Category: WORLD NEWS
Kyodo News Digest: Jan. 16, 2023
Members of mounted units of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department take part in the annual New Year march in the Japanese capital on Jan. 13, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list...
South Korean police blame deadly Halloween crush on negligence
SEOUL — South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and planning failures for last year’s Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people. Scores of young costumed partygoers, mostly women in...
UN confirms 2022 among eight hottest years on record
GENEVA — The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed Thursday, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern. Last year, as the world faced...
Missing teenage girls in Pakistan ran away to meet BTS, police say
Two teenage girls reported missing in Pakistan last week have been found more than 750 miles from home after attempting to travel to South Korea to meet K-pop super band BTS, police in the South Asian...
Global stocks rise as market bets on better US inflation data
NEW YORK, United States – Global stock markets mostly rallied Wednesday as investors were buoyed by optimism over China’s reopening and upcoming data expected to show a further slowdown in US inflation. Analysts have...
Russian artillery fire down nearly 75%, US officials say, in latest sign of struggles for Moscow
WashingtonCNN — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its 11th month, US and Ukrainian officials tell CNN that Russia’s artillery fire is down dramatically from its wartime high, in some places by as much as 75%. US...
U.S. poised to extend Japan security umbrella into space
Expanded defense coverage would protect satellites Satellites play a key role in Japan’s defense capabilities, including readiness for a Taiwan contingency. (Photo courtesy of iQPS)RIEKO MIKI and SHUNSUKE SHIGETA, Nikkei staff writersJanuary 9, 2023...