Police have arrested two primary school teachers in Japan for taking and sharing indecent images of young girls in a chat group with fellow teachers. The two men, a 42-year-old teaching at a public school in Nagoya and a 37-year-old based in a public school in Yokohama, admitted taking some photographs and videos of girls…
At an industrial site in eastern Thailand, Thitipas Choddaechachainun sifts through mounds of scrap metal, circuit boards and old computer keyboards in a cavernous warehouse beside a busy highway. Like forensic scientists, she and her team of inspectors from Thailand’s industry ministry take samples of the waste and carefully bag it up to be taken…
North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime, state media reports. Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on 1 July, six years after it was due to be completed. It is unclear when it will welcome…
After spending nearly two weeks in a secret bunker somewhere in Iran during his country’s war with Israel, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, might want to use the opportunity of the ceasefire to venture out. He is believed to be holed up, incommunicado, for the fear of being assassinated by Israel. Even top…
The dollar hits a three-year low and faces further falls if President Trump selects a replacement for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell early, MUFG Bank’s Lee Hardman says in a note. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was toying with this idea amid frustration over Powell’s careful approach to interest-rate cuts. An early replacement could be used to…
Jose Adolfo Macias, alias ‘Fito’, is due to be extradited to the US on drug trafficking and weapons smuggling charges. The fugitive leader of Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang has been recaptured after nearly 18 months on the run, according to President Daniel Noboa. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known as “Fito”, escaped from Guayaquil prison in…
The order to restrict cannabis use for medical purposes only must pass another hurdle before becoming law The Thai government is moving to tighten rules around the sale of cannabis, just three years after the kingdom decriminalised recreational use of the popular substance. Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday night ordered that cannabis use be restricted to…
Seales and Joseph take nine wickets before Australia stage mini recovery by restricting West Indies to 57-4 at stumps. In a performance reminiscent of West Indies’ fearsome bowling attacks of old, Jayden Seales and Shamar Joseph tore through the Australia batting lineup, toppling them for a meagre 180 on day one of the first Test…
Inter Milan overcame River Plate 2-0 in a heated clash, while Monterrey thumped Urawa Reds 4-0 to enter the knockouts. Mexican club Monterrey have booked a spot in the knockout rounds of the Club World Cup with a thumping 4-0 win over Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds at the Rose Bowl. Three goals in eight first-half…
Hugo Carvajal pleads guilty to four criminal counts including narcoterrorism conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine. A former director of Venezuelan military intelligence has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narcoterrorism charges in a United States federal court, according to the Justice Department, a week before his trial was set to begin. Hugo Carvajal, who served…
