Japan raises permanent residency fees for foreigners by 20 times
Japan has raised fees for foreigners seeking permanent residency in the country by 20 times to 200,000 yen ($1,270; £955). Those seeking permanent residency must now also meet new income, pension and Japanese-language requirements. Long lines formed…
French PM to present belt-tightening 2027 budget, including frozen wages and new taxes
France is due to present its 2027 budget bill on Thursday after 0930 GMT, seeking to enact unpopular belt-tightening measures that can lower its deficit and appease increasingly twitchy bond investors ahead of next year’s presidential election. As has…
Song Min-ho: K-pop star convicted of violating military service law
A South Korean court has handed a suspended one-year prison sentence to K-pop singer Song Min-ho after he was convicted of violating the country’s military service law. The 33-year-old member of the boy band Winner was found to have been absent…
FlyDubai cockpit incident turns focus to crew-related hijackings
A pilot on a plane travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the other pilot and then apparently tried to crash the aircraft Wednesday before being subdued by passengers and crew. The Boeing 737 made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, where the…
Wicknell Chivayo: Zimbabwean businessman and wife killed in helicopter crash
Earlier, government spokesman Nick Mangwana confirmed the crash, saying the helicopter was carrying «a prominent businessman, three other passengers and two pilots». «Current information indicates that there were no survivors in this crash,» Mangwana…
Live: FlyDubai suspends flights to and from Israel after pilot attack
Home Middle East Live Issued on: 01/10/2026 – 07:58Modified: 01/10/2026 – 09:23 Israeli passengers leave the FlyDubai plane after touching down in Tel Aviv, on September 30, 2026. © Ariel Schalit, AP FlyDubai, the budget airline owned by…
Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest
The winning entry of a prestigious scientific photography competition is being re-evaluated following criticism from other scientists that it was made with AI. Nikon’s annual Small World In Motion contest accepts photos and video taken using…
Portugal: Ronaldo walks away – Sports
Cristiano Ronaldo has left Portugal’s training camp after several days of tensions with head coach Jorge Jesus. Portuguese Football Federation president Pedro Proença travelled to Copenhagen to try to ease the situation, without success. Ronaldo…
China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game?
Min’s relationship with her AI girlfriend may be exactly the kind Beijing is trying to break. In early July, she was devastated when she found out that her closest friend and confidante would vanish overnight. Min, whose name has been changed,…
Meet ‘America’: Trump’s AI chatbot changes answers after challenging his claims – Truth or Fake
Donald Trump has launched “America”, an AI chatbot designed as a digital portal for US government information. But its responses appear to be changing. The chatbot initially challenged several of Trump’s claims, including on the 2020 election and…