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JAL to preserve part of aircraft from Haneda Airport collision

[ad_1] Japan Airlines is considering preserving part of the jetliner burned after colliding with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda Airport last week as a reminder of the fatal accident to raise safety awareness within the company, a JAL official said Wednesday. The collision on a runway at the airport killed five of the six people aboard the coast guard's Bombardier DHC8-300 aircraft and left its captain severely […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

Japan

Kim’s quake message to Japan sparks hope for dialogue

[ad_1] A rare message from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Japan expressing sympathy for a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day has raised speculation that Pyongyang may be signaling its openness to dialogue after showing no interest in Tokyo's aspiration to hold a bilateral summit.As the Japanese government assesses the intention behind the message addressed to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, one official was optimistic, saying it […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

Japan

Authorities challenge ruling over machinery export probe

[ad_1] The Japanese and Tokyo Metropolitan Governments on Wednesday challenged a district court ruling that recognized the illegality of law enforcement's investigations into a case against spray dryer maker Ohkawara Kakohki.The national and Tokyo governments filed an appeal with Tokyo High Court against the Dec. 27 Tokyo District Court ruling, which determined that the arrests of three people in the case by the Public Security Bureau of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

Africa

Liberia’s former chief justice sentenced to life for murder

[ad_1] Liberia’s former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott has been sentenced to life imprisonment along side three of her family members. They were found guilty by a court for murder. Musu Scott and the three other family members were arrested and indicted in June last year. The convicts were arrested and indicted in connection with the death of Charlotte Musu, Ms Scott’s niece. Ms Scott’s lawyers said they would appeal […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

Africa

Africa: Viruses Aren’t Always Harmful. 6 Ways They’re Used in Health Care and Pest Control

[ad_1] We tend to just think of viruses in terms of their damaging impacts on human health and lives. The 1918 flu pandemic killed around 50 million people. Smallpox claimed 30% of those who caught it, and survivors were often scarred and blinded. More recently, we're all too familiar with the health and economic impacts of COVID. But viruses can also be used to benefit human health, agriculture and the […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

Africa

Niger junta releases ousted president’s wife and son

[ad_1] Niger’s military rulers have reportedly released ousted President Mohamed Bazoum’s wife and son from house arrest. Bazoum’s wife was released on Tuesday, a day after his son Mohamed Bazoum Salem was also granted release by the military tribunal, privately-owned L’Evenement news journal reported. They all gained their release from house arrest in the capital Niamey. Salem left for Togo accompanied by Togolese Foreign Minister Robert Dussey but the whereabouts of […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

Japan

Plummeting temperatures plague Ishikawa quake relief effort

[ad_1] Plummeting temperatures, rain and continued aftershocks continued to plague relief efforts in earthquake-hit Ishikawa Prefecture on Wednesday as the death toll rose to 206, nine days after a massive temblor rocked the Noto Peninsula area.The hard-hit cities of Suzu and Wajima accounted for 91 and 83 of the dead, respectively. The number of people unaccounted for in the disaster, meanwhile, fell to 52 from 102 a day earlier.Relief efforts […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

Africa

DR Congo: Tshisekedi’s electoral victory confirmed by constitutional court

[ad_1] Incumbent president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi has had his electoral victory last month confirmed by the country’s constitutional court. That paves way for his swearing in on January 20, to serve a second term in office. The court rejected two challenges to the results and said Tshisekedi had indeed received 73% of the vote. Independent election observers reported widespread irregularities during the December 20 vote […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

Africa

Afcon 2023: Opta predict who will win tournament in Ivory Coast

[ad_1] Senegal are the most likely winners according to the model, with a 12.8% chance, just ahead of hosts Ivory Coast (12.1%), who are attempting to win the trophy for a third time, after 1992 and 2015. The last host nation to lift the trophy were Egypt in 2006 - with just two-third place finishes (Ghana in 2008 and Cameroon in 2021) the best result among the past nine countries […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

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