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A 27-year-old man found dead in an apartment in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward on Monday is believed to have been in a relationship with a woman who died in an apparent murder-suicide three days earlier, according to investigative sources. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the death of Shintaro Nakakubo, a company employee, who was living in the apartment leased under the name of Yuka Nomura, 36. Nomura and her three sons — who were ages 9, 11 and 16 — were found uncon

China has set a world record in maglev technology by accelerating a ton-level test vehicle to 700 kilometers per hour (km/h) in just two seconds, China Media Group reported. A research team from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) achieved the record speed on a 400-meter magnetic levitation test track. The superconducting electric maglev test vehicle also completed a safe stop. The test marks the fastest speed ever recorded on a platform of its kind worldwide

Three people killed in Moscow car explosion, Russian authorities say Two police officers have been killed in an explosion in Moscow, Russian investigators said on Wednesday. Their deaths come just two days after a car bomb killed a top general in the same area of the Russia capital. A third person also died in Wednesday’s explosion. A spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee said the two traffic police officers were approaching a “suspicious individual” when the exp

Government data has been stolen in a hack though officials believe the risk to individuals is "low", Trade Minister Chris Bryant has said. That data is understood to have been on systems operated on the Home Office's behalf by the Foreign Office, whose staff detected the incident. It is understood a Chinese affiliated group is suspected of being behind the attack. The UK government has not named who it thinks is responsible, with a spokesperson saying it has been "working to

French 'Doctor Death' who poisoned patients jailed for life A former anaesthetist has been jailed for life for intentionally poisoning 30 patients, 12 of them fatally. Frédéric Péchier, 53, was convicted Friday at the end of a four-month trial in the eastern city of Besançon. In one of France's biggest ever medical malpractice cases, Péchier was found to have introduced chemicals like potassium chloride or adrenaline into the infusion bags of patients. His youngest victim, a

Warning: This story discusses family harm, suicide and mental health, and may upset some readers. After the suspected killings of three children by their father at their Manawatu home, questions immediately focused on whether there were any “red flags”. Previous cases of filicide in New Zealand show that the warning signs are not always predictable. On Saturday, Manawatu father Dean Field seemingly killed his three children , set his house alight and is suspected of then taki

The peace monitoring commission, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), in South Sudan has raised alarms about a major decline in security across the country. The country's peace monitoring commission has sounded the alarm, following a rise in violence and political instability between July and September this year. According to the quarterly report released just yesterday, clashes have erupted among groups who signed the 2018 peace deal, affectin

The remains of the eight victims killed in Wednesday’s military helicopter crash have been flown to South Africa for advanced forensic...

Could it be the first step towards a return to civilian rule? Guinea's transitional government presented a draft constitution to general...

A member of Britain’s armed forces has been arrested in Kenya, and U.K. military police are investigating, the Ministry of Defense said...