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Motegi, speaking on a Fuji Television talk show, said the person had been detained since last year and was released on Wednesday. He said another Japanese national who was arrested earlier this year is still in custody. Motegi said the release came after his repeated demands to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and that he …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — LeBron James set the NBA record by playing in his 1,612th regular-season game and Luke Kennard made a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left to send the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-104 comeback victory over the Orlando Magic on Saturday night. Luka Doncic scored 33 points in the Lakers’ ninth straight …
SHANGHAI, March 22 (Reuters) – China’s aviation regulator has not released an annual update on its investigation into a deadly China Eastern Airlines crash for the second year in a row, letting the fourth anniversary pass without providing any insight into the cause. On March 21, 2022, the China Eastern Boeing 737-800 jet plunged into a hillside …
TAIPEI, March 22 (Reuters) – Deliveries of delayed F-16V fighter jets for Taiwan will begin this year with production at “full capacity”, the island’s defence ministry said after senior defence officials visited the United States. Taiwan, which faces a rising military threat from China, has complained of repeated delays to weapons ordered from the U.S., …
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jordan Pope and Matas Vokieaitis each scored 17 points, Camden Heide hit a game-sealing 3-pointer and Texas became the first team in five years to go from the NCAA Tournament’s First Four to the Sweet 16, beating Gonzaga 74-68 on Saturday. First-year coach Sean Miller’s 11th-seeded Longhorns (21-14), who lost five …
Six people were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries after a floor collapsed at a wedding venue in Tamworth, New Hampshire, around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, a New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office spokesperson said. The collapse happened while a wedding party of about 140 people were present, according to dispatch audio from …
LJUBLJANA, March 22 (Reuters) – Slovenians will choose between incumbent liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob and right-wing populist Janez Jansa on Sunday, with neither looking likely to win a parliamentary majority in the vote, which could be decided by smaller coalition partners. Latest opinion polls confirm pro-Donald Trump Jansa’s Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) and Golob’s …
The pursuit of the perfect NCAA Tournament bracket continues, but for far fewer people than when Saturday’s second-round games tipped off. By Saturday evening, after wins by top seeds Duke and Michigan and third-seeded Michigan State, the number of unblemished entries had dropped to 105 in ESPN’s bracket challenge and 133 in the NCAA’s contest. …
Heavy rains have hit Hawaii, causing major flooding on its most populous island, Oahu, and forcing thousands to evacuate.
Iranian strikes hit two communities near Israel’s main nuclear research center, leaving at least 90 people injured in the southern part of the country. It was the first time Israel’s nuclear research center has been targeted in the war that began three weeks ago. The strikes came hours after Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was …