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 Nikkei 225 stock index at one stage surged over 3,000 points, or 5.6 percent. It topped the 57,000 mark to set an all-time intraday high. Stock prices had risen ahead of the election,... 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 the war in Gaza are expected.Israel President Isaac Herzog started a visit to Australia, with the Bondi Beach attack playing a vital role in the trip. Herzog held meetings with victims’ families and... 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 the controversial Beijing-imposed national security law (NSL) He was also convicted of sedition under a separate colonial-era law Hailed by as a hero and scorned by others as a traitor, Lai is the... 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 in Russia’s Bashkortostan region on Saturday, the Indian embassy in Moscow and Russian investigators said. “An unfortunate incident of attack has occurred in Ufa. Several persons including four Indian students have been injured,”... 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 the center-left Socialist Party won the second round of the presidential election in Portugal on Sunday. With 99% of ballots counted, Seguro had won 66.7% of votes to secure a five-year term. Seguro... 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 prison sentences of seven-and-a-half years by an Iranian court, her lawyer has said. The human rights activist was sentenced to six years for “gathering and collusion”, and one-and-a-half years for “propaganda activities” by... 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 Thai, the party backed by the still-influential Shinawatra family. “We are likely to take first place in the election,” Charnvirakul told reporters at his party headquarters in Bangkok. “The victory today belongs to... 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 female prime minister, 64, called the rare winter snap election to capitalize on her buoyant personal approval ratings since she was elevated to lead the ruling LDP late last year.Betting on herself, she... 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 to catch her right ski pole in a gate early in the run. She lost control, lurched to the right and landed awkwardly on her side before being pitched backwards down the Olimpia... 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 Feb 7. Palmer was in ice-cool form as he converted two penalties before drilling a clinical finish into the roof of the net to complete his treble before the break. The England star... Read More