Driver held for hit-and-run death of world’s ‘oldest’ marathon runner
Police in India arrest a man they say was driving the car that hit Fauja Singh in his village on Monday.
Hunter missing in Japan as spate of bear attacks triggers emergency to be declared in northern town
Search for missing man comes after series of attacks across Japan this month in which at least two people have died
Authorities in Japan are searching for a hunter who went missing on a mountain in Hokkaido near where a brown bear was recently spotted, amid a spate of deadly attacks by the animals that has triggered the declaration of a bear emergency in one town.
The hunter was reported missing by a friend on Mt Esan on Tuesday afternoon in the northern island of Hokkaido after he failed to return home. A rifle believed to belong to the missing man was found on the side of a mountain road, and bloodstains were discovered nearby. A large brown bear was seen near the road on Saturday.
Continue reading...Man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio dies
Bradley Murdoch, who was serving a life sentence in prison, never disclosed the location of Peter Falconio's remains.
Trump says Ukraine should not target Moscow
US president's remarks follow report saying he encouraged Kyiv to step up strikes inside Russian territory.
Teacher and parent held for breaking into school to steal exam papers
The attempt by a high school teacher and a student's father was foiled when the security alarm went off.
Small plane hijacked in Canada, suspect arrested on landing at Vancouver airport – Tribune India
- Small plane hijacked in Canada, suspect arrested on landing at Vancouver airport Tribune India
- Stolen small plane circles Vancouver airport as controllers ground flights and pilots abort landings CNN
- Pilot arrested as hijacking of small plane in Victoria causes delays, diversions at YVR Vancouver Sun
- One arrested at Vancouver airport after plane hijacked from Victoria Flying Club CHEK News
- Flights grounded at Vancouver Airport after small plane allegedly 'hijacked,' RCMP say CBC
Why is South Korea retrying a spy chief who assassinated a president?
Hearings began Wednesday in a retrial of Kim Jae-gyu, who was executed for killing Park Chung-hee.
Emmy nominations 2025: The contenders in key categories
Severance earned 27 Emmy nods, while HBO’s dark Batman spinoff, The Penguin, secured 24 nominations.
Pentagon withdraws 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles
The Trump administration said about half the troops deployed to help enforce immigration raids would leave the city.
Cuban minister resigns after saying country has no beggars
Marta Elena Feitó-Cabrera said people going through rubbish were doing so by choice to make "easy money".
Germany’s 16 states locked in row over dates of school summer holidays
Two southern states cling to past ruling that children are needed for harvest and claim the latest, most favoured slot
Germany’s 16 states are locked in a fierce row over when they are able to take their summer school holidays, with the southernmost two accused of permanently hogging the best slots on the grounds that their children are required to help bring in the harvest.
Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are resisting calls from the other 14 federal states to join the long-held national rotation system of school summer holidays that the other states take part in.
Continue reading...Houthi-linked dealers sell arms on X and WhatsApp, report says
Traders affiliated to Iran-backed rebel group found to have been running weapon stores on social media for years
Arms dealers affiliated with Houthi militants in Yemen are using X and Meta platforms to traffic weapons – some US-made – in apparent violation of the social media firms’ policies, a report has revealed.
The Houthis, an Iran-backed group of rebels who have controlled swathes of Yemen since 2014, are designated as a terrorist organisation by the US, Canada and other countries.
Continue reading...Labubu firm sees profit soaring by at least 350%
Sales, branding and tight cost controls have helped Pop Mart's profits balloon in the first half of 2025.
Adelita Grijalva wins Arizona Democratic primary for House seat
Grijalva beat Gen Z activist Deja Foxx in the race and will succeed her late father, Raúl Grijalva, in the role
Adelita Grijalva won the Democratic House primary in Arizona to succeed her father, beating a young social media activist in a closely watched election seen as a test of the party’s generational divide.
Raúl Grijalva, a longtime congressman in southern Arizona, died from cancer earlier this year and left a vacancy in the state’s seventh district. The younger Grijalva, a 54-year-old who served for 20 years on a Tucson school board, has been a Pima county supervisor since 2020.
Continue reading...UN agency sounds alarm as 1 in 10 children in Gaza now malnourished
US nurse tells of Israeli authorities confiscating supplies of baby formula being brought into Gaza by medical workers.
Indonesia arrests 12 for trafficking babies to Singapore
Police say the suspects have sent more than a dozen babies to Singapore for adoption.
Duo sentenced to four years for ‘moronic’ killing of tree in England – The Washington Post
- Duo sentenced to four years for ‘moronic’ killing of tree in England The Washington Post
- Men sentenced to over 4 years in prison for cutting down iconic tree Yahoo
- Great-gran's 200-mile trip to Sycamore Gap case BBC
- Men Who Cut Down Beloved Tree in England Get More Than 4 Years in Prison The New York Times
- Sycamore Gap pair jailed for four years and three months – as it happened The Guardian
Senate Republicans advance Trump bill to cancel $9bn in approved spending
President is looking to clawback money from public media and foreign aid programs to seemingly control US debt
Senate Republicans on Tuesday advanced Donald Trump’s request to cancel about $9bn in previously approved spending, overcoming concerns about what the rescissions could mean for impoverished people around the globe and for public radio and television stations in their home states.
JD Vance broke the tie on the procedural vote, allowing the measure to advance, 51-50.
Continue reading...Israel bombs Syria’s Druze city of Suwayda hours after ceasefire
The Israeli bombings come after the Syrian government and a Druze leader both said the truce had been broken.
Trump says ‘credible’ Epstein files should be released amid MAGA revolt
US president opens door to releasing more information on accused sex trafficker amid outrage among his base.