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Monthly visitors to Japan exceeded 3 million first in March, and then again in April and May. Japan: Mount Fuji’s summer climbing season began on Monday with new crowd control measures to combat over-tourism on the Japanese volcano’s most popular trail. An entry fee of 2,000 yen ($13) plus an optional donation is being charged…
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DA leader John Steenhuisen was appointed Minister of agriculture. | Photo Credit: Reuters South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named a new Cabinet late Sunday night (June 30) after his African National Congress (ANC), the former main Opposition party and nine other parties agreed on the makeup of a coalition government following weeks of haggling. Mr….
Boeing came under renewed scrutiny after a 737 MAX was forced to make an emergency landing (file). Washington: The US Justice Department is offering Boeing a plea deal that will allow it to avoid a trial related to two deadly 737 MAX crashes, a lawyer for the victims’ families said Sunday, expressing outrage. Details of…
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The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation on Friday after the video. London: A woman prison officer in the UK has been charged following the discovery of a social media video allegedly showing her having sex with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth, a prison in southwest London, a report said. Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, from…
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The 6 bodies from the Zurub family were transferred to Nasser Hospital in the nearby city of Khan Younis. Cairo/Gaza: Israeli forces advanced further on Sunday into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also pushed deeper into western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, residents…
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Emmanuel Macron had stunned the nation and baffled even some allies by calling snap polls Paris: France’s far right was on Sunday eyeing a historic chance to form a government and claim the post of prime minister after winning the first round of legislative elections with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in…
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North Korea launched a ballistic missile off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, a day after the North vowed to take “offensive and overwhelming countermeasures” in response to a new U.S. military drill with South Korea and Japan. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch was made on Monday morning, but…
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The action claims that the UK government and the airline “knew the invasion had started” London: Passengers and crew of a British Airways flight who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990 have launched legal action against the UK government and the airline, a law firm said Monday. People on BA flight 149 were taken…
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TOPSHOT – An aerial picture taken on June 30, 2024 shows the A9 motorway A9 partially flooded near Sierre, western Switzerland. | Photo Credit: AFP Ferocious storms and torrential rain that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have left seven persons dead, local authorities said on Sunday. Three persons in their 70s and 80s…
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Seoul: North Korea on Monday launched two ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military confirmed — the latest in a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang that have soured relations with Seoul. A short-range ballistic missile was launched in the early morning hours, the South’s military Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. About 10 minutes…
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