Tetsuya Yamagami faces the death penalty if found guilty. Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is carried to the police station, January 10, 2023, in…
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Space: South Korea’s first lunar probe transmits images of Earth and Moon
by Dispatchesby DispatchesThe photos and videos will be “used to select sites likely to host a moon landing in 2032”, explains the Korean Institute for Aerospace Research in a press release.An image…
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Burma: the military junta celebrates 75 years of independence by rewarding an extremist monk
by Dispatchesby DispatchesThe military junta in Burma is taking advantage of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence to honor a radical monk, sometimes nicknamed the “Buddhist Bin Laden”.Buddhist…
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China is still unable to control the explosion of Covid-19 cases and provide decent care for the sick. An independent British organization evokes 11,000 deaths per day. On stretchers, lie…
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Since Sunday January 1, all passengers on planes taking off from China bound for Paris have been tested, for fear of seeing thousands of patients and a new variant of…
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Crucial day in Quebec, where countries around the world have been meeting for 10 days to try to better protect the planet’s biodiversity. China’s COP15 presidency put a draft agreement…
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The stampede that killed 153 people in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday October 29, is not an isolated case. Similar events have already taken place, notably in Indonesia, on October…
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Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan accuses his successor of having tried to kill him
by Dispatchesby DispatchesThe 70-year-old politician was injured Thursday in a shooting in Wazirabad (east of the country) on November 3. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, leaving a hospital in Lahore (Pakistan),…
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“Short occupations” and Immigration: how are Canada and Australia doing?
by Dispatchesby DispatchesIn the club of correspondents, todaynewspost is interested in news seen from abroad. An Australian passport. Illustrative photo. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) In its bill on immigration, the outlines…
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South Korea: a Frenchman dead and two others injured in the stampede in Seoul
by Dispatchesby DispatchesThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicates, Sunday, October 30, that a French national died in the stampede in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday. Two others were injured. According to the…