Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, Tokyo
Getty ImagesLast year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in Japan. Almost 500 were later…
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Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?
Getty ImagesAround seven million people suffer from dementia in Japan -
‘I couldn’t believe what I was seeing’
An amateur photographer in southern Spain captured something almost no one expected to see.
Ángel Hidalgo managed to photograph a white Iberian lynx near Jaén after spending months checking his trail camera traps in the forest at sunrise.
Hidalgo…
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Hong Kong to vote in election as city mourns deadly fire
Getty ImagesHongkongers are mourning the worst blaze the city has seen in more than 70 years Hongkongers are voting in an election seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire that angered some in the city.
The government has mounted…
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‘Quite severe’ damage to Ukraine’s energy infrastructure after massive Russian drone, missile strike
A Russian mass missile and drone attack overnight on Dec. 6 has once again hammered Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, hitting substations, generation facilities, and disconnecting one of the power lines that supplies the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power…
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Several tourists among at least 23 killed in blaze at Goa nightclub | India
At least 23 people have been killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in the Indian resort city of Goa, officials said.
Several tourists were among the dead in the fire, which broke out at about midnight at a club in Arpora in the North Goa…
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Allies must aid collective defense or face ‘consequences:’ Pentagon chief
Trump administrationHegseth says US not trying to change Taiwan status quo or ‘strangle’ China’s growth
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi…
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Video. Kilauea volcano resumes eruptions with new lava fountains
Mount Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island has resumed its intermittent eruptions, lighting up the night sky with bright red lava fountains.
The latest activity, which have been captivating residents and visitors for nearly a year,…
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