Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage: Reports

TOKYO:   Japan upon Tuesday (Jul 26) executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 08, local media reported. T he Proper rights Ministry declined to immediately confirm reports on national broadcaster NHK and other shops that Tomohiro KatoContinue Reading

Sri Lanka’s new president says non-violent protests can continue after crackdown

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe informed diplomats this week that non-violent protests towards his government is going to be allowed to continue, including in the commercial capital Colombo, his office mentioned in a statement on Sunday (Jul 24). Within a pre-dawn raid on Friday, countless security personnel disassembledContinue Reading

China launches second space station module, Wentian

BEIJING: China on Sunday (Jul 24) launched the second associated with three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year’s finish. The live feed on condition broadcaster CCTV showed the 23-tonne Wentian (“Quest for the Heavens”) laboratory moduleContinue Reading

North Korea accuses US of biological warfare in Ukraine

SEOUL:   North Korea accused the United States on Sunday (Jul 24) of manufacturing natural weapons in Ukraine, echoing a Russian state dismissed by the United Nations in March. Moscow number one ally Pyongyang in February said US plan was the “root reason for the Ukraine crisis”, and this monthContinue Reading