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Trump congratulates Takaichi on 'landslide victory' in election
9 February 2026 @ 11:41 am
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her party's "landslide victory" in a general election and said it was his honor to…
Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in national security case
9 February 2026 @ 11:40 am
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent…
U.S. Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump
9 February 2026 @ 11:39 am
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic “a…
Ilia Malinin beats Japanese rival Shun Sato to secure U.S. figure skating team gold
9 February 2026 @ 7:39 am
Ilia Malinin beat Japanese rival Shun Sato in a head-to-head showdown at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday night, helping the U.S. defend its team figure skating gold…
Suspect arrested in fatal hit-and-run in Osaka Prefecture
9 February 2026 @ 7:38 am
Police in Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in the death of an 82-year-old man on a bicycle in…
Japan restarts reactor at world's biggest nuclear plant again
9 February 2026 @ 7:37 am
Japan switched on a reactor at the world's biggest nuclear power plant again on Monday, its operator said, after an earlier attempt was quickly suspended due to a…
Nikkei jumps after landslide victory for Takaichi's ruling party
9 February 2026 @ 7:37 am
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 share index jumped as much as 5% to a record on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party secured a two-thirds supermajority in…
Bad Bunny celebrates Puerto Rico in joyous Super Bowl halftime show
9 February 2026 @ 6:45 am
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny on Sunday turned the Super Bowl into a giant street party, delivering his hits on one of the world's biggest stages -- and…
'Melania' falls steeply and 'Send Help' holds steady at No. 1 on a quiet weekend in theaters
9 February 2026 @ 4:56 am
Hollywood largely ceded attention to football over a slow box-office weekend, with the survival thriller “Send Help” repeating as No. 1 in ticket sales and the Melania Trump…
Israeli president says 'we shall overcome this evil' at Sydney's Bondi Beach
9 February 2026 @ 3:00 am
Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Monday people of all faiths will "overcome this evil" as he laid a wreath to commemorate victims of a shooting that killed 15…