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Japan on high alert for 'huge' second earthquake after lifting tsunami warning – BBC
Japan on high alert for ‘huge’ second earthquake after lifting tsunami warning BBC Tsunami advisory lifted after Japan earthquake but warnings for potential stronger quake issued CNN Japan earthquake mapped: Country on high alert for large quake after tsunami warnings The Independent Earthquake sets off brief tsunami alert and a megaquake advisory in northern Japan AP News Is it … Read more
3 killed as high winds topple a tree on an Easter egg hunt in Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany — Three people, including a 10-month-old girl, were killed Sunday when high winds toppled a tree in northern Germany during an Easter egg hunt, police said. Around 50 people from a nearby residential facility for new mothers, pregnant women and children were attending the event in woods near the town of Satrupholm at … Read more
Most Germans, French see ‘high risk’ of war with Russia, survey shows
Just over half of citizens across nine European countries believe there is a high risk of a conflict, French poll finds. Published On 4 Dec 20254 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A majority of citizens in Germany, France, the Netherlands and several other European Union member states believe there … Read more
Japan high court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional
TOKYO – A Japanese court on Friday ruled that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, becoming the only high court to uphold the state’s position among six rulings on similar lawsuits filed nationwide. The Tokyo High Court concluded the current civil law provisions that do not allow same-sex marriage are still reasonable under … Read more
Kenya’s high court issues arrest warrant for British national
A Kenyan High Court has issued an arrest warrant for a British national suspected of murdering a 21-year-old woman more than a decade ago. Agnes Wanjiru was killed in March 2012 and her body later found in a septic tank of a hotel in the central garrison town of Nanyuki nearly three months after she … Read more
Japan’s Nikkei 225 hits all-time high after US inflation remains steady
Asian stock markets see big gains amid growing expectations of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. Japan’s benchmark stock market index has topped its all-time high for a second straight day amid expectations of an interest rate cut in the United States and easing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. The Nikkei … Read more
The UN says global hunger has hit a new high | Humanitarian Crises News
Nearly 300 million people faced acute hunger in 2024. The world is dangerously off course, comes the stark warning from the United Nations after it found that more than 295 million people faced acute hunger in 2024. Fears are growing for the future as major donor countries are set to reduce funding this year. Climate … Read more
Student Stabs 4 Others, One Fatally, at a French High School, Officials Say
A teenage student at a French high school in the western city of Nantes stabbed four other students during a lunch break on Thursday, killing one of them and injuring the others before he was overpowered and arrested, the authorities said. The police did not immediately identify the assailant, but French news outlets said that … Read more
Earthquake Batters Myanmar and Thailand; High Toll Is Feared as Buildings Topple
A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, gouging open roads, toppling century-old religious monuments and destroying multistory buildings as it shook a vast expanse of Southeast Asia and dealt another severe blow to a country that has been ripped apart by civil war. While the death toll remains unclear, expert estimates warned it could … Read more