31.12.2024 5:45 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter that relations between their countries have reached a "new high" while pledging to strengthen bilateral military ties, state-run media said Tuesday.
In the letter sent Monday to commemorate the New Year, Kim referred to Putin as his "dearest friend and comrade," the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
Read full story here31.12.2024 5:4931.12.2024 5:49 During a yearlong investigation into romance scams, CBS News learned that more than 64,000 Americans were taken for over $1 billion dollars last year -- double the $500 million just four years earlier. Jim Axelrod takes a look at how Congress is seeking to address the problem.31.12.2024 5:49 In a year of continued A.I. progress, “founder mode” drama and a Trump election win, a few tech projects stood out for their clear benefits to humanity.31.12.2024 6:30 The episode comes at a particularly sensitive moment, just as the Biden White House is dealing with one of the most far-reaching, and damaging, hacks into American infrastructure in the cyberage.31.12.2024 6:3431.12.2024 6:39 Court's issuance of warrant marks first time South Korean authorities have sought to detain a sitting president. 31.12.2024 6:41 The northern part of the country could see pink and red streaks in the skies this week, just in time for New Year’s Eve, according to NOAA.31.12.2024 7:02 The decision in a lawsuit brought by the State of New Jersey meant that the tolling plan could go ahead as planned, New York said. A lawyer for New Jersey disagreed.31.12.2024 7:02 The number of fatalities related to a powerful earthquake that jolted Ishikawa Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day of 2024 is expected to rise as a further 200 deaths may be included, according to relevant municipalities.
About a year after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake devastated the Noto Peninsula, the death toll exceeded 500. The majority of fatalities, mostly in Ishikawa, include those linked to the aftermath of the quake, such as deaths in evacuation centers.
Read full story here31.12.2024 7:32 Japan's Shinnosuke Oka finds himself on a path that many can only dream of after shooting to artistic gymnastics stardom in 2024, nabbing three gold medals at the Paris Olympics.
With the men's individual all-around triumph, the 21-year-old from Okayama Prefecture extended Japan's dominance in the event to four Olympics after joining two-time champion Kohei Uchimura and Daiki Hashimoto on the list.
Read full story here31.12.2024 7:44 Ian Cramer, the 43-year-old son of Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, led the police on a highway pursuit that killed a sheriff’s deputy.31.12.2024 7:46 Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York moved to try to contain the fallout from the death of Robert Brooks, in which 14 corrections workers have been implicated.31.12.2024 7:51 The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a private jet carrying the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team nearly crossed a runway as another flight was taking off Friday at Los Angeles International Airport.31.12.2024 8:00 The prisoner, who was repatriated to Tunisia, was never charged. His transfer is part of a Biden administration push to further reduce the dwindling detainee population at the wartime prison.31.12.2024 8:01 Mizuho Bank said Tuesday that its systems experienced connection disruptions from around 7 a.m., affecting online transactions for individuals and corporations, but it stressed there are no other issues detected such as a loss of customer data.
One of Japan's three megabanks suggested it may have been targeted by a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS attack, in which networks are overwhelmed by data from multiple sources over a short period. The bank said internet transactions were functioning again by approximately 10 a.m.
Read full story here31.12.2024 8:09 China detained a Japanese woman in 2015, alleging she had engaged in spying activities in Japan, sources familiar with the bilateral relationship said Monday, marking the first known case in which actions taken in Japan became the basis for Chinese criminal prosecution.
The woman, a Chinese-born former executive of a Japanese language school in her 60s, was detained in Shanghai during a business trip after allegedly conveying a Chinese diplomat's views on the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea to the Japanese government, the sources said.
Read full story here31.12.2024 8:09 The man convicted in the 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins, a case highlighted by the Netflix documentary "American Nightmare," is facing new charges for a different case.31.12.2024 8:15 The police are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to lead an insurrection when he declared martial law and plunged the country into crisis.31.12.2024 8:36 Plains, Ga., had been bracing for the inevitable through the former president’s ailments and nearly two years of hospice care. Still, his death, at 100, “doesn’t seem real.”31.12.2024 9:1331.12.2024 9:28 The country's official purchasing managers' index for December came in at 50.1, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics data showed.31.12.2024 9:50 Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba overcame his first major hurdle in parliament as head of a minority government but his political fortunes hinge on whether his projected image as a leader who listens and works across party lines can translate into higher public support.
The coming year will be no easier, if Ishiba wants to beat the odds and go against the conventional wisdom that a minority government tends to be short-lived. For his part, the prime minister will want to end the negative spiral of public discontent before Japan holds a key election for the House of Councillors next summer.
Read full story here31.12.2024 10:0031.12.2024 10:01 The more than one million Syrians who fled to Germany have celebrated the end of war in their homeland, but some fear it could mean losing their refugee status.31.12.2024 10:12 At a shelter in the Flushing area of New York, Hui Muslims who fled oppression in China are concerned about the president-elect’s vows to tighten asylum policy.31.12.2024 10:3631.12.2024 11:0031.12.2024 11:05 Kennie Bukky, a millennial professional, says earning a six-figure salary came down to promoting herself on social media and learning high-paying skills. 31.12.2024 11:07 A Singapore-based company is taking cells from endangered, threatened and protected seafood species and growing them in a lab.31.12.2024 11:24 Coveted Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki may meet with one or two more teams before deciding which he wants to sign with in January, his agent Joel Wolfe said Monday.
Ahead of the Jan. 15-23 signing window, Sasaki listened to team pitches, each lasting up to two hours, over eight days this month at Wolfe's office and might meet with one or two more, the agent said in an online interview with media.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter that relations between their countries have reached a "new high" while pledging to strengthen bilateral military ties, state-run media said Tuesday.
In the letter sent Monday to commemorate the New Year, Kim referred to Putin as his "dearest friend and comrade," the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
Read full story here
During a yearlong investigation into romance scams, CBS News learned that more than 64,000 Americans were taken for over $1 billion dollars last year -- double the $500 million just four years earlier. Jim Axelrod takes a look at how Congress is seeking to address the problem.
In a year of continued A.I. progress, “founder mode” drama and a Trump election win, a few tech projects stood out for their clear benefits to humanity.
The episode comes at a particularly sensitive moment, just as the Biden White House is dealing with one of the most far-reaching, and damaging, hacks into American infrastructure in the cyberage.
The northern part of the country could see pink and red streaks in the skies this week, just in time for New Year’s Eve, according to NOAA.
The decision in a lawsuit brought by the State of New Jersey meant that the tolling plan could go ahead as planned, New York said. A lawyer for New Jersey disagreed.
The number of fatalities related to a powerful earthquake that jolted Ishikawa Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day of 2024 is expected to rise as a further 200 deaths may be included, according to relevant municipalities.
About a year after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake devastated the Noto Peninsula, the death toll exceeded 500. The majority of fatalities, mostly in Ishikawa, include those linked to the aftermath of the quake, such as deaths in evacuation centers.
Read full story here
Japan's Shinnosuke Oka finds himself on a path that many can only dream of after shooting to artistic gymnastics stardom in 2024, nabbing three gold medals at the Paris Olympics.
With the men's individual all-around triumph, the 21-year-old from Okayama Prefecture extended Japan's dominance in the event to four Olympics after joining two-time champion Kohei Uchimura and Daiki Hashimoto on the list.
Read full story here
Ian Cramer, the 43-year-old son of Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, led the police on a highway pursuit that killed a sheriff’s deputy.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York moved to try to contain the fallout from the death of Robert Brooks, in which 14 corrections workers have been implicated.
The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a private jet carrying the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team nearly crossed a runway as another flight was taking off Friday at Los Angeles International Airport.
The prisoner, who was repatriated to Tunisia, was never charged. His transfer is part of a Biden administration push to further reduce the dwindling detainee population at the wartime prison.
Mizuho Bank said Tuesday that its systems experienced connection disruptions from around 7 a.m., affecting online transactions for individuals and corporations, but it stressed there are no other issues detected such as a loss of customer data.
One of Japan's three megabanks suggested it may have been targeted by a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS attack, in which networks are overwhelmed by data from multiple sources over a short period. The bank said internet transactions were functioning again by approximately 10 a.m.
Read full story here
China detained a Japanese woman in 2015, alleging she had engaged in spying activities in Japan, sources familiar with the bilateral relationship said Monday, marking the first known case in which actions taken in Japan became the basis for Chinese criminal prosecution.
The woman, a Chinese-born former executive of a Japanese language school in her 60s, was detained in Shanghai during a business trip after allegedly conveying a Chinese diplomat's views on the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea to the Japanese government, the sources said.
Read full story here
The man convicted in the 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins, a case highlighted by the Netflix documentary "American Nightmare," is facing new charges for a different case.
The police are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to lead an insurrection when he declared martial law and plunged the country into crisis.
Plains, Ga., had been bracing for the inevitable through the former president’s ailments and nearly two years of hospice care. Still, his death, at 100, “doesn’t seem real.”
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba overcame his first major hurdle in parliament as head of a minority government but his political fortunes hinge on whether his projected image as a leader who listens and works across party lines can translate into higher public support.
The coming year will be no easier, if Ishiba wants to beat the odds and go against the conventional wisdom that a minority government tends to be short-lived. For his part, the prime minister will want to end the negative spiral of public discontent before Japan holds a key election for the House of Councillors next summer.
Read full story here
The more than one million Syrians who fled to Germany have celebrated the end of war in their homeland, but some fear it could mean losing their refugee status.
At a shelter in the Flushing area of New York, Hui Muslims who fled oppression in China are concerned about the president-elect’s vows to tighten asylum policy.
Coveted Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki may meet with one or two more teams before deciding which he wants to sign with in January, his agent Joel Wolfe said Monday.
Ahead of the Jan. 15-23 signing window, Sasaki listened to team pitches, each lasting up to two hours, over eight days this month at Wolfe's office and might meet with one or two more, the agent said in an online interview with media.
Read full story here