Japan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence. Sunao Takami, 58, had doused the pachinko gaming parlour near his home in Osaka with gasoline and set it alight, killing…
The Delhi Metro is no secret to the millions of people who use it every day. But for two foreign travellers, their first-hand experience of the network left them impressed enough to compare it favourably with underground transport systems in Western cities.The two women shared a video on Instagram highlighting what stood out to them…
The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way back home following an extended nine-month deployment, a U.S. official told NBC News on Thursday. The U.S. official said the ship has been sailing for a few days and is expected to arrive back in San Diego in a few weeks. With the Lincoln’s departure from the…
The US has imposed a new round of sanctions on Cuban officials and companies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says. Nine state-owned mining, metal and building firms, the Ministry of Construction and officials connected to a Cuban-based international institute have been named in the latest tranche of economic sanctions. In a statement, Rubio accused various…
Conor Kennedy, the son of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the grandson of the late US senator Robert F. Kennedy, is back in the spotlight for a reason far removed from his famous family or his brief romance with Taylor Swift.The 32-year-old has been placed on Russia’s international wanted list after a…
Navy leadership is discussing renaming a Navy aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump, according to two U.S. officials. The ship, which is still under construction, has been set to be named the USS Doris Miller in honor of an enlisted sailor who famously staffed an anti-aircraft gun during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during…
A Swiss tourist has been sentenced to one year in prison for insulting a sacred religious event on Indonesia’s holiday island of Bali. In a now-removed video, Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, had filmed himself walking to an empty beach during the Hindu holiday of Nyepi, describing the scene as “crazy”. He was arrested in March…
Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty of inciting others to subvert state power under the city’s controversial national security law. Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, face a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail after being convicted under the China-introduced…
Quote of the day by Sadhguru (Photo: @SadhguruJV/ X) We often measure love by the proximity of the person, by how near they are, sitting next to us.We say, “I love you,” and assume that if that person leaves, the love will fade or disappear. But what if love is not really about the other…
President Donald Trump and his former fixer Michael Cohen are putting their contentious past behind them. Trump on Thursday joined Cohen, who has testified against him in Congress and in court, for an interview on Cohen’s radio show. The appearance, via phone, marked a new chapter in the pair’s fraught relationship after years of feuding…