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Japan’s shaky government loses upper house control

Japan’s ruling coalition is certain to lose control of the upper house in Sunday’s election, public broadcaster NHK reported, an outcome that further weakens Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power as a tariff deadline with the United States looms.

‘Vampire’ football coach in Taiwan accused of forcing students to donate blood for academic credits

A university football coach in Taiwan has been accused of coercing female students to donate blood in exchange for graduation credits, an act many have described as “barbaric” and tantamount to physical abuse. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO The controversy exploded

US races to build migrant tent camps after  billion funding boost, reports

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is racing to build migrant tent camps nationwide after receiving $45 billion in new funding, aiming to expand detention capacity from 40,000 to 100,000 beds by year-end, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The

Man offers spiritual guidance, dupes NYC woman of over Rs 17 lakh

A man from New York City has been arrested for allegedly cheating an elderly woman out of over Rs 17 lakh by offering fortune-telling services, CBS News reported. According to local police cited by CBS News, 32-year-old Hemanth Kumar Muneppa

US judge weighs putting new block on Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A group of Democratic-led states urged a federal judge in Boston on Friday to deal another blow to President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit birthright citizenship, even though a US Supreme Court decision last month made it more difficult for

Civil rights work slowing as Trump dismantles Education Department, agency data shows

The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America’s children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data shows the agency has resolved far fewer civil rights cases than

Coca-Cola refutes Trump’s sugar claim, backs corn syrup as ‘safe’

The Coca-Cola Company has defended its continued use of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in its US beverages, responding to Donald Trump’s claim that he had persuaded the brand to switch to using real cane sugar instead. “I have been speaking

Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next election

The UK government has announced plans to lower the voting age to 16 for all UK elections, aiming to increase youth participation in democracy. If approved by Parliament, the move will bring the rest of the UK in line with

Ila Sharma, ex-Nepal poll commissioner, dies of cardiac arrest

During lunch at her Kathmandu residence on Saturday, Ila Sharma, a former Election Commissioner of Nepal, and S Y Quraishi, the 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India, discussed plans to host some friends in the next few days. A couple

Harvard to transgender rights: The many lawsuits against Donald Trump

Donald Trump, the first convicted felon elected president of the US, has spent much of his career in courtrooms. From his days as a real estate mogul to his time in the White House, Trump has faced lawsuits over everything

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