TOKYO, Dec 26 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet on Friday approved a record $785 billion budget for the next fiscal year, aiming to strike a balance between her proactive fiscal policy and debt blowout concerns by limiting new bond issuance.
Dec 26 - Myanmar will hold a third phase of voting for its general election on January 25, according to an announcement on state media on Friday, outlining a poll plan that comes amid a raging civil war in the Southeast Asian nation.
Churches across the country urged prayers for Sumatran provinces hit by deadly floods in November.
Immersive Fort Tokyo opened in March 2024.
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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday endorsed his son Flavio Bolsonaro for the 2026 presidential election from a hospital bed in Brasilia after undergoing treatment for a hernia. “With the commitment of not allowing the popular will to be silenced, I make the
Christmas albums still have a bit of a stigma among fans of higher-cred artists. It can be difficult, first, to overcome the expectation that they’re either cash grabs or sops to sentimentality, and secondly, to come up with an original take on seasonal music, even with the
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"It is so shameful to see such irresponsible behaviour," he said.
It was a lively mix of Snoop Dogg’s greatest hits and Christmas favorites that livened up Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium during the halftime break for Netflix’s Christmas Day telecast of the NFL’s Detroit Lions game against the Minnesota Vikings. Snoop Dogg, Lainey Wilson and
Mr Rahman is favoured to win polls slated for Feb 12.
The United States on Thursday launched strikes against ISIS in Nigeria, President Trump announced, citing the targeting of Christians in the region. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist
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SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses spoilers for “Anaconda,” now playing in theaters When co-writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten first pitched what would become their reimagined take on the so-bad-it’s-good 1997 classic “Anaconda,” they never thought Sony would be on board
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday delivered an "Alternative Christmas Message" to a British audience, saying that "tyranny is booming" in the United States and aiming criticism at President Trump. The filmed remarks aired on Channel 4 in line with the holiday tradition that
Weeks after floods ravaged the island of Sumatra, many still do not have access to clean water and food.
Najib, who served as prime minister for nine years, is now serving a six-year sentence for graft
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak faces four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering relating to the plunder of hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.
Najib faces four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering.
Mr Rubio reiterated President Trump’s desire for peace in a call with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.
The storms have brought flash flooding and mudslides during a time of busy holiday travel.
Graham Walker said he would not agree to sell his company if buyer did not earmark 15% of the proceeds to employees.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Wednesday shot a migrant who drove a van toward them while fleeing an immigration enforcement operation, resulting in a crash that injured his passenger, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DHS
[Premium Times] In Casablanca, Burkina Faso produced the most dramatic moment of the day, scoring twice deep into stoppage time to overturn Equatorial Guinea 2-1 in Group E.
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Analysts say this is aimed at improving precision strike capabilities.
SEOUL, Dec 26 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signaled the country will continue to develop missiles in the next five years, as he visited major munitions enterprises in the last quarter of 2025, state media KCNA said on Friday.
Mohammad Bakri, a prominent Palestinian actor and director who was known for his work in “Homeland” and the Oscar-nominated 1984 drama “Beyond the Walls,” died Dec. 24 in Israel. He was 72. CNN and other outlets reported that Bakri had been suffering from heart problems. As an
Marty Supreme , Josh Safdie’s much-hyped new film about a real life 1950s table tennis champion, is out today. Last week we got star Timothée Chalamet rapping about it on EsDeeKid's viral hit "4 Raws," and now longtime Safdie brothers collaborator Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix
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Timothée Chalamet has stopped at nothing to market A24's acclaimed awards hopeful 'Marty Supreme' — including becoming the first person to stand atop The Sphere in Las Vegas on Dec. 22 — and it's paying off.
Ukraine's leader gives an upbeat assessment after discussing the plan with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
The Ellisons and RedBird, run by savvy media dealmaker Gerry Cardinale, are mulling something known internally as "DefCon 1.”
The pair previously worked together in 2013's 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' where Reiner played Jordan Belfort's (Leonardo DiCaprio) dad.
Wine prices have fallen 2.8% this year through the end of November on Liv-ex’s Fine Wine 100 index.
"From a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year," Kimmel said on Britain's Channel 4. "Tyranny is booming over here"
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In 2005, Antonio Somera, a Filipino American member of the Legionarios del Trabajo, a Masonic fraternal order, stumbled across a trove of mysterious-looking containers while he was cleaning out the basement of the Daguhoy Lodge in Stockton, California. The containers, which had
Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), a candidate for U.S. Senate, on Thursday announced the death of his longtime staffer and campaign manager Tatum Dale. Dale has worked with the congressman for more than a decade, serving as his top aide in Kentucky and his deputy chief of staff before
Thursday, December 25, 2025 The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has been renamed to "The Trump and Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts." by President Donald J. Trump from a board vote by the Kennedy Center board and staff. The sign for the renaming of The "Trump"
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“You simply must marry. You just haven’t met the right young lady,” Benedict Bridgerton’s mother Violet admonishes him in the trailer for season 4 of Netflix’s “Bridgerton.” But he might disagree after he meets the fetching Sophie Baek, played by Yerin Ha, unleashing a
This article published by Pacific Forum is a version of an earlier story published by Korea On Point. It is republished with permission. What in the world is going on? It was not that long ago when North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was seen and treated as a pariah. Moscow