Japan court hands ex-PM Abe's assassin life sentence, NHK reports
A Japanese court sentenced 45-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami to life imprisonment for fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, public broadcaster...
Brazilian President Lula da Silva is recovering after successful surgery in São Paulo to treat a brain haemorrhage linked to a fall at home in October, doctors have confirmed.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has successfully undergone surgery in São Paulo to address a brain haemorrhage caused by a fall at his home in October, according to a medical statement released by the government on Tuesday.
The 79-year-old leader is reported to be in good condition and is under observation in the intensive care unit.
An MRI scan conducted in Brasília on Monday evening, after Lula experienced a headache, revealed the presence of an intracranial haemorrhage. He was subsequently transferred to the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo for the procedure.
However, the injury led to the cancellation of a planned visit to Russia for the BRICS summit in Kazan, following medical advice to avoid long-haul flights temporarily.
Labour Minister Luiz Marinho was among the first politicians to express his wishes for President Lula’s swift and complete recovery on the social media platform X.
Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died at the age of 93, his foundation said on Monday.
More than 100 vehicles were involved in a massive pileup on Interstate 96 in western Michigan on Monday (19 January), forcing the highway to shut in both directions amid severe winter weather.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose a 200% tariff on French wines and champagnes after France declined to join his proposed Board of Peace on Gaza initiative.
Syria's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that about 120 Islamic State detainees escaped from Shaddadi prison, after the Kurdish website Rudaw reported that a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said around 1,500 Islamic State members had escaped.
The German and French finance ministers said on Monday that European powers would not be blackmailed and that there would be a clear and united response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of higher tariffs over Greenland.
A Japanese court sentenced 45-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami to life imprisonment for fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, public broadcaster NHK reported. The ruling on Wednesday (21 January) brings to an end a three-and-a-half-year case that has stunned the nation.
A Russian air attack cut power to more than one million Kyiv residents and impacted substations carrying power from Ukraine's atomic plants on Tuesday.
A commuter train derailed on Tuesday after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain near the Spanish city of Barcelona, killing the driver and seriously injuring passengers, a fire brigade official said.
U.S. forces have seized another oil tanker linked to Venezuela in the Caribbean, marking the seventh such detention in recent weeks as Washington intensifies enforcement of sanctions on illicit oil shipments.
Poland will begin phasing out the special residence and welfare rules granted to Ukrainians who fled the war with Russia, shifting them onto the country’s standard legal framework for foreign nationals from March, the government said on Tuesday.
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