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Sat, December 3, 2022 | 02:34

Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead

Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot, a government spokesman said Friday, as local media reported the ex-premier was showing no vital signs."Former prime minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am," in the country's western region of Nara, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. "One man, believed to be the shooter, has been taken into custody...

2022-07-08 13:23

Abe shooting suspect said he used handmade gun: Japanese police

Japan PM Kishida 'lost for words' after Abe assassination

Man suspected of shooting Japan ex-PM Abe has been arrested for murder attempt: NHK

Man suspected of shooting Japan ex-PM Abe has been arrested for murder attempt: NHK

A man, believed to be a suspect shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is held by police officers at Yamato Saidaiji Station in Nara, Nara Prefecture on July 8, in this photo taken by the Yomiuri Shimbun. Reuters-Yonhap

2022-07-08 12:27

Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead

Former Japan PM Abe injured, left bleeding at event: local media

Former Japan PM Abe showing no vital signs after attack: local media

Former Japan PM Abe showing no vital signs after attack: local media

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, center, is transported into an ambulance near Yamato Saidaiji Station after being shot in the city of Nara on July 8. - Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event on July 8, a government spokesman said, as local media reported the nation's l...

2022-07-08 12:10

Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead

Former Japan PM Abe injured, left bleeding at event: local media

Former Japan PM Abe injured, left bleeding at event: local media

Former Japan PM Abe injured, left bleeding at event: local media

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was attacked and left bleeding at a campaign event in the Nara region on Friday, local media reported.Several outlets including Kyodo news agency said the ex-premier had been attacked, with both Kyodo and public broadcaster NHK reporting the sound of an apparent gunshot. The former leader was reportedly unconscious after the incident....

2022-07-08 12:01

Former Japan PM Abe showing no vital signs after attack: local media

Man suspected of shooting Japan ex-PM Abe has been arrested for murder attempt: NHK

Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian

Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian

The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family.

2022-07-03 21:13

Floods hit southeast Australia, forcing evacuations

Floods hit southeast Australia, forcing evacuations

Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate southwest Sydney, Australia's biggest city, on Sunday with torrential rain and damaging winds pounding the east coast and floods expected to be worse than those that hit the region in the past year.

2022-07-03 20:58

Xi praises 'one country, two systems' framework at 25th anniversary of Hong Kong handover

Xi praises 'one country, two systems' framework at 25th anniversary of Hong Kong handover

HONG KONG ― Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the "one country, two systems" principle on his two-day visit to Hong Kong, marking the 25th anniversary of the handover of the city by the U.K. to China. The remarks come as Beijing increases its influence over the city, with the passage of the national security law in 2020. It was the Chinese leader's first trip out of the ma...

2022-07-01 17:01

Former journalist recalls handover of Hong Kong as 25th anniversary approaches

Former journalist recalls handover of Hong Kong as 25th anniversary approaches

HONG KONG - Twenty-five years ago, on the eve of July 1, 1997, masses gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to celebrate the U.K.'s official handover of Hong Kong to China, which ended 156 years of British rule over its former colony. Son Key-young, a former reporter for The Korea Times and now a professor at Korea University's Asiatic Research Institute was there to see th...

2022-06-30 16:03

From pariah to president: Marcos Jr. takes over Philippines' top job

From pariah to president: Marcos Jr. takes over Philippines' top job

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose dictator father and namesake plundered and brutalised the Philippines, has reached the end of a decades-long campaign to rehabilitate the family brand: the presidency.

2022-06-27 20:24

South Korea, China battle population woes

South Korea, China battle population woes

HONG KONG, BEIJING - Japan has long been suffering from the worst population crisis, but South Korea's fertility rate is now one of the lowest in the world, and China's is not much better.Last year, in a nation of over 51 million people, the average number of children a woman in South Korea was expected to give birth to in her lifetime sat at 0.81 - the lowest since Statistic...

2022-06-24 14:58

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