble.
On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia and triggered a huge tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people in a dozen countries.