Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae: “I visited the White House and held a Japan-U.S. summit meeting with President Trump. “Regarding the ongoing tense situation in Iran, we confirmed the importance of swiftly calming the situation and ensuring the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the stable supply of energy. “This is also important from the perspective of protecting our country’s national interests.I conveyed these thoughts to President Trump and confirmed that we will continue firm communication to realize them. “I also proposed initiatives to stabilize the global energy market. We reached agreements on expanding and procuring crude oil...
King Charles III Inaugurates A Coastal Route Named In His Honour With A Walk In Seven Sisters Country Park, In East Sussex.
🌊 The King Charles III England Coast Path – a 2,700 mile national trail and the longest continuous managed coast walking route in the world – connects iconic landmarks with hidden gems and unlocks parts of England’s coastline for public access for the first time. Credit: The Royal Family
Three Men Are Charged With Conspiring To Smuggle US Artificial Intelligence To China
A senior vice president of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two others affiliated with the company were charged Thursday with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China. The men violated U.S. export controls laws by scheming to divert massive quantities of the high-performance servers assembled in the United States to China between 2024 and 2025, according to the indictment in Manhattan federal court. In a release, FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle Jr. said the defendants used fabricated documents, staged bogus equipment to pass audit inventories and utilized a pass-through...
Senegal And Morocco’s Dispute Over Africa Cup Title Has Extended Beyond Sports
Morocco being awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title after governing body judges overturned Senegal’s victory two months after the chaotic final stunned soccer fans worldwide. While Moroccans took to the streets to celebrate their team’s belated success, the decision by the Confederation of African Football was met with disbelief in Senegal, with fans and authorities calling the decision “unjust.” Senegal’s government on Wednesday said it will pursue “all appropriate legal avenues” to overturn the decision and called for an international investigation into “suspected corruption” within African soccer’s governing body. CAF’s appeals board on Tuesday ruled that Senegal forfeited the...
Madagascar’s President Orders Lie Detector Tests For Candidates Applying To Be Government Ministers
Anyone applying to become a minister in Madagascar’s new government will be subjected to lie detector tests to root out those who are corrupt, the country’s military leader said Thursday. President Michael Randrianirina, who took power in a coup in the Indian Ocean island in October, said Madagascar had acquired a polygraph machine and a specialist to operate it to vet new government ministers. “We will know who is corrupt and who can help us,” Randrianirina said. “We are not looking for someone who is 100% clean, but someone who is more than 60% clean.” Randrianirina, a colonel in an...
Kevin Spacey Settles Out Of Court With 3 Men Over Alleged Sexual Assaults
Three men who alleged that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted them have settled their civil claims before going to trial at the High Court in London, courts document show. The three men alleged that the Academy Award-winning star abused them at times between 2000 and 2013. Spacey has denied the allegations. Civil trials were due to start later this year, but case judge Christina Lambert last week ordered the proceedings paused, saying the parties had “agreed to the terms of the settlement.” “By consent, it is ordered that all further proceedings against the defendant in these actions be stayed upon...
Iran Women’s Soccer Team Greeted With A ‘Welcome Ceremony’ In Tehran
Members of Iran’s national women’s soccer team were greeted with a “welcome ceremony” upon their return to the Islamic Republic after several of the players had sought asylum in Australia. “First of all we are so happy to be in Iran, because Iran is our homeland,” midfielder Fatemeh Shaban said. People in the crowd waved flags while some of the players held bouquets of flowers and signed what appeared to be mini-soccer balls. Iranian media had reported that the team returned on Wednesday. “I wasn’t expecting this many people to come to welcome us, and I am happy to be...
Georgia Woman Charged With Murder After Police Say She Took Pills To Induce An Abortion
A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an illegal abortion. If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed a 2019 law banning most abortions. The arrest warrant charging Moore with murder uses language that echoes the law, saying police determined Moore had been pregnant beyond six weeks “based on the medical staff’s knowledge that the baby...
Dozens Of Boys And Young Men Are Dying In South Africa’s Traditional Circumcision Rites
The 22-year-old Lamkelo Mtyho had no known health issues when he joined his peers, wrapped in blankets and smeared in clay, for the most important ritual of his young life: the highly secretive process of traditional circumcision. His family in South Africa expected him to return triumphant, full of cultural knowledge and officially a man. Three weeks later, they learned that he was dead. He was one of at least 48 boys and young men who died during the latest round of initiation ceremonies in South Africa. It is rare to hear the story of an initiate who died. Because...