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Getty ImagesAs temperatures rise this summer, Japanese men are baring more leg at work than ever before.The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is pushing company employees to ditch their usual suit and tie for more casual attire, featuring t-shirts, trainers – and shorts. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike introduced “Tokyo Cool Biz” in April, hoping to expand on her signature cool down initiative which has now become a widely recognised annual summer tradition.Almost four months in, the newly allowed shorts in the office policy is getting mixed reviews.”We want to give people more options in the severe heat, not tell them what to…
Watch: “He launched me in the air” – Bison attack survivor recounts terrifying ordealLying in a hospital bed, 65-year-old Carl Isom-McDaniel has recounted the terrifying bison attack in Yellowstone Park, saying the rampaging animal picked him as its “target”.”He just kept coming and he was more aggressive and as soon as he got off that tree he launched me in the air,” Isom-McDaniel said in a video shared by Bozeman Health in Montana, the hospital where he underwent surgery.His encounter with the animal on 10 July was captured in a viral video that showed him and his grandson snap a…
Watch: Hegseth interrupted several times as he seeks additional Iran war fundingThe war with Iran has cost the US some $37.5bn (£28bn) so far – an increase of nearly $8bn since the last estimate in May, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.In his first appearance before the Senate Appropriations Committee since hostilities between the US and Iran restarted, Hegseth said that military training would have to be curtailed unless lawmakers approved an urgent funding boost. He said he was seeking $87bn in congressional funding for his department, with $67bn of that destined for operations in the Middle East.The hearing was…
Watch: ‘It’s frustrating’ Canadians react to the US tariffsJust this weekend, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump sat together in New Jersey for the World Cup final – a send off to a joint North American tournament that has, despite criticism over ticket prices and travel costs, been widely viewed as a success.The following day, hours after the two leaders were pictured smiling and chatting inside the stadium, the US announced a fresh round of tariffs against one of its closest trading partners.The surprise move slapped a 50% levy on a range of goods, from hockey…
Cnews agenciesE CANAVERAL, Fla. (news agencies) — A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday to slap life-extending jetpacks on old satellites running low on fuel thousands of miles up.It’s the second satellite-saving mission to launch this month, all part of a growing, money-saving effort to keep spacecraft running as long as possible. Another company’s three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit on July 3 to boost NASA’s Swift Observatory so it doesn’t crash to Earth this fall. Launched by SpaceX, Northrop Grumman’s mission robotic vehicle — dubbed MRV — and its jetpacks will spend the next year…
The Trump administration’s disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries, a new report released Tuesday shows.The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, is credited with saving at least 26 million lives since its inception in 2003. But last year, it was impaired by the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and cuts to thousands of global health grants.“The disruptions were very widespread,” with services for young women, orphans and children…
LIVEIran war has cost $37.5bn so far, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth tells lawmakersIt’s the first update on the war’s cost in months from Hegseth, who is facing questions about the White House’s request for $87.6bn.
Evaristo Sa / AFP via Getty ImagesThe low figures for 2025 are welcome news after a peak in areas burned in 2024The area burned in Brazil’s Amazon in 2025 was far smaller in size than the previous year, according to the deforestation monitoring group MapBiomas. A MapBiomas report states that 3.1 million hectares of Brazil’s Amazon were burned last year, compared with a record-breaking 15.8 million hectares in 2024.The amount of land burned in the world’s largest rainforest last year covered the smallest area since MapBiomas records began in 1985.Protecting the Amazon was one of the pledges President Luiz Inácio…
AFP via Corentin BaudryA huge plume of smoke has been seen rising near Bordeaux-Mérignac AirportTwo firefighters have died while battling a huge blaze near Bordeaux’s airport in south-west France, officials have said.Reports in French media say the blaze, near one of the parking lots at the airport, originated from a brush fire and then spread to a building.Pictures shared on social media show passengers getting off a plane as a massive plume of smoke rises nearby. A number of flights scheduled to arrive at Bordeaux–Mérignac airport have been delayed. Some 100 firefighters, backed by specialist aircraft, are reported to be…
Getty ImagesShortly after Andy Burnham telephoned a number of Keir Starmer’s allies to sack them from the cabinet on Monday afternoon, John Healey received the signal to head to Number 10.Wearing a suit and one of his many red ties, the former defence secretary left parliament alone via a back entrance next to a pub.”I’m on my way to a meeting,” he said with a slight smile as he marched down Whitehall.Healey’s imminent appointment as chancellor was a surprise – to him, to his Labour colleagues, and to the British public.The Conservatives support that tax cut but have questioned its…