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The Kyodo news agency said the justice ministry had identified the men as Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, who murdered seven of his relatives in 2004, and Tomoaki Takanezawa, 54, and Mitsunori Onogawa, 44, who were convicted of killing two employees of a pachinko parlour in 2003.
Source: theguardian.com
The Malaysian military used boats Tuesday to distribute food to desperate people trapped in their homes after massive floods, as the death toll rose to 14 with over 70,000 displaced.
Source: france24.com
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California rattled a wide swath of the state shortly after noon local time, according to data from the US Geological Survey. The quake occurred just off Cape Mendocino near Humboldt County and was felt as far away as San Francisco and Chico, California. Humboldt County emergency responders are assessing damage but have had no word of injuries or catastrophic damage.
Source: cnn.com
The Paris prosecutor’s office said it has received a manslaughter lawsuit for failure to help in the tragic capsizing last month of a boat in the English Channel that cost the lives of at least 27 people trying to reach Britain. The manslaughter lawsuit, filed Friday by the French humanitarian organization Utopia 56, which “intends that investigations be carried out to determine the responsibilities of the French and British rescue services in this tragedy.”
Source: france24.com
Scientists say they have discovered the largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede on a beach in Northumberland, totally by chance. The millipede, known as Arthropleura, is thought to have been more than 2.5m long. It would have weighed about 50kg. The fossil segment was first spotted in 2018 when a large block of sandstone fell on to a beach at Howick Bay. It will be displayed in Cambridge's Sedgwick Museum next year.
Source: bbc.com
Shocking footage shows the moment six children were injured when a bouncy castle was flipped over by powerful gusts of wind, sending them plummeting to the ground in China. Several adults tried to grab the unanchored structure as it was carried off by the wind in Tongshan County, Xianning City in the province of Hubei, China on December 18.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
A political candidate, Zakariya Khan, dies in celebratory aerial firing after winning the Village Council Election in Peshawar KPK. A bullet hit him when party workers fired guns to celebrate his victory in the elections. On Sunday, Muhammad Zakariya Khan had won the election on the General Councillor seat for the local village council in Pakistan.
Source: globalvillagespace.com
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal said Monday he had tested positive for Covid-19, which puts in doubt his participation in the Australian Open next month where he was expected to make his big comeback after months of injury.
Source: france24.com
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied making an accusation of sexual assault, in her first media interview since alleging a top Chinese leader had coerced her to have sex. Ms Peng sparked global concern when she disappeared from public view after posting the allegations online. She has now said there had been "a lot of misunderstandings" about the post.
Source: bbc.com
At least eight people have died in floods that have ravaged Malaysia, authorities said on Monday, as the government faced criticism from the public and opposition lawmakers over its rescue efforts. More than 32,000 displaced people from Selangor have been moved into temporary shelters as of Monday, the state's chief minister said on Twitter.
Source: reuters.com
Iran has held an air defence drill in the vicinity of its southwestern Bushehr nuclear power plant amid ongoing tensions over the country’s nuclear programme. State media reported that the drill was conducted in the early hours of Monday to the south of the Bushehr province and also over parts of the Persian Gulf.
Source: aljazeera.com
Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won Chile's presidential election. In what was expected to be a tight race, the 35-year-old former protest leader defeated his far-right rival Antonio Kast by more than 10 points.
Source: bbc.com
to attract any big bidders, with a seaside apartment, two BMWs and the house he had bought for his parents among the larger items failing to sell. More than 1,500 potential bidders -- in Latin America, Italy, France, England, Russia and Dubai -- had signed up to take part, its organizers said. But by the end of the three-hour affair, sales totaled only $26,000, with more than $1.4 million in assets unbid on, according to AFP calculations.
Source: voanews.com
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa returned to Earth on Monday after a 12-day journey into space, ending a practice run for his planned trip around the moon with Elon Musk's SpaceX in 2023. The 46-year-old fashion magnate and art collector, who launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 8 along with his assistant Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, landed on the Kazakh steppe.
Source: reuters.com
The extensive remains of two adults, two juveniles and an infant that roamed 200,000 years ago have been unearthed near Swindon, along with tools used by Neanderthals, who are likely to have hunted these 10-tonne beasts. More are expected to be found because only a fraction of the vast site, a gravel quarry, has been excavated.
Source: theguardian.com
Iraq has signed agreements with two Chinese companies to build 1,000 schools in the country in the space of two years, an Iraqi government official said on Sunday. The deals were signed on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, with Power China, to build 679 schools and Sinotech the remaining 321.
Source: france24.com
Perak was the latest state to be hit by floods on Sunday, while the situation was worsening in six other states.
Source: aljazeera.com
British architect Richard Rogers, known for designing some of the world's most famous buildings including Paris' Pompidou Centre, has died aged 88, according to media reports. Rogers, who changed the London skyline with distinctive creations such as the Millennium Dome and the 'Cheesegrater', "passed away quietly" Saturday night, Freud communications agency's Matthew Freud told the Press Association.
Source: france24.com
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