Tokyo (AFP) – The hearse carrying the body of Shinzo Abe stops outside PM’s office in Tokyo as Japan mourns the former Japanese PM who was shot at close range in the city of Nara on Friday.
Tokyo (AFP) – Images show the entrance of Zojoji temple in Tokyo and men wearing black suits as family and friends of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe gathered inside for a private funeral. Abe was shot at close range on Friday while giving a campaign speech in the city of Nara, days ahead of the upper house elections that saw his ruling party strengthen its hold on power. IMAGES
Thimphu (Bhutan) (AFP) – Tashi Choden will not only be the first contestant to represent Bhutan at the Miss Universe competition — she is also the Himalayan country’s only openly gay public figure. The remote country is famed for its philosophy of “Gross National Happiness”, in which it prioritises citizens’ well-being on par with economic growth.
Tokyo (AFP) – People in Tokyo queue with flowers to pay their final respects to Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple, where a private funeral is to be held. IMAGES
Bangkok (AFP) – New Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag insists that Cristiano Ronaldo is “not for sale”, despite the Portuguese superstar skipping a pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia. Ronaldo missed the start of training with the English Premier League giants last week due to a family issue.
Liwonde (Malawi) (AFP) – In a bid to tackle elephant overpopulation in Malawi’s Liwonde National Park, the park’s authorities are moving over 200 elephants to a different reserve – by tranquilising them and loading them up into trucks.
London (AFP) – A London zoo enlisted the help of a mobile CAT scanner to investigate a 12-year-old Asiatic lion named Bhanu’s poorly ear.
Tokyo (AFP) – A day after Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s victory in the Upper House election, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledges to use his party’s tackle issues that former prime minister Shinzo Abe was passionate about but unable to fulfil. Abe was assassinated on Friday during a campaign trail in the western region of Nara.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – In inflation-ravaged Argentina, rival left and right-wing protesters take to the streets as the country remains gripped by a political crisis caused by the economy minister Martin Guzman’s resignation.
Mirpur Khas (Pakistan) (AFP) – Mango farmers in Pakistan say production of the prized fruit has fallen by up to 40 percent in some areas because of high temperatures and water shortages in one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change.
