Death toll from heavy snowfall in Japan rises to 46

Continued snowfall since late January has buried northern communities and caused traffic chaos.

South Korea’s army eyes 24-hour childcare services for military families

Service members and military civilian staff face difficulties in arranging childcare.

Jimmy Kimmel Slams Trump For Calling Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Performance ‘An Affront to the Greatness of America’: ‘This Is a Man Who Paid Off a Porn Star Who Spanked Him’

Jimmy Kimmel on Monday went after Donald Trump for his scathing review of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. “Bad Bunny got a bad review from our bad president, unfortunately,” Kimmel said during Monday’s broadcast of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “He wrote, ‘The Super Bowl halftime

Malaysia’s ageing palm oil plantations to hit 2 million hectares by 2027

About 35 per cent of Malaysian palm oil plantations will be 19 years or older by 2027.

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to answer US lawmakers and appeals for pardon

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions from US lawmakers on Monday in link to new Epstein investigations, while her attorney asks US President Trump for clemency.

UK appoints Cost of Living Champion to help poorest families and their energy bills

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has directly appointed Lord Richard Walker as the Government’s Cost of Living Champion. Lord Richard Walker will work across Government while enhancing partnerships with businesses, regulators, and a broad range of organizations to consider

Bison hunters abandoned long-used site 1,100 years ago to adapt to changing climate, Great Plains study finds

On the Great Plains of North America, bison were hunted for thousands of years before populations collapsed to near extinction due to overexploitation in the late 1800s. But long before then, bison hunters used various strategies and different types of sites, sometimes

Africa: Marshall Center Fellows Visit U.S. Africa Command to Prepare for Leadership Roles

[Africom] Germany -- Senior fellows from the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters on Feb. 4, for a strategic overview of the command's mission and its partnership-focused approach to security in Africa.

‘Best to leave before 8am’: Malaysian highway operator urges motorists to plan their journeys

PLUS is pushing drivers to use its travel app ahead of festive traffic surge.

UK tightens immigration policy, three countries to take back illegal migrants after visa threat

UK’s Home Secretary has announced that three African countries will have their visas to Britain downed if they don’t cooperate on returning deported illegal migrants and criminals to their countries of origin.

Africa: Zijin to Acquire Allied Gold for $4b As Africa Push Grows

[Daba Finance] Zijin Mining is finalizing a $4 billion all-cash acquisition of Allied Gold Corporation, tightening its grip on African gold output as prices surge.

Africa: Canal+ Targets Africa Synergies After Multichoice Takeover

[Daba Finance] Canal+ outlined the first benefits of its acquisition of MultiChoice, pointing to Africa as the main source of cost savings and growth.

Africa: Africans Want Elections but Don't Trust Electoral Management Bodies to Ensure They're Free and Fair

[Afrobarometer] Assessments of election quality have worsened over the past decade.

Jon Stewart Slams Conservative Outrage Over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Trump Thinks ‘Bad Bunny Is the One Guy in the World That’s Fluent in Spanish’

On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart covered the conservative outrage over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. “Mr. Bunny killed it, despite being trapped in an inescapable sugarcane hedge maze,” Stewart joked. “He had Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and The

Africa: Children's Views Are Rarely Sought By Researchers - We Found a Way to Do It

[The Conversation Africa] Adults think we know what is best for children. We have responsibility for them - feeding them, clothing them, educating them, protecting them, loving them - but we also assume rights over them, and on their behalf. Adults make rules (including laws

Africa: African Climate Science-Policy Has a Serious Blind Spot - the Slowing Atlantic Circulation

[The Conversation Africa] The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularised the devastating effects of sudden climate change on planet Earth. The plot dramatises the consequences of a shut-down in an ocean current, and features the Northern

Five years after Myanmar coup, ‘even hope has become a risk’

Now Myanmar’s university system is in shambles.

Chagos deal wasn’t such a “great stupidity” after all, admits Trump

Relief in UK as Donald Trump back stepped and ended supporting the Labor government’s Chagos islands deal with Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, including the joint US/UK Diego Garcia base, when only a couple of weeks ago the US president described the whole issue as a “Great

Argentina faces ARS 10 trillion maturities as Treasury sets Feb. 11 debt auction menu

Argentina’s Economy Ministry published the instrument menu for the Feb. 11 debt auction, closely watched by markets given the size of maturities: nearly ARS 10 trillion (around USD 7 million), about ARS 9 trillion of which is held by private investors.

Chickenpox ruled out in President Orsi after return from official China trip

Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi tested negative for chickenpox after undergoing screening prompted by a confirmed case within the official delegation that returned from a trip to China, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) said on Monday.

Judge Bans Some Lil Durk Lyrics as Evidence in Murder-for-Hire Trial, Still Weighing Others

Prosecutors won't be able to use lyrics from Durk's “Hanging with Wolves” track that talk about catching a flight

Indonesia weighs sending up to 8,000 troops for Gaza peace plan

Indonesia has stepped up diplomatic messaging on Gaza in recent months.

China releases policy paper on national security in Hong Kong after Jimmy Lai sentencing

The White Paper said that Hong Kong's practice of safeguarding national security had consolidated the security foundation of the city's one country, two systems governance model.

FBI not aware of 'continued' communication between Guthrie family, suspected kidnappers as ransom deadline passes

The FBI on Monday said it was "not aware of any continued communication between" Nancy Guthrie's family and her suspected kidnappers, with a reported ransom deadline having already passed. "For more than a week, FBI agents, analysts, and professional staff have worked around

January ranks as fifth warmest globally despite severe cold spells, Copernicus says

Last month was the world’s fifth-warmest January on record, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported, even as sharp cold spells hit large parts of the Northern Hemisphere in the second half of the month. Global mean surface air temperature reached 12.95°C,

Weird roguelike tactical cats game Mewgenics release date and launch time

Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel's cat combat game launches on Tuesday, February 10.

A purse-snatching that led to manslaughter claim spotlights Indonesia’s use of restorative justice

Experts have said that restorative justice should not be used as a mechanism to bin cases.

South Korea police raid spy agency over drone flights into North

Three civilians have already been charged for their alleged role in the drone scandal.

Who owns our digital afterlife? Helping the law keep pace with society

Alongside traditional estates, we now leave behind digital remains after we die, from social media accounts and emails to AI-generated recreations of ourselves. Our digital legacies are creating new and potentially troubling questions about autonomy and dignity after death. Dr.

New Zealand mosque shooter’s former lawyers say he showed anxiety but did not appear depressed

Brenton Tarrant was pleased when police charged him on terrorism offences.

The scramble to inherit Bangladesh 2.0

The ghosts of the old guard won’t be on the ballot in Dhaka this week, but they are haunting every corner of the campaign trail. When Bangladeshis head to the polls on February 12, they are performing a high-stakes autopsy on a collapsed autocracy and attempting to breathe life

New Zealand mosque shooter's former lawyers say he showed anxiety but did not appear depressed

Feb 10 - Former lawyers for the white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand seven years ago told a court on Tuesday that he showed signs of anxiety during his original trial but did not appear to be depressed, media reported.

Crystals in a new light: Research team proposes rethinking crystal structure analysis

Every crystal's shape is a mirror of the internal arrangement of its molecules, but the molecules in photoswitchable crystals can expand, twist and change properties—from their color to their electronic conductivity—with a simple flash of light. This has made them highly

Japan election results confirm super-majority for Takaichi's party

Japan election results confirm supermajority for Takaichi's party

Having a two-thirds majority allows Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government to override decisions by the upper house, where her coalition is in a minority.

Philippines sees signs of cooperation from China despite sea disputes

MANILA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Philippines' ambassador to Washington said on Tuesday that the country is seeing some signs that China is willing to work with Manila and "isolate" theSouth China Sea disputes which havehurt relations between the two nations. Ambassador Jose

US to exempt some Bangladeshi clothes from tariffs

The White House agreed to carve out exemptions for US-produced cotton from Bangladesh.

Fire breaks out at Bangkok’s Chatuchak market, damaging 48 shop units

The affected stalls included clothing shops and were single-storey units with corrugated metal roofing.

Friendly encounters and nature make international exchange students happy in Finland

Smooth everyday services, a safe environment, and small, friendly encounters with locals are key factors that increase the happiness of international students in Finland. This is shown by a recent study conducted at the University of Oulu Business School, Finland, which

Japan election results confirm super-majority of 315 seats for Takaichi’s party

The outcome is Liberal Democratic Party's best in its history.

YouTube star MrBeast buys youth-focused financial services app Step

YouTube star James Stephen Donaldson, better known as Mr. Beast, has acquired youth-focused financial services app Step.

Cold Europe, burning south: January shows climate extremes at both ends of the planet

While much of Europe and the US braced against frigid cold, the Southern Hemisphere faced extreme heat, wildfires and floods.

The workplace wasn't designed for humans, and it shows

Input. Output. Targets met. Value created. Performance delivered. Strip work down to its essentials and for many people, this is what remains: a machine-like focus on producing, performing and optimizing.

Chappell Roan Leaves Wasserman Agency Over Epstein Emails Revelations

Artists are departing from the talent management company Wasserman Group after founder and CEO Casey Wasserman appeared in the latest release of the Epstein files. Wasserman was long known to have traveled on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's plane in 2002, but the

Asian markets extend gains as Tokyo enjoys another record day

Gains across world markets have brought some calm to trading floors after last week's asset-wide rollercoaster ride.

Modulated UV-C light increases the shelf life of guavas, study shows

The application of modulated UV-C light to guavas—emitted in pulses or cycles rather than continuously—combated anthracnose. This fungal disease is caused by microorganisms belonging to the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides complex and triggers dark lesions on the fruit after

US containerized drone swarms no silver bullet vs China

As the US races to deploy containerized drone swarms as a key future warfare element, the effort reveals questions about whether drones are a real revolution or a workaround for institutional limits. This month, The War Zone (TWZ) reported that the US military has launched a