Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs after a weekend election defeat left his coalition with a minority in both parliamentary chambers and triggered calls for his resignation. Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a majority in the 248-seat upper house in Sunday’s vote. Though the LDP is still the leading party, its ruling coalition is now a minority in both houses of the Diet, or parliament, which makes it difficult for the coalition to...
Kenyan Pro-Democracy Activist Boniface Mwangi Is Charged With Alleged Possession Of Ammunition
The prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi was on Monday charged with unlawful possession of ammunition in a case stemming from his alleged role in street protests against the government. Opposition leaders and Mwangi’s followers had feared he would be charged with the more serious offense of terrorism. He was freed on bond immediately after his appearance in court on Monday. The charge sheet said the suspect possessed three canisters of tear gas without lawful authorization. His attorney, Njanja Maina, told reporters on Sunday that Mwangi never possessed such items. Mwangi’s wife Njeri, in a post on the social media platform X,...
“Back To Working 7 Days A Week And Sleeping In The Office If My Little Kids Are Away”: Musk Acknowledges Working Seven Days A Week Hurt His Brain
Tech billionaire Elon Musk: “7 days a week sleeping in the factory, No one should put these many hours into work, this is not good, this is very painful, it hurts my brain and my heart.” -Elon Musk
Guatemala Denies That Chilean Green-Card Holder Was Deported From The United States
The Guatemalan government on Sunday denied that U.S. authorities deported a Chilean man to the Central American country. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported Luis Leon, 82, a legal permanent resident of the United States who won asylum in 1987, ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a Philadelphia immigration office, where he went to replace his lost green card. The news report relied on family accounts. The Morning Call reported Sunday that Leon was recovering from pneumonia in Guatemala and didn’t plan to return to the United States, according to his granddaughter. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was looking...
India Court Acquits 12 Men In Mumbai Train Bombings That Killed 187
A court in India has acquitted 12 men previously convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings that killed 187 people and injured over 800. Judges had in 2015 sentenced five of the accused to death and the remaining seven to life imprisonment. On Monday, a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court overturned the earlier order, ruling that the prosecution had “utterly failed” to establish that the accused had committed the offences for which they had been convicted. The prosecution can appeal against the order in a higher court. On 11 July 2006, seven blasts ripped through the busy commuter trains during...
Ellen Degeneres: I Moved To The UK Because Of Trump
US TV star Ellen DeGeneres has made her first public appearance since moving to the UK, saying she decided to settle in England the day after Donald Trump was re-elected US president. The comedian and host told a crowd in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, that life “is just better” in the UK. Ellen said she and wife Portia de Rossi were considering getting married again in England after some moves in the US to reverse the right to gay marriage, and that America can still be “scary for people to be who they are”. She also addressed allegations of a toxic workplace...
Man Wearing Heavy Metallic Necklace Dies After Being Sucked Into MRI Machine
A 61-year-old man has died after he was sucked into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at a medical centre while he was wearing a heavy metal necklace. The man entered a room at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, on New York’s Long Island, without permission as the MRI machine was running, Nassau County Police Department said. His wife told local media she had called him into the MRI room after her scan and his chain necklace caused him to be hurled towards the machine when he walked in. Officials say the incident “resulted in a medical episode” and the...