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Thu, March 23, 2023 | 16:06
Assassination of Abe stuns world leaders
Assassination of Abe stuns world leaders
Friday's shocking assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world's safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation, with Iran calling it an “act of terrorism” while Spain slammed the “cowardly attack.”
2022-07-08 21:03
  • Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being shot while making a speech
Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being shot while making a speech
Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being shot while making a speech
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, public broadcaster NHK said. A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in the western city of Nara, Japanese media showed earlier. It was the first assassination o...
2022-07-08 17:54
  • Japan gov't to begin investigation of Unification Church
  • Assassination of Abe stuns world leaders
  • Japan PM Kishida 'lost for words' after Abe assassination
  • Abe shooting suspect said he used handmade gun: Japanese police
Japan PM Kishida 'lost for words' after Abe assassination
Japan PM Kishida 'lost for words' after Abe assassination
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was "lost for words" after the assassination of ex-premier Shinzo Abe on Friday, vowing that Japan's democracy would "never yield to violence."
2022-07-08 16:21
  • Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being shot while making a speech
  • Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead
Abe shooting suspect said he used handmade gun: Japanese police
Abe shooting suspect said he used handmade gun: Japanese police
Japanese police on Friday named the suspected killer of former prime minister Shinzo Abe as unemployed 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, who told officers he had used a handmade gun.
2022-07-08 16:19
  • Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being shot while making a speech
  • Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead
Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead
Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot, a government spokesman said Friday, as local media reported the ex-premier was showing no vital signs."Former prime minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am," in the country's western region of Nara, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. "One man, believed to be the shooter, has been taken into custody...
2022-07-08 13:23
  • Abe shooting suspect said he used handmade gun: Japanese police
  • Japan PM Kishida 'lost for words' after Abe assassination
Man suspected of shooting Japan ex-PM Abe has been arrested for murder attempt: NHK
Man suspected of shooting Japan ex-PM Abe has been arrested for murder attempt: NHK
A man, believed to be a suspect shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is held by police officers at Yamato Saidaiji Station in Nara, Nara Prefecture on July 8, in this photo taken by the Yomiuri Shimbun. Reuters-Yonhap
2022-07-08 12:27
  • Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead
  • Former Japan PM Abe injured, left bleeding at event: local media
Former Japan PM Abe showing no vital signs after attack: local media
Former Japan PM Abe showing no vital signs after attack: local media
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, center, is transported into an ambulance near Yamato Saidaiji Station after being shot in the city of Nara on July 8. - Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event on July 8, a government spokesman said, as local media reported the nation's l...
2022-07-08 12:10
  • Former Japan PM Abe shot, feared dead
  • Former Japan PM Abe injured, left bleeding at event: local media
Former Japan PM Abe injured, left bleeding at event: local media
Former Japan PM Abe injured, left bleeding at event: local media
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was attacked and left bleeding at a campaign event in the Nara region on Friday, local media reported.Several outlets including Kyodo news agency said the ex-premier had been attacked, with both Kyodo and public broadcaster NHK reporting the sound of an apparent gunshot. The former leader was reportedly unconscious after the incident....
2022-07-08 12:01
  • Former Japan PM Abe showing no vital signs after attack: local media
  • Man suspected of shooting Japan ex-PM Abe has been arrested for murder attempt: NHK
Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian
Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian
The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family.
2022-07-03 21:13
Floods hit southeast Australia, forcing evacuations
Floods hit southeast Australia, forcing evacuations
Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate southwest Sydney, Australia's biggest city, on Sunday with torrential rain and damaging winds pounding the east coast and floods expected to be worse than those that hit the region in the past year.
2022-07-03 20:58
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