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Sumo hit with new bullying scandal
27 February 2026 @ 7:34 am
Sumo has been hit with another bullying scandal after media reported Friday that a retired grand champion who is now a stablemaster had reported himself to the sport's…
Philippines, U.S., Japanese planes conduct drills over Bashi Channel
27 February 2026 @ 7:34 am
The Philippine, U.S. and Japanese militaries conducted joint exercises this week over the Bashi Channel that separates the Philippines from Taiwan, officials said Friday.
Aircraft from the three…
Takaichi opposes changing male-only imperial succession
27 February 2026 @ 7:34 am
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in the Diet on Friday that she opposes changing the imperial family's male succession rules.
The comments are her clearest on the…
Embarrassing defeat for UK's Starmer as Greens seize Labour stronghold
27 February 2026 @ 5:21 am
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in an area of Greater Manchester that it had dominated for almost a century, a…
Pakistan bombs targets in Afghan cities; minister calls it 'open war'
27 February 2026 @ 4:55 am
Pakistan bombed Taliban government targets in Afghanistan's major cities overnight, officials from both countries said on Friday, with Pakistan's defence minister describing the conflict as "open war".
Security…
ICE struggles to vet recruits amid U.S. immigration enforcement push, internal email shows
27 February 2026 @ 4:37 am
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is struggling to keep pace with vetting new hires during its historic recruitment push and is laying out a process to deal with…
Anthropic CEO says AI company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands
27 February 2026 @ 3:28 am
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow unrestricted use of its technology, deepening the…
U.S. hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as 'clearly fake' after anti-Canada slur
27 February 2026 @ 2:33 am
American hockey player Brady Tkachuk said Thursday that he did not appreciate a doctored TikTok video shared by the White House that made it look like he was…
U.S. aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says
27 February 2026 @ 2:27 am
The U.S. aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on…
Hillary Clinton tells congressional panel she has no information on Epstein
27 February 2026 @ 2:26 am
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee on Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had…