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25.07.2022 / 10:25

Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts, alert level raised to highest

A volcano on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu erupted Sunday night, spewing ash and rocks. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in nearby towns but residents were advised to evacuate.

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Sakurajima volcano erupts in Japan triggering evacuations

KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 11: Local residents face Sakurajima and do morning exercise on August 11, 2016 in Kagoshima, Japan. Mt.

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Covid, Zika, Swine Flu, Ebola and Monkeypox: When does WHO tiggers highest alert

What is a PHEIC? The conditions which must be met are set out under the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR) -- the legal framework defining countries' rights and obligations in handling public health events that could cross borders. A PHEIC is defined in the regulations as "an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other states through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response".

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Global COVID-19 cases plateau, but deaths rise

Global COVID-19 activity stayed high and largely even last week, as deaths rose, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its latest weekly update on the pandemic.

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New ‘Centaurus’ coronavirus variant surfacing in multiple countries

According to The Washington Post, the name randomly came from a Twitter user before countries latched on to it. South Korea recently confirmed its first case of the BA.2.75 variant that was found in a sample analysis of a man in his 60s who lives in Incheon and first developed symptoms on July 8.RELATED: CDC endorses more traditional Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adultsThe Netherlands also reported cases, saying it has joined other countries who have reported cases including India, Australia, Japan, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. So far, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not listed the variant on its website.Scientists say the variant – called BA.2.75 – may be able to spread rapidly and get around immunity from vaccines and previous infections.

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A timeline of the 1985 Air India bombing and Ripudaman Singh Malik’s acquittal, death

shooting death of Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in 2005 of charges connected to the 1985 Air India bombing, is the latest chapter in the decades-long saga of the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history.Of the 329 people killed in the bombing, a vast majority were Canadians. The attack launched an international investigation that led to just one person being convicted, along with accusations of “failures” on behalf of RCMP, intelligence services, airport security and the federal government.

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Be prepared for new COVID wave: WHO chief scientist warns amid concerning rise in deaths

Soumya Swaminathan said on Twitter while sharing a thread by Philip Schellekens, Senior Advisor at World Bank Group. Global development & COVID-19. Explaining the wrath that new Omicron variants can cause, Schellekens said, “We're seeing a global U-turn in COVID-19 mortality.

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Panasonic chooses Kansas for electric vehicle battery mega-factory

TOPEKA, Kan. - Japan’s Panasonic Corp. selected Kansas as the location for a multibillion-dollar mega-factory to produce electric vehicle batteries for Tesla and other carmakers, Gov.

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Global COVID cases continue to rise as BA.5 expands

COVID-19 cases worldwide rose last week for the fifth week in a row, fueled by two more-transmissible Omicron variants, BA.4 and BA.5, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its latest update.

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US Navy sailors reunite with the dogs they rescued from near-certain death in the Middle East

Chief Petty Officer Matt Johnson sits with his two rescue dogs, Ruby and Sunny. (Paws of War)Two helpless dogs in the Middle East faced terrible abuse and almost-certain death until two U.S.

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AI will help referees make offside calls at 2022 FIFA World Cup

SAITAMA, JAPAN - MARCH 29: Referee Tantashev Ilgiz disallows a goal after checking VAR during the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier Final Round Group B match between Japan and Vietnam at Saitama Stadium on March 29, 2022 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Mas FIFA will introduce new technology to improve offside calls at the World Cup in Qatar this year, using a limb-tracking camera system.FIFA said Friday it is ready to launch semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) that uses multiple cameras to track player movements plus a sensor in the ball — and will quickly show 3D images on stadium screens at the tournament to help fans understand the referee’s call.It's the third World Cup in a row that sees FIFA introduce new technology to help referees.Goal-line technology was ready for the 2014 tournament in Brazil after a notorious refereeing error in 2010.

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot and killed

A news report on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe being shot during a political event in Nara, in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, July 8, 2022. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech in Nara.

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech

TOKYO (AP) - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech in Nara. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but was not breathing and his heart had stopped.

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Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe critically wounded in shooting: officials

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was in grave condition after reportedly being shot during a campaign speech in the western city of Nara on Friday.The country’s chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the 67-year-old’s condition was unknown, but local fire officials confirmed local media reports that Abe was in heart failure when he was rushed to hospital.Authorities have arrested one man suspected to be the gunman.“Such an act of barbarity cannot be tolerated,” Matsuno told reporters at a media briefing.Kyodo News and public broadcaster NHK said witnesses heard a gunshot, followed by Abe collapsing to the ground bleeding. An NHK reporter on the scene said they could hear two consecutive bangs during Abe’s speech.NHK aired footage showing Abe holding his chest when he collapsed, with his shirt smeared with blood, as several security guards ran toward him.

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Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly shot during speech

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 28: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister official residence on August 28, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation due to health concerns.

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Kazuki Takahashi, creator of 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' found dead at sea

Visitors play Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links video game in the Konami Holdings Corp. booth at Tokyo Game Show on September 17, 2016 in Chiba, Japan.

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WWII Navy destroyer found in the Philippines is deepest wreck discovered yet

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A U.S. Navy destroyer that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines has become the deepest wreck to be discovered, according to explorers.The USS Samuel B. Roberts, popularly known as the "Sammy B," was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 6,985 meters (22,916 feet).That puts it 426 meters (1,400 feet) deeper than the USS Johnson, the previous deepest wreck discovered last year in the Philippine Sea also by American explorer Victor Vescovo, founder of Dallas-based Caladan Oceanic Expeditions.

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Dramatic rescue after Olympic swimmer faints, sinks to bottom of pool

A Team USA coach executed a dramatic rescue when an American artistic swimmer appeared to faint in the water at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on Wednesday.

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Donors making a difference: to global mental health

Inequality, emergencies, war and climate change threaten global mental health, says WHO’s newly released World Mental Health Report. Above: outside the Afghan Japan Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2022. ©WHO

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Navy destroyer bears name of decorated New Jersey Marine killed in WWII

BATH, Maine - The christening of a Navy destroyer on Saturday highlighted the sacrifices of two generations — the ship’s namesake killed in World War II and another Marine who died more than 60 years later.The future USS Basilone bears the name of a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor before his death on Iwo Jima.Breaking a bottle on the ship's bow for good luck was a woman who lost her brother in an ambush in Fallujah, Iraq.The legacy and sacrifice of such Marines are never forgotten, Sgt. Major of the Marine Corps Troy Black told a crowd of 2,000 gathered next to the warship at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Maine.Gunnery Sgt.

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Disney offering private jet travel packages to parks for $110,000

Fireworks and lights illuminate the Sleeping Beauty Castle during a media premiere show ahead of the "Momentous" nighttime fireworks and projection mapping show at Hong Kong Disneyland on June 14, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Li Zhihua/China N Disney fans who have dreamed of visiting all 12 of the House of Mouse's theme parks across the globe will soon be able to do so for a hefty price tag. Adventures by Disney has announced a new offering called Disney Parks Around the World, a 24-day vacation across six countries.

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ lands Paramount in copyright infringement lawsuit

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - MAY 24: Actor Tom Cruise attends the red carpet for the Japan Premiere of "Top Gun: Maverick" at Osanbashi Yokohama on May 24, 2022 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures) LOS ANGELES - As "Top Gun: Maverick" continues to soar high at the box office, the new film is at the center of a legal battle with Paramount Pictures and the heirs of the author behind the "Top Gun" franchise.Plaintiffs Shosh and Yuval Yonay sued the studio in U.S.

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North Korea fires 8 missiles after U.S., South Korea stage military drills

North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, a day after South Korea and the United States wrapped up their first combined military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in more than four years.

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Global COVID-19 cases fall 11%, deaths drop 3%

Since peaking in January, COVID-19 cases worldwide have steadily fallen, dropping 11% last week compared with the week before, and COVID deaths have declined 3%, but cases continue to rise in the Americas region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its weekly update.

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Japan, US conduct fighter jet flight after China drill, North Korea missile firing

TOKYO - Japanese and U.S. forces have conducted a joint fighter jet flight over the Sea of Japan, Japan’s military said Thursday, in an apparent response to a Russia-China joint bomber flight while U.S. President Joe Biden was in Tokyo.The Japan-U.S.

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Japan to allow mass tourism, but only in tour groups

Japan has announced it will reopen to tourists from 98 countries and regions starting 10 June, ending a two-year pandemic closure, but travellers will only be allowed in with tour groups.

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Global COVID-19 cases start to drop again

After a week of stabilization, global COVID-19 cases are declining again, with downturns in two of four regions that have seen recent upticks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its latest weekly update on the pandemic.

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S. Korea says N. Korea launched suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, 2 other missiles

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on May 25, 2022, after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan according to South Ko SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's government says one of the three weapons North Korea launched Wednesday was a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile. South Korea's government says the launches are "a grave provocation" that threaten international peace.

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Covid-19 still a concern for Indian consumers, says survey

NEW DELHI: The coronavirus pandemic remains a cause of worry among households in India and China, according to findings of Ipsos Essentials Survey 2022 conducted in 16 markets.

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Biden: US would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan

TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 23: U.S. President Joe Biden attends a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida following their bilateral summit at the Akasaka State Guest House on May 23, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Nicolas Datiche TOKYO - President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S.

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Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal with 12 nations, warns over inflation

TOKYO (AP) - President Joe Biden launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations Monday aimed at strengthening their economies as he warned Americans worried about high inflation that it is "going to be a haul" before they feel relief. The president said he does not believe an economic recession is inevitable in the U.S.Biden, speaking at a news conference after holding talks with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, acknowledged the U.S. economy has "problems" but said they were "less consequential than the rest of the world has."He added: "This is going to be a haul.

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Biden on Monkeypox: Outbreak should concern 'everybody,' as health experts are baffled

Biden said in South Korea, while speaking with a group of reporters before he boarded Air Force One for Japan, Reuters reported.The president’s remarks come as numerous outbreaks of monkeypox were reported in Africa, followed by other reported cases in Europe and the U.S."We’re working on it, hard to figure out what we do," added Biden.RELATED: What is monkeypox? Scientists stunned by cases in US, EuropeWhile there are at least 80 confirmed cases of the disease worldwide and another 50 suspected cases, the U.S. has only confirmed a pair of cases after a man in Massachusetts was diagnosed with the disease.

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Canada, other nations stage walkout at APEC meeting over Russia’s war on Ukraine

Russia began his opening remarks at a meeting of trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group in the Thai capital, officials said.A Japanese official said Japan’s Trade Minister Koichi Hagiuda and his counterparts from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Canada walked out of the meeting in Bangkok to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Canada will help rebuild Ukraine’s health system battered by war: Duclos A statement from the office of New Zealand Trade and Export Growth Minister Damien O’Connor said he walked out “in protest at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has slowed the region’s economic recovery from COVID and made it harder for people in the region to get food on their tables.

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US removes 5 extremist groups from list of foreign terrorist organizations

FILE - Flash on TV which reports the execution of Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and other six follwers at Yurakucho Station, July 6, 2018, Japan. (Katsumi Kasahara/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - The United States has removed five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations.

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Biden begins Asia trip with focus on computer chip shortage

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea - President Joe Biden is opening his trip to Asia with a focus on the computer chip shortage that has bedeviled the world economy, touring a Samsung computer chip plant that will serve as model for a $17 billion semiconductor factory that the Korean electronics company plans to open in Texas.The visit Friday is a nod to one of Biden's key domestic priorities of increasing the supply of computer chips. A semiconductor shortage last year hurt the availability of autos, kitchen appliances and other goods, causing higher inflation worldwide and crippling Biden's public approval among U.S.

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Men's World Cup will have female referees for the 1st time ever

FILE - Referees Yoshimi Yamashita (L), Stephanie Frappart (C), and Salima Mukansanga. (Getty Images)GENEVA - Female referees will make World Cup history this year by working games at a major men’s tournament for the first time in Qatar.Three female referees and three female assistant referees were announced Thursday by FIFA among 129 officials selected for World Cup duty, including one man who caused controversy when refereeing a chaotic African Cup of Nations game in January while suffering with heatstroke.French referee Stéphanie Frappart already worked men’s games in World Cup qualifying and the Champions League, after handling the 2019 Women’s World Cup final.

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China’s Covid lockdowns drive middle-class citizens to go abroad

More Chinese citizens want to emigrate because of discontent with Beijing’s Covid strategy, but many face hurdles in obtaining passports and paperwork

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China withdraws rights to host 2023 Asian Cup finals amid resurgence of Covid-19 cases. See details

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Long COVID symptoms: Post coronavirus sickness can continue for 2 yrs. Check these signs

If someone is suffering from long COVID, then there is no way to know how long it will take for him/her to recover from the ailment.

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Covid patients show some symptoms for at least 2 years: Lancet study

Covid-19 suffer from one or more symptoms after the infection. This is the longest such study till date.

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Will the Joro spider make its way to Canada? Here’s what we know

The Joro spider is really good at hitching a ride on cars and trucks, said Andy Davis, research scientist at the University of Georgia and co-author of a study on the invasive spider found in the U.S.

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Covid surge early hint of 4th wave; will not impact growth in near-term: Nomura

India's Covid surge is an early hint of a fourth wave of pandemic, a Japanese brokerage said Friday, adding that the rising cases, however, do not pose a risk to growth in near-term.

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Marine veteran dies fighting alongside Ukrainians; Widow calls him 'hero'

Willy Cancel on tour in Japan. (Brittany Cancel) An American citizen and Marine veteran, Willy Joseph Cancel, died fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in Ukraine, the man's widow confirmed to Fox News Digital early Friday morning."My husband did die in Ukraine," Brittany Cancel, the widow of the 22-year-old Marine veteran, told Fox News Digital. "He went there wanting to help people, he had always felt that that was his main mission in life."Cancel leaves behind his wife and a 7-month-old son. He appears to be the first U.S.

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World's oldest person confirmed as French nun, 118, who loves chocolate and wine

Toulon's mayor Hubert Falco (L) speaks with 118-year-old French catholic nun Lucile Randon at the Saint-Catherine-Laboure nursing home where she lives in Toulon, southern France, on April 26, 2022, after she became the world's oldest known person fol The oldest living person on Earth is now a 118-year-old French nun who enjoys chocolate and wine, according to Guinness World Records. Sister André, born Lucile Randon, became the new record holder following the death of Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman who previously held both titles. At 118 years, 75 days, Sister André is the third-oldest European person ever recorded and also the world’s oldest nun, according to a statement from Guinness.Born on Feb.

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Karnataka to take precautionary measures in border areas to curb Covid surge: CM

Covid cases. But there is no need to panic. Precautionary measures would be taken in border areas to control the pandemic," said the CM.

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Karnataka issues new Covid-19 guidelines in view of 4th wave concerns. Details here

review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai.

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Houston area college-bound student uses autism to excel in sports, academics and music

HOUSTON - Jackson White is a standout high school football player and honor roll student while studying Japanese and teaching himself to play six instruments. "Piano, guitar, ukulele, electric guitar, the bass, and kalimba," he says.Jackson is also autistic."I was a lot slower on my work, so maybe other kids would get to go to recess, and I’d just stay inside and still do my work," he recalls of his early years in elementary school.RELATED: Houston professor helps families with autistic children all over the worldHis challenges started before he was born.

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Maskless on planes? No thank you, say many Asians worried about covid-19

Chie Matsuda learned from a morning TV show here on Wednesday that passengers on U.S. airplanes had just been allowed to take off their masks.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0