Nikkei 225 surges after LDP’s landslide election victory
The Liberal Democratic Party’s election victory sparked a surge in broad-based buying of stocks in early Monday trading in Japan. Tokyo’s benchmark... Read More
Australia: Israeli president visits Bondi Beach attack site
Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited the Bondi Beach attack memorial, emphasizing his country’s shared values with Australia. Despite restrictions, protests due to... Read More
A Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of national security offences in December
Lai, 78, who also holds a British passport, could face life in prison after being convicted of colluding with foreign forces, under... Read More
Russia University violence: Four Indian medical students wounded in Ufa knife attack, 15-year-old suspect in custody
Four Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia: Embassy.Four Indian students were injured in a knife attack at a medical university... Read More
Portugal: Socialist Seguro wins big in presidential election
Veteran center-left politician Antonio Jose Seguro has won 66% of the vote, seeing off a challenge from the far-right.Antonio Jose Seguro of... Read More
Iranian Nobel laureate handed further prison sentence, lawyer says
Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December for making “provocative remarks” at a memorialNobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been handed further... Read More
Thailand’s conservative Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Sunday claimed victory in the country’s parliamentary elections after television projections showed his party winning nearly 200 seats.
The vote was a three-way race between the reformist People’s Party, the conservative Bhumjaithai Party of incumbent Prime Minister Charnvirakul and Pheu... Read More
Liberal Democratic Party will secure a two-thirds majority in the Lower House Japanese Media-Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party is set to win 274 to 328 of the 465 seats in the chamber, well above the 233 needed for a majority, according to NHK-
Together with coalition partner the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, she could control up to 366 of the seats. Japan’s first... Read More
American skier Lindsey Vonn crashes out of women’s downhill race at Winter Olympics-
The 41-year-old great, making an extraordinary comeback despite rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee about a week ago, appeared... Read More
Liam Rosenior hails ‘unstoppable’ Cole Palmer after treble tames Wolverhampton Wanderers –
LONDON – Liam Rosenior labelled Cole Palmer “unstoppable” after the Chelsea forward’s first-half hat-trick inspired a 3-1 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on... Read More