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Death toll rises to 62 following massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Japan

Aftershocks continued to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas two days after a magnitude 7.6 temblor slammed the area. The first 72 hours are considered crucial to save lives after disasters

US national debt hits record $34 trn as Congress gears up for funding fight

Foreign buyers of US debt -- like China, Japan, South Korea and European nations -- have already cut down on their holdings of Treasury notes

Top Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri killed in Israeli drone strike in Beirut

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and was carried out by an Israeli drone

Harvard Prez Claudine Gay resigns amid backlash over antisemitism testimony

The House committee announced on Thursday it will investigate the policies and disciplinary procedures at Harvard, MIT and Penn

Gunman arrested after shooting into Colorado SC that ruled against Trump

Authorities, however, said Tuesday's incident appears unrelated to that case. Trump is expected to appeal that ruling to the US Supreme Court later Tuesday

Japan earthquake death toll rises to 55, military joins relief effort

Damage was so great that it could not immediately be assessed. Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed

Israel says it will counter genocide allegations at international court

Israel says it will defend itself against genocide accusations filed by South Africa with the world court.

Ukraine's 2 largest cities under heavy Russian missile attack, 1 killed

The barrage of the cities continued Russia's escalated attacks on Ukraine that began on Friday with its largest single attack on Ukraine since the war started, in which at least 41 were killed

South Korean opposition leader attacked and injured by an unidentified man

Busan's emergency office said Lee was attacked as he visited the construction site of a new airport in the city

Biden and Trump poised for potential rematch that could shake US politics

Not since the Supreme Court effectively decided the 2000 campaign in favour of Republican George W. Bush has the judiciary been so intertwined with presidential politics

Brazil's economy improves during Prez Lula's first yr back, divide remains

Still, the 78-year-old leader has struggled to boost his support among citizens and lawmakers. Some major setbacks, including a series of votes by Congress to override his vetoes

HK activist Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition, collusion charges

Lai, 76, was arrested during the city's crackdown on dissidents following huge pro-democracy protests in 2019

AUS vs PAK 3rd Test preview: Focus on David Warner's farewell at SCG

Warner has helped to hype what amounts to a match with little really on the line for the home side Australia has already clinched the three-test series with victories in Perth and Melbourne

EPL: Salah's brace helps Liverpool beat Newcastle to open up 3-point lead

Salah, who could be missing until mid-February depending on how far Egypt advances in the Africa Cup, could be the player to lead Liverpool to a record-tying 20th league championship.

Israeli who fought Hamas for 2 months indicted for impersonating soldier

Israeli media said he spent time fighting in Gaza and even appeared in a photo next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during one of his visits to soldiers in the field

Israel pulling troops from Gaza in precursor to scaled-back offensive

Politicians warned against reigniting those divisions and harming the national unity that has prevailed throughout the Israel-Hamas war

Bangladesh court sentences Nobel laureate Yunus to 6 months in jail

Yunus, who pioneered the use of microcredit to help impoverished people, was present in court and was granted bail. The court gave Yunus 30 days to appeal the verdict and sentence

Israeli SC overturns key component of Netanyahu's judicial overhaul

The planned overhaul sparked months of mass protests, threatened to trigger a constitutional crisis between the judicial and legislative branches of the government

3 killed, several wounded in separate shootings on new year in Los Angeles

Officers from the Hawthorne Police Department responded to a shooting report around 12:30 am on Monday, KABC-TV reported

Israel's court overturns key component of Netanyahu's judicial overhaul

Israel's Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul, a decision that threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society