The US State Department on Wednesday issued an unusual warning to Americans in northern Japan: watch out for bears. The “wildlife alert” advised that “bear sightings and attacks have increased in parts of Japan, especially in municipalities close to or adjacent to populated zones.” As CNN reported last week, there has been a sharp uptick […]
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GENEVA (AP) — A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at a Geneva auction on Wednesday, Sotheby’s said. The brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, features an oval
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Drone sightings, threats and an arms race raise spectre of war. After nearly four years of war between Kyiv and Moscow, fighting is heating up on the front lines of eastern Ukraine. But with drones spotted at sensitive sites across the European Union, its leaders have declared Russia is fighting a hybrid war beyond Ukraine’s
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Decision follows Senate vote to reopen the government, but legal saga has brought uncertainty to millions who need food assistance. Published On 12 Nov 202512 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The highest court in the United States has extended a previous order allowing President Donald Trump to withhold food
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LONDON (AP) — A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced by a U.K. court on Tuesday to over 11 years in prison. Police said the investigation into Zhimin Qian, 47, led to officers recovering
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Ron Dermer resigns from Israeli gov’t | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Israel News “This government will be remembered both for the October 7 attack and for its management of the two-and-a-half-year-long war and the seven fronts that followed,” Dermer wrote. Head of the negotiations for hostages release Minister Ron Dermer speaks at the Jewish News
Turkish Football Federation president calls betting scandal a ‘moral crisis in Turkish football’. Published On 11 Nov 202511 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Eight people have been arrested in Turkiye and more than 1,000 players have been suspended as a wide-ranging investigation into alleged betting on football matches rocks
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Fast-food chain aims to expand to more than 4,000 locations in China under deal with Beijing-based private equity firm. Published On 11 Nov 202511 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Burger King plans to more than triple the number of its restaurants in China within a decade under a new
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Australian scientists have discovered a new native bee species with tiny horns – and given it a suitably devilish name. Researchers found the Megachile Lucifer while observing a rare wildflower that only grows in the Bremer Ranges in Western Australia’s Goldfields region, 470km (292 miles) east of Perth. The “highly distinctive, prominent horns” are only
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Speaking at this year’s COP30 in Brazil, UN chief Antonio Guterres called the inability to limit global warming to 1.5C (2.7F) a “deadly moral failure”. But does the same apply when it comes to protecting the environment in conflict? Israel’s two-year war on Gaza has created 61 million tonnes of rubble, with nearly a quarter
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