TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese prosecutors yesterday made the first arrests in a funding scandal that forced Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to replace four ministers last month, local reports said. Ruling party lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda, 57, was held on suspicion of violating the political funds control law, Japanese media outlets, including Jiji Press, reported. Ikeda, whose […]
BERNAMA – At least 12 people died and seven others were injured when a bus flipped onto its side on a highway on Java Island on Friday, according to the West Java Police. Spokesperson Senior Commissioner Ibrahim Tompo stated that three male and nine female bodies were taken to a hospital in Purwakarta, and those […]
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) – Jasmine Suwannapura of Thailand had seven birdies and an eagle for a nine-under 63 yesterday to take the first-round lead at the LPGA’s Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. Hannah Green, the 2019 PGA Championship winner from Australia, was a stroke behind after a 64. Grace Kim, Rose […]
UPI – The field of surgery has long been dominated by men, and still is today. But two new studies show that if patients want safe, effective long-term results, picking a female surgeon might be key. In one study involving more than one million Canadian surgical patients whose outcomes were followed for a year, “those […]