Japan to fully digitalise airport customs declaration by 2030
Passengers can complete declaration procedures with QR codes after the process is digitalised.
Passengers can complete declaration procedures with QR codes after the process is digitalised.
The Swedish Oscar nominee joins a who’s who of big names from Hollywood and beyond, including Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson, Helen Mirren and Benicio del Toro, who have starred in the irreverent trailers.
Keitel will make his third appearance at the Czech film festival, which will open with the 1986 World Cup documentary 'The Match' and close with 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.'
If you are anything like us, whenever you plan a journey, you spend a remarkable amount of time thinking about the start and the middle. Is everything packed? What time should we leave? Will there be traffic? Is there a faster route? We rarely think about the arrival; we
Legendary cinematographer Robert Richardson will also be honored at this year's double anniversary edition of the Czech film festival.
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche and Jeffrey Wright, and cinematographer Robert Richardson will be honored at the 60th Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival. Hoffman will be presented with the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening
TOKYO — Kevin Warsh’s arrival at Federal Reserve headquarters isn’t playing out the way Asia hoped. Since taking the baton from Jerome Powell on May 22, Governor Warsh has run notably more hawkish than US President Donald Trump wanted — or at least so far. He could still be
Before Olivia Cooke starred in the “Game of Thrones” spinoff “House of the Dragon,” she once auditioned for another major franchise: “Star Wars.” During an appearance on Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Cooke was asked if there was any truth to reports that she was
With Tokayev’s strategic visit to Brussels under way, Kazakhstan's ambassador to the EU tells Euronews in an exclusive interview that Astana is seeking even closer ties with the 27-member bloc, highlighting energy, critical minerals and AI ambitions.
It remains unclear how the suspects obtained the firearms.
UN chief Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for faster action on global warming, challenging AI firms to "come clean" about their environmental footprint and warning that fossil fuels were driving climate and energy crises. As Europe bakes under a second heatwave in as many
Slater, a longtime genre screenwriter, is making his directorial debut with the Amazon MGM feature.
There are now just 600 bookstores in Australia, down from 895 in 2001.
As temperatures increase significantly over the next few days, these are your rights.
The Competition and Markets Authority said StubHub must refund 50,000 customers and pay a fine.
Japan isn’t just selling warships — it’s quietly building a new Indo-Pacific security architecture in the shadow of China’s rise, amid uncertainty in US leadership. This month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Japan is actively marketing its advanced, stealthy Mogami-class
The speech was given during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea.
Cover your ears and meet Joseph McGrail-Bateup, Canberra's official town crier and the new record-holder for the loudest ever shout.
Rolling blackouts last week across Java are the latest setback for President Prabowo Subianto.
At one time or another, we all feel twinges of anxiety about what will constitute the legacy we leave behind. Jerry Gretzinger may well be subject to just the same discomfort, but at least he can point to the Map: an enormous representation, made of thousands and thousands of
Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting has ruled himself out of a leadership race after he announced his backing for Andy Burnham.
Promotion, activation, and conversation come together when the early adopters have a tool to share a new idea. My new book is out a few months, and it’s a chance to create a share package with swag. There are only 1,000 sets. Each includes 10 first-printing copies of The Knot
New research from the University of St. Andrews has shown that higher extinction risk is associated with a higher frequency of decreasing local prevalence of species, in an analysis of one of the most comprehensive long-term databases ever created, BioTIME—a major tool to study
Two cups of warm water don't make one cup of boiling water. But in the quantum world, multiple low-energy photons can combine to produce a single, higher-energy photon.
If you’ve ever watched “The Traitors” and wished you could take part, now’s your chance. The hit gameshow has been adapted for the U.K. and Ireland as a social deduction experiment played entirely via WhatsApp. Created by CityDays in partnership with All3Media International,
U.S. lobbyists and pundits with the president’s ear are aiding Latin America’s swing to the right.
Donald Trump’s renovation of the Reflecting Pool is a major fiasco, and it’s getting him angrier. In Truth Social posts, he raged at a journalist for covering the story. He fulminated that vandals had cut at 250-foot gash in the facade (which is entirely unverified ). He hailed
Edinburgh’s long-running TV festival is set to relocate to Manchester next year after spending 50 years in the Scottish capital. The decision was taken by the festival’s board of directors, who have been overseeing an extensive consultation and bidding process since 2025. The
SpaceX shares have fallen for a third straight session, sinking to their lowest level since the firm's market debut and wiping out most of the spectacular gains made after its IPO, just as it launches its first-ever bond sale.
When it was signed at the end of the G7 summit on June 17, the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough. By reopening the Strait of Hormuz, easing sanctions and launching a 60-day negotiating process, it felt like a positive step on the
The incident occurred when a car ploughed into several customers on a bar terrace in the Malaga town. Police are investigating whether the driver suffered a health problem at the wheel.
The statement was circulated to editorial offices late on Monday night, reaching newsrooms shortly before midnight, according to the organisation.
The European Commission is preparing reforms for the first quarter of 2027 aimed at breaking down barriers between national banking markets, increasing financing for businesses and strategic sectors, and reducing the bloc’s dependence on foreign banks.
Philip Morris International (PMI) has called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to engage in a fair, transparent and science-based dialogue with the tobacco and nicotine industry as the EU prepares major revisions of tobacco legislation. In a letter sent to
Astronomers have reported the discovery of an unusual X-ray transient detected by the Einstein Probe that does not fit any known class of cosmic explosions. The paper presenting its multiwavelength analysis was published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS, June 23 (Reuters) - Global gas flaring rose to a six-year high in 2025, driven by increases in Russia and Iran, according to World Bankdata, hindering efforts to end by the end of this decade the routine burning of gas produced alongside oil. Flaring
By Emily Chow and Florence Tan SINGAPORE, June 23 (Reuters) - Two stranded supertankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, while seven empty Qatar-linked liquefied natural gas tankers have entered in recent weeks in an early sign Gulf gas shipping may be resuming,
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 23 (Reuters) - Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent U.N. inquiry