Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down near the Kremlin on Saturday, just a day before a planned protest against the government. Russia’s top investigative body said Saturday it is looking into several possible ...
“All politics is local.” — former U.S. House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neill “Local councilors, in practice, are accountable to nobody. Half of them are self-important busybodies on an ego trip and the other half are in it for what they can get out of ...
In a controversial column by 83-year-old author Ayako Sono that appeared in the Feb. 11 issue of the Sankei Shimbun under the headline “Maintain a ‘suitable distance,’” Sono suggested that when and if Japan changes its immigration policies to accept more foreign workers, they ...
100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, March 30, 1915 Japanese sword sent to English teacher Mr. J. M. McGregor, once a popular teacher of English in Waseda University, went to England, it may be recalled, some years ago, to follow up a new line of work ...
It’s the dress that’s beating the Internet black and blue. Or should that be gold and white? Friends and co-workers worldwide are debating the true hues of a royal blue dress with black lace that, to many an eye, transforms in one photograph into ...
Apparently Google bloggers like to post porn. A lot. Just three days after saying sexually explicit material would be banned from public Blogger forum sites, Google is backing down. Faced with “a ton of feedback,” Google said Friday that it instead will “step up ...
A Chinese temple famous for its martial arts is planning to build a $297 million complex that includes a temple, a hotel, a Shaolin kung-fu academy and a golf course in Australia. Shoalhaven City Coucil in the Australian state of New South Wales said ...
The Abe administration wants to strengthen Japan’s intelligence-gathering capabilities in the Middle East after the recent hostage disaster revealed its shortcomings in gaining information through military channels. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he intends to deploy more Self-Defense Forces personnel at Japanese embassies in ...
