Japan expects over $7.65b net profit in FY 2025
Reuters : Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s (8316.T), opens new tab CEO said the firm may make more than 1.2 trillion yen ($7.65 billion) net profit...
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Sally Rooney to Percival Everett: The best books of 2024
BBC : Intermezzo by Sally RooneyLaunched late in the year to the feverish fan hoards was the fourth instalment in the so-called “Rooneyverse”. In a...
China-Iran FMs agree Mideast ‘not a battleground’ for big powers
Agency : The top diplomats of China and Iran agreed Saturday that the Middle East is “not a battleground for the big powers” and should...
US homelessness hits new record
AFP : The number of people in the United States experiencing homelessness reached a new record this year, withlingering inflation and high housing prices among...
Taliban hit ‘several points’ in Pakistan
Al Jazeera : Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense has said, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial...
Japanese mother arrested for attempted murder of son
Agency : Police in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, have arrested a 25-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of attempting to kill her 5-year-old son.Police said the...
Last functional hospital in Gaza torched
UNB : One of the last operational hospitals in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan in Beit Lahia, is under a severe siege, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported...
One in six children live in conflict zones this year: UNICEF
Al Jazeera : About 473 million, or more than one in six children, are estimated to live in conflict areas worldwide, according to the United...
NATO to boost military presence in Baltic after cables ‘sabotage’
Agency : NATO will bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia...
China car-ramming attack sent to death
AFP : A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death...
Israeli strikes in Yemen as WHO chief escapes death
AFP : Israeli air strikes hit rebel-held Sanaa’s international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday as the head of the UN’s World Health...