The body of a 24-year-old woman was found in the mountains of Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, on Thursday, police said, adding that a male acquaintance of the woman… © Japan Today
Asian shares were mostly higher in thin Good Friday trading after a bumpy ride on Wall Street, where the Dow industrials lost 1.3% as UnitedHealth shed more than… © Japan Today
Hamas late Thursday signaled rejection of Israel’s latest truce proposal and called for a “comprehensive” deal to end the 18-month-long war. The comment by the Palestinian militants’ chief negotiator came after civil defense rescuers in Gaza said a rash of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for displaced…
Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing three people, including a child, and wounding dozens, officials said Thursday. The strike… © Japan Today
The USOPC has received “significant reassurances” from the White House on visas for the Los Angeles 2028 Games, Chair Gene Sykes said on Thursday, weeks after an internal memo showed the Trump administration was weighing sweeping travel restrictions. The memo last month listed 41 countries that could be subject to partial or full visa suspensions,…
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday that extends a ban on billionaire Elon Musk’s aides from accessing private information on millions of Americans held in the Social Security Administration’s computer systems. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander of Maryland said Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency had failed to show the need for the…
A U.S. appeals court urged the Trump administration on Thursday to back off from its escalating confrontation with the judiciary, warning that both the executive and judicial branches risk losing public confidence. In a strongly worded unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel rejected President Donald Trump’s administration’s request to stop a judge from probing what the…
A new U.S. intelligence assessment found no coordination between Tren de Aragua and the Venezuelan government, contradicting statements that Trump administration officials have made to justify their invocation… © Japan Today
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday it will hear arguments next month over Donald Trump’s bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, a key pillar of the Republican president’s hardline approach toward immigration. The justices, in an unsigned order, did not immediately act on a request by Trump’s administration…
U.S. world figure skating champions Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu dazzled again to help their country take a commanding lead after Thursday’s opening day of the season-ending World Team Trophy. Malinin, who won his second world title last month in Boston, topped the men’s short program in Tokyo with a score of 106.08, almost 10…
