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Hong Kong fire authorities said they expected to wrap up search and rescue operations after the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years tore through a massive
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a National Guard member had died after being shot in an ambush by an Afghan national near the White House,
The FBI searched multiple properties in Washington state and San Diego on Thursday in what officials said was a terrorism probe into an Afghan national
Last summer, we reported on an announcement by the police that a certain toy gun found in crane games across Japan was deemed a real gun. Honestly, it’s
The number of Japanese language learners in Japan reached a record 294,198 last year, a recent government survey showed, underscoring the need to offer
A Japanese town deleted a social media post warning of a bear sighting after discovering that a picture it had received showing the fearsome creature was
In February, the "Evangelion:30+ ; 30th Anniversary of Evangelion" fan event is set to take place at the Yokohama Arena indoor stadium in Yokohama, about
Japan's ruling bloc is set to regain its majority in the powerful House of Representatives as three independent lawmakers in the chamber have decided to
With the number of portable power banks catching fire in Japan having more than doubled between 2020 and 2024, both public and private sectors have begun
China's defense ministry said on Thursday that Japan will have to pay a "painful price" if it steps out of line over Taiwan, responding to Japanese plans
The 2026 World Cup will be the first played across three countries -- but unlike the United States and Mexico, Canada has never hosted before.
In Toronto,
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has decided to “reinstate full national representation” of Russian athletes at its competitions starting this weekend,
Russian forces have surrounded the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and control 70% of it, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, but Kyiv's top
The world's top wildlife trade body rejected new protections for eels on Thursday in a secret ballot at talks in Uzbekistan.
The proposal had been fiercely
The British government welcomed the news Thursday that net migration in the U.K., the difference between those moving to the country long-term and those
By Joshua McElwee and Huseyin Hayatsever
(Reuters) -Pope Leo lamented during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday that the world