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A man carries hilsa fish in a bamboo basket through a wholesale market in the Indian state of West Bengal.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2024
Sales of beloved fish caught in net of fraying India-Bangladesh ties
Major overfishing means stocks fall far short for India, and traders had turned to Bangladesh to fill the shortfall before the export ban.
A closure order on the door to the Ramallah Al Jazeera office in the West Bank after the Israeli raid on Sunday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2024
Israel forces raid Al Jazeera TV in West Bank and order 45-day closure
The Israeli parliament passed a law in early April allowing the banning of foreign media broadcasts deemed harmful to state security.
Palestinians search for survivors of an Israeli strike in the Shejaiya suburb east of Gaza City on Thursday. A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development described the economy of the Gaza Strip as being "in ruins" more than 11 months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 13, 2024
Gaza economy shrinks to less than a sixth of its pre-war size, U.N. says
A document from the U.N.'s trade agency also describes "a rapid and alarming economic decline" in the occupied West Bank.
A person holds an image of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot dead by Israeli forces, as Palestinians march to honor her in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Death prompts U.S. to demand overhaul of Israeli conduct in West Bank
Israel's military said the American protester's death was unintentional, and it voiced deep regret.
People chant slogans as they participate in a protest one month after the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata on Sunday
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2024
Worldwide protests held over Indian trainee medic's rape and murder
A suspect has been arrested along with the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College, where the rape and murder victim had been studying.
Medics rush a U.S. citizen who received a gunshot wound to the head to the emergency ward of a hospital in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2024
Israeli troops shoot Turkish American woman dead at West Bank protest
The White House said it was deeply disturbed by the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and called on Israel to investigate.
Junior doctors carry India's national flag and hold placards during a protest to demand justice over the rape and murder of a doctor in early August, in Kolkata on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2024
Before Indian doctor's murder, an unmet promise to keep physicians safe
The state government of West Bengal where a doctor was raped and murdered in early August had pledged better security five years ago.
Cows graze in a field near the Green Bank Telescope, a 100-meter fully steerable radio telescope, at the Green Bank Observatory in the U.S. National Radio Quiet Zone in Green Bank, West Virginia, on May 20.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2024
Inside the 'golden age' of alien hunting at the Green Bank Telescope
If intelligent life exists out there, there's a good chance the teams at the world's largest fully steerable radio astronomy facility will be the first to know.
A Palestinian woman reacts as she walks along a street damaged during a raid in the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
WORLD
Aug 29, 2024
Israeli conducts deadly raids in West Bank as Gaza war rages
Israel launched coordinated raids across four northern West Bank cities where the military has focused much of its recent operations.
University students in Varanasi, India, protest against a recent rape and murder of a doctor in West Bengal. Despite some improvements in legislation following high-profile cases, such as the 2012 gang rape, violence against women has worsened, with recorded rapes increasing.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2024
Protests won’t change India's attitude toward rape
Despite some improvements in legislation following high-profile cases, such as the 2012 gang rape, violence against women has worsened, with recorded rapes increasing.
Medical professionals and students participate in a silent march as they condemn the rape and murder of a doctor, in Kolkata on Aug. 15.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2024
'Abuse every day': Female medics in India speak out after brutal murder
The rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata cast a spotlight on the chronic issue of violence against women and the failure to provide safe working conditions for them.
Doctors shout slogans as they hold placards during a protest rally demanding justice following the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a hospital in Kolkata, in New Delhi, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 19, 2024
Protests spread over Indian doctor's rape and murder
Activists say the incident highlights how women in India continue to suffer despite tougher laws following a similar crime in Delhi in 2012.
Medical professionals hold a candlelight march amid nationwide strikes by doctors to condemn the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, India, on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 18, 2024
India doctors end one-day strike over colleague's rape and murder
Women activists say the incident at the British-era R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital has highlighted how women in India continue to suffer.
Medical professionals and activists hold posters and candles as they take part in a midnight protest on Wednesday to condemn the rape and murder of a young medic in Kolkata. Indian doctors in government hospitals across several states halted elective services "indefinitely" on Monday in protest.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 15, 2024
Doctors' protests spread across India after rape and murder of medic
The gruesome attack on a trainee doctor last week has prompted thousands of women to march across Indian cities overnight as well as protests by fellow medics.
A train in Nimi, Okayama Prefecture, on West Japan Railway's Geibi Line in September 2023. The line is among those that have seen rail tracks warped by this summer's extreme heat.
JAPAN / Boiling Point
Aug 15, 2024
Japan’s searing summer heat is warping railway tracks more often
West Japan Railway, Kyushu Railway and Shikoku Railway have all been affected.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone President Akira Shimada calls for a public debate on ending domestic telegram services.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2024
NTT should consider ending telegram services, firm's president says
Telegrams continue to be used in Japan to send messages for events such as weddings and funerals.
A 500 series bullet train on the Sanyo Shinkansen line with the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series decoration. The aging 500 series will retire in 2027.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2024
JR West to retire 500 series Shinkansen in 2027
JR West plans to introduce new N700S Shinkansen trains after the 500 series' retirement.
A drone view of Neve Daniel, a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on March 12
WORLD
Jul 22, 2024
Israeli settlers court Republican religious right after Hamas attacks
While Donald Trump has suggested U.S. policy could change, neither he nor the Republican Party have been explicit about their position toward a Palestinian state.
A humanoid robot to be used by West Japan Railway for maintenance operations
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 5, 2024
Japan deploys humanoid robot for railway maintenance
The machine can use various attachments for its arms to carry objects, hold a brush to paint or use a chainsaw.
Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden at Adi-Dassler-Sportplatz in Herzogenaurach, Germany, on June 10.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2024
Adidas CEO rides Samba craze to revive brand after Ye debacle
Adidas' stocks have more than doubled from when Bjorn Gulden was announced as the new boss 18 months ago.
China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
Russia has a secret war drones project in China, intel sources say
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a drone production facility of the the Special Technology Center in St. Petersburg on Sept. 19.
As Onosato dominates the spotlight, former sumo stars exit the stage
Takakeisho during a one-day tournament at Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020
Japan MSDF warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time
The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami arrives in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean during a scheduled port visit in July. The Sazanami became the first Japanese warship to sail through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday.
Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine striking Russia
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council on the subject of nuclear deterrence in Moscow on Wednesday.
A first look inside the new Nintendo Museum
The Nintendo Museum opens to the public on Oct. 2, but unlike the company's all-ages games, the new attraction may be geared more toward older rather than younger gamers.
China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
People of all ages and sizes scale new heights amid climbing boom in Japan
A climbing wall at a kindergarten in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture. The sport has been on the rise in Japan, mainly due to the popularity it gained from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and new climbing walls are popping all over the place.
In need of rice and some Japanese words that describe necessity
A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, last month.
Does Sanae Takaichi have a real shot at becoming Japan's first female leader?
Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, speaks during a debate in Tokyo on Sept. 14.

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