Los Angeles police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California without making arrests on Sunday following turmoil at universities across the United States over the Israel-Hamas war. The intervention at USC followed a raucous day on Saturday when dozens of people were arrested were arrested at a number of U.S. campuses. Various … Read more

BENGALURU/LUCKNOW, India – Manipulated videos are taking center stage as campaigning heats up in India’s election, with fake clips involving two top aides of Prime Minister Narendra Modi triggering police investigations and the arrest of some workers of his rival Congress party. In what has been dubbed as India’s first AI election, Modi said last … Read more

McLaren’s Lando Norris won the first Formula One race of his career with a shock victory over world champion Max Verstappen in the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday. Breathing life into an F1 season that risked becoming a one-man story again, Norris, in his 110th race for McLaren, beat Verstappen by over seven seconds with … Read more

Suzu, Ishikawa Pref. – Kodomo shokudō cafeterias that offer meals to needy children for free or at low prices continue operations in areas hit by the Jan. 1 powerful earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. But some kodomo shokudō operators in the Okunoto region in the peninsula, which was hit particularly … Read more

Brussels – Surveys predict Europe’s far right will surge in EU elections next month, giving it more influence in Brussels politics even if mainstream players still have greater weight. Some 370 million voters are being called to cast ballots in the European Union’s 27 countries from June 6 to 9 to select the 720 lawmakers … Read more

Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs, Teoscar Hernandez also went deep and left-hander James Paxton pitched into the seventh inning as the host Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves with a 5-1 victory on Sunday. Ohtani’s first homer — a two-run blast — came two Los Angeles hitters into … Read more

As the pro-Palestinian protests on colleges and universities across the United States have spread, some commentators have taken to comparing current events to the late 1960s. It’s a tempting analogy: protests in an earlier era, often defined by violent clashes with police; and the same thing today. History is simply repeating itself. No. The recent … Read more

Naoya Inoue gave the fans at Tokyo Dome a scare when he was knocked down in the first round of his super bantamweight title fight against Luis Nery. It was not long, however, before the champion put everyone at ease by taking control of a fight that underpinned his standing as the unquestioned king of … Read more

Amid a rise in scams soliciting money through social media by using celebrity names or taking advantage of romantic feelings, the Fukushima Prefectural Police are urging residents to be vigilant and are stepping up their investigations. The two types of social media fraud cost people in the prefecture ¥328.2 million ($2.1 million) over 18 cases … Read more

Japan’s undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue survived an early scare to stop Mexico’s Luis Nery in the sixth round at the Tokyo Dome on Monday and defend his titles. Fans at the famous venue, which seats more than 45,000, were left stunned when Nery floored the unbeaten “Monster” in the first round with a … Read more