- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
THE body of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe arrived at his home city, Tokyo, on Saturday (9), a day after he was assassinated during a campaign speech in the western Japan city of Nara. Shinzo's wife, Akie Abe travelled from Nara with the former Japanese PM's body to Tokyo,…
THE Indian Tricolour at Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament House flew at half-mast on Saturday (9) to observe the day-long state mourning announced in the country as a mark of respect for former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on July 8. Abe was shot in Nara city…
RECORD-BREAKING Novak Djokovic hit top form after a sluggish start against Britain's Cameron Norrie on Friday (8), reaching an eighth Wimbledon final, where he will face Nick Kyrgios. The Serbian top seed was uncharacteristically off colour in the first set but roared back to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, playing…
SRI LANKA'S beleaguered president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in Colombo Saturday (9), a top defence source told AFP, before protesters gathered to demand his resignation stormed the compound. "The president was escorted to safety," the source said, adding that troops fired in the air to prevent angry crowds…
INDIA has fined the local arm of Amnesty International nearly $8 million (6.6 million) after a probe into its finances the watchdog said was part of a "witch hunt". Rights groups have long claimed they face harassment from Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist administration for highlighting rights abuses,…
IRONMEN in India often sprinkle water on clothes before pressing as it eases the task of handling clothes stiffened by detergent washing. Sprinkling or spraying water on clothes before ironing is thus nothing new. But recently, an ironman from an unknown place was seen in a video spraying water on…
THE race to elect a new Conservative Party leader to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister gathered momentum on Friday (8), with British Indian former finance minister Rishi Sunak formally launching his leadership bid. Sunak joins fellow Indian-origin candidate Suella Braverman, the UK Attorney General who is among the…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (8) expressed his anguish over the cloudburst which happened near the Amarnath cave, a Hindu shrine, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. At least 16 people were killed in the incident while many pilgrims were still missing. Modi also extended condolences…
IN his first stint as the prime minister for little over a year beginning 2006, Shinzo Abe set out a bold vision for a quantum leap in India-Japan ties largely based on greater "confluence" of the two seas -- the Pacific and Indian Oceans. By the time, Abe stepped down…
A UAE-based Indian entrepreneur on Friday (8) recollected how former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe appreciated and acknowledged his gift -- a golden beige jacket -- by wearing it during his 2015 historic visit to Varanasi. Abe, 67, was assassinated on Friday on a street in the city of Nara…
