President Donald Trump on Wednesday inserted himself directly into trade talks with Japanese officials, a sign of the high stakes for the United States after its tariffs rattled the economy and caused the administration to assure the public that it would quickly reach deals. The Republican president attended the meeting alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick,…
German world number three Alexander Zverev is through to the quarterfinals of the ATP event in Munich after cruising to a straight-sets win over Daniel Altmaier on Wednesday. Zverev, the top seed at a tournament he won in 2017 and 2018, won 6-3, 6-2 to reach his 99th quarter-final on the ATP tour. “He makes…
The South American proposal for the 2030 World Cup to feature 64 teams has received a serious blow with CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani rejecting the idea. The opposition of Montagliani, who heads the confederation for the 41 member associations in North and Central America and the Caribbean, follows similar stances taken by UEFA and the…
A total of 536 complaints about athletes being subjected to violence and abuse of power were reported in fiscal 2024, the highest since the survey began in fiscal… © Japan Today
STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. (TCN) — A 26-year-old woman faces charges after allegedly driving while under the influence, crashing, and leaving her young daughter trapped inside the car to die. According to the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office, on the night of March 8, authorities initially arrested Juliette Acosta on a DUI charge. KCRA-TV reports that Acosta was driving…
A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered the state to pay 110,000 yen in damages for the illegal restraint of a Peruvian man of Japanese descent while he was detained at an immigration facility in Osaka in 2017. In the lawsuit seeking about 2 million yen in compensation, the Osaka District Court acknowledged that the decision…
"Sex crimes have been occurring frequently on trains in the greater Tokyo area," observed the man, who often sits in the spectators’ gallery at public trials. For whatever… © Japan Today
MIAMI (TCN) — A jury found a 56-year-old former nurse guilty of abusing and torturing her three adopted daughters, one of whom later died. Miami-Dade County court records show Gina Emmanuel was convicted of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse in connection with the death of a 7-year-old girl and abuse of two others. WTVJ-TV reports the…
President Donald Trump’s administration referred Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James to the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday for potential mortgage fraud prosecution. According to documents obtained by “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News, the Federal Housing Finance Agency sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department on Tuesday regarding reporters of mortgage…
BALTIMORE (TCN) — A retired Baltimore Police Department officer will spend the rest of his life behind bars for sexually abusing multiple children at his ex-wife’s day care center, which led to his estranged wife shooting him. Court records show James Weems was convicted in November of three counts of sexual abuse of a minor, two counts…
