Japan’s tourism board has urged holidaymakers to swap Tokyo and Kyoto for towns in Tohoku and Kanazawa as Australian tourists flood Japan’s cities in record
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South Korea plane crash: police raid Muan airport and Jeju Air office
Police in South Korea have raided Muan international airport, the scene of Sunday’s plane crash, in which 179 people died, as well as the office
South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol vows to ‘fight until end’
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has rallied his supporters in a letter saying he will “fight until the end” as he faces an
Twenty missing after falling from boat in rough seas off Libya’s coast
Twenty people are missing after falling into the sea from a tilting boat after it started to take in water in rough seas about 20
Top Venezuelan pianist urges music world to snub youth orchestra linked to Maduro
One of Venezuela’s most celebrated musicians, the pianist Gabriela Montero, has called on concert halls and music promoters to cut ties with her country’s world-renowned
Ecuador confirms incinerated bodies belong to missing ‘Guayaquil Four’ boys
Ecuador’s attorney general’s office has confirmed that incinerated bodies found on Christmas Eve belong to the four children missing since early December, in a case
US releases one of longest-held Guantánamo Bay detainees to Tunisia
A Tunisian national who had become one of Guantánamo Bay’s longest-held detainees has been released from the US military compound, the Pentagon announced on Monday
World of dance mourns death of ‘brilliant light’ Dada Masilo at age of 39
The dance world is mourning the internationally acclaimed South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, who died in hospital at the weekend aged 39. Masilo
Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof was ‘scathing about African leaders’, files reveal
The Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof urged Tony Blair not to appoint an African co-chair to the UK-led organisation working to overhaul international aid to
Labour government discussed Tanzania asylum camp plan in 2004, files show
Tony Blair’s government discussed diverting £2m earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa in order to fund a controversial pilot scheme to process and house asylum-seekers