When Kaitlyn Ugoretz, a digital anthropologist specialising in Japanese religions, secured a prestigious fellowship with the Japan Foundation, it seemed like a dream come true. Ugoretz, a 27-year-old PhD candidate at the University of California, planned to arrive in Japan in August last year to conduct research for her dissertation before starting her fellowship with…Continue Reading
The scrapping of tariffs on Australian wine and beef is expected to help exporters hit by Chinese trade sanctions.Published On 17 Dec 202117 Dec 2021The United Kingdom and Australia on Thursday signed a free trade deal projected to eventually boost bilateral trade by more than 10 billion pounds ($13.3bn), eliminating tariffs, opening up sectors like…Continue Reading
The US had briefly paused use of the COVID jab in April, before finding benefit outweighs very rare, but deadly, risks.Published On 16 Dec 202116 Dec 2021A panel of outside advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has voted to recommend Americans choose to receive one of the other two authorised…Continue Reading
Hiriart aroused strong reactions among Chileans for the perceived influence she had on Pinochet, who ruled for 17 years.Published On 16 Dec 202116 Dec 2021Lucia Hiriart, the widow of late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, has died at the age of 99, her family said. Her death on Thursday came three days before a polarised presidential runoff…Continue Reading
LONDON (AP) — Soaring infections in Britain driven in part by the omicron variant of the coronavirus rattled Europe on Thursday, prompting new restrictions on the Continent and fueling a familiar dread on both sides of the Atlantic about entering a new phase of the pandemic just in time for the holidays.Much remains unknown about…Continue Reading
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A freelance video journalist accredited to The Associated Press in Ethiopia has been detained by police in the capital, Addis Ababa, the news organization said Wednesday.Amir Aman Kiyaro was detained under the country’s new war-related state of emergency powers on Nov. 28 after returning home from a reporting trip. He has…Continue Reading
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. So have supplies of dozens of essential drugs. The staff, unpaid for months, still shows up for work, but they are struggling to make ends meet at home.This is the plight at the Afghan-Japan Hospital for communicable diseases,…Continue Reading
SYDNEY (AP) — Five children died and four others were in critical condition on Thursday after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 33 feet into the air by a gust of wind at a school on Australia’s island state of Tasmania.The school was holding a celebration to mark the end of the school…Continue Reading
On Dec. 11, former President Donald Trump premiered his first city stop on “The History Tour,” a dialogue conducted by Bill O’Reilly. This presentation highlighted many unknown things about the Trump presidency in a raw format that was both entertaining and highly revealing about the inner workings of his administration and leadership style. Hosted by…Continue Reading
HOUSTON—The 10 people who lost their lives in a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston died from compression asphyxia, officials announced Thursday. Medical examiners with the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston had to wait several weeks following the Nov. 5 concert by rap superstar Travis Scott for additional…Continue Reading