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Hot pants: Tokyo government workers swap suits for shorts

Tokyo's metropolitan government is encouraging staff to wear shorts to work to c...

Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport resumes international fl...

International flights from Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport are scheduled to resum...

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman apologizes to Canada town for n...

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has apologized to a Canadian town devastated by a Februa...

Trump nominates former lawmaker Michelle Steel as US am...

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated ​a former California congresswoman, Mi...

Philippines cuts tax on petroleum products to ease pric...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on April 13 said excise taxes on liquef...

US doesn't 'have time for Ukraine' because of Iran war:...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday told a German broadcaster that...

Japan posts lowest greenhouse gas emissions in decade

Japan's net greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.9% in 2025 to hit their lowest level...

Chatbots at the ballot box: AI skirts Brazil election r...

"Chat, who is the best candidate?": Six months out from Brazil's presidential el...

Threat of grounded planes nears as jet fuel supplies dw...

Could planes soon be stuck on the ground due to a lack of fuel? The risk of jet ...

Trump says he may go to Islamabad if Iran deal reached

U.S. President ​Donald Trump said on Thursday that ‌if a deal with Iran to concl...

Japan to release 50 million medical gloves to ease supp...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that Japan will give out 50...

Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal 'soo...

Iran said on Friday the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire agreemen...

Under blackout threat, Wikimedia to hold talks with Ind...

The Wikimedia Foundation said Friday it will hold talks with the Indonesian gove...

A 9-year-old was found locked in a van since 2024, maln...

A 9-year-old boy has been rescued after living locked in his father's utility va...

Vance says talks failed to reach deal with Iran on endi...

Iran and the United States failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Mi...

FAA proposes to hire 2,300 air traffic controllers in b...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on April 6 it is proposing to hir...