Chile elects far-right José Antonio Kast as next president

BBC World News - December 15, 2025 - 09:15
Many believe Kast will be the most right-wing president since Augusto Pinochet, who oversaw a 17-year dictatorship in Chile from 1973.
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How Bondi Beach shooting unfolded minute by minute

BBC World News - December 15, 2025 - 09:02
Correspondent Joe Inwood pieces together what verified footage reveals about how Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly three decades unfolded.
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Osaka's Korea Town Transformed by Vietnamese and Nepalese Communities

Japan Society News - December 15, 2025 - 03:35
Ikuno Ward in Osaka, long known as a community shaped by Korean residents, is undergoing a significant transformation as the number of foreign nationals rises and the origins of its population diversify across roughly 80 countries. Nearly one in five of the ward’s 130,000 residents now hold foreign nationality, with recent growth driven in particular by arrivals from Vietnam and Nepal. (News On Japan)
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'Never give up': Belarusian prisoners celebrate release after US lifts sanctions

BBC World News - December 15, 2025 - 03:18
"It's a feeling of incredible happiness," says political prisoner Maria Kolesnikova, freed after more than five years.
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Buyers at Tokyo City Flea Market are 90% Foreign Tourists

Japan Travel News - December 15, 2025 - 02:09
At Oi Racecourse, the Tokyo City Flea Market has emerged as an unlikely gathering spot for overseas visitors even though it is far from a standard sightseeing destination, with the walkways filled on recent weekends with a mix of languages that reflects how sharply foreign tourism patterns are shifting. (News On Japan)
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Service Launched to Search Lost Items Across Multiple Operators Including Haneda Airport

Japan Business News - December 15, 2025 - 02:00
Find, a company that provides AI-based lost-and-found management, announced on December 12th that it has launched a new service enabling users to search for misplaced items across multiple transport operators and commercial facilities, allowing individuals to conduct a single unified search even when they are unsure where they dropped their belongings. (News On Japan)
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Eco Bag “Shupatto” Becomes a Massive Hit

Japan Business News - December 15, 2025 - 01:58
Eco bags became a daily necessity after Japan introduced mandatory charges for plastic shopping bags in July 2020, yet many consumers still found it surprisingly troublesome to fold them neatly, a frustration that helped propel the rise of a product that not only solves this inconvenience but has now captured the attention of both Japanese and overseas buyers, with sales of the series reaching 17 million units. (News On Japan)
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'Person of interest' detained over Brown University shooting, police say

BBC World News - December 14, 2025 - 21:18
Two people died and nine others were injured in the incident in Rhode Island on Saturday.
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Mother Reports Sister Stabbing Younger Sibling

Japan Society News - December 14, 2025 - 21:04
A 24-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly stabbing her younger sister in the back with a kitchen knife at their home in Kisarazu on the night of December 13th. (News On Japan)
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Police on Alert as Yamaguchi-gumi Leadership Assembles

Japan Society News - December 14, 2025 - 21:01
Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest crime syndicate and a designated organized crime group under special anti-conflict measures in Hyogo Prefecture and other regions, convened a meeting in Shizuoka City’s Shimizu Ward on December 13th. (News On Japan)
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Belarus Grants Large-Scale Amnesty, Frees 123 People Including Japanese National

Japan Politics News - December 14, 2025 - 20:38
Belarus carried out a large-scale amnesty on December 13th, releasing 123 detainees that included a Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist and a Japanese national. (News On Japan)
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Aiko Attends Chiba University Nursing Faculty’s 50th Anniversary Ceremony

Japan Education News - December 14, 2025 - 20:32
Aiko, the daughter of the Emperor and Empress, attended the 50th anniversary ceremony for the Faculty of Nursing at Chiba University on December 14th, where she delivered an address that emphasized her longstanding respect for the profession. (News On Japan)
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Eyewitness captures moment man tackles and disarms Bondi shooter

BBC World News - December 14, 2025 - 20:24
New South Wales Police say that 11 people were killed, plus one gunman, in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community.
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Eyewitness captures moment man tackles and disarms Bondi shooter

BBC World News - December 14, 2025 - 20:24
New South Wales Police say that 12 people were killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community.
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Inside Japan's Night-Shift Workforce

Japan Business News - December 14, 2025 - 20:22
A team of workers who labor through the night for the benefit of society were followed closely as they undertook two extraordinary tasks: transporting a 50-metre wind turbine blade across narrow residential streets in Shizuoka Prefecture and carrying out behind-the-scenes maintenance at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka after the park had closed. (News On Japan)
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What we know so far about the Brown University shooting

BBC World News - December 14, 2025 - 19:08
Police are searching for the suspect after a gunman opened fire in a classroom, killing two and injuring nine others in Providence, Rhode Island.
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John Cena takes his final bow, after last ever WWE fight

BBC World News - December 14, 2025 - 18:15
The actor and wrestler brought the curtain down on a 24-year career that saw him become one of wrestling's biggest stars.
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John Cena takes his final bow, after last ever WWE fight

BBC World News - December 14, 2025 - 18:15
The actor and wrestler brought the curtain down on a 24-year career that saw him become one of wrestling's biggest stars.
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Five arrested over plot to attack German Christmas market

BBC World News - December 14, 2025 - 17:46
Local media says one of the suspects is an imam at a mosque, and police allege he "called for a vehicle attack".
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Five arrested over plot to attack German Christmas market

BBC World News - December 14, 2025 - 17:46
Local media says one of the suspects is an imam at a mosque, and police allege he "called for a vehicle attack".
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